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Sound Recording, Suffolk
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
[1950s]
Male informant, recorded in Kedington; talks about his home, and its previous use as a (cobbler's) shop; changes in the village; increase in population; informant's family; first jobs - stone picking,...
Sound Recordings, Essex and West Yorkshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
[1960s]
Martin Baynes, recorded in Henham (Essex); talks about his working life; jobs on leaving school, scaring birds, riding the chain horse at harvest time; working with horses from the age of 14/15; worki...
Sound Recordings, Devon
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wakelin, Martyn F
1 April 1963
[Collector announcement]; Thomas Wright, recorded at home in South Zeal; talks about ploughing with horses from the age of twelve; transporting people and other loads by horse and cart; wages; wrestli...
Sound Recordings, Devon
Panheinen, Ossi
[1970]
Mr. Woollacott [location not known] describes the process of making cider - equipment, barrelling and fermenting; strength of cider; the barrels used; difference between beer and ale; provision of cid...
Sound Recordings, Somerset and Devon
Wakelin, Martyn F
1964
Mr. H. Evett , recorded in Brompton Regis; talks about farm work; time started each day; working with horses; hours of work and wages; tools for hedging; also present is a Mr. A. Gibbs, who talks abou...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Andreas, Isle of Man
Barry, Michael V (1935-)
Oct 1958
[Side 1] John reflects on changes in farming during his lifetime, recalls using horses to 'grub' [= harvest] potatoes and turnips and remembers cutting hay with horse-rake, discussses cost of tractors...
Sound Recording, Essex
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
[June 1958]
Stacey George Dyer, recorded in Great Chesterford; talks about his grandfather and his work as a farm labourer; names for men mowing, depending on their position in the team; harvesting machinery; bin...
Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire
Pitkannen, Hannu
[1960s/early 1970s]
[Collector announcement, in which he provides background information on his fieldwork project, the locations visited and informants interviewed; he also comments on the quality of the recordings, the ...
Sound Recordings, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Oxfordshire
Barry, Michael V (1935-)
July 1966
[Collector announcement]; Harry Cook, recorded in Shipston on Stour (Warwickshire); talks about ploughing with horses and the setting up of a field in preparation; building and thatching hay/corn stac...
Boatbuilding on the Thames Between Richmond and Kingston: An Approach to the Study of Material Culture in an Urban Environment
Small, Graham
1978
A dissertation examining evidence of material culture in a small local industry, in a modern urban environment. The study focusses on the boatbuilding firm of Tough Brothers of Teddington, and present...
Sound Recordings, Berkshire, Surrey, Essex and West Sussex
Barry, Michael V (1935-)
1959
[Collector announcement]; Charles Allen, recorded in West Ilsley; talks about ploughing with horses; ploughing with tractors; compares past and present; describes a working day on the farm; the villag...
Sound Recordings, Cornwall
Wright, John T
1958
[Collector announcement]; Frank Gist, recorded at home in Kilkhampton on the 25 October 1958; talks about farm work on leaving school; the family carriers business; goods transported and for whom; tra...