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Yorkshire Proverbial Sayings
Jelley, Susan Jennifer
1977
A collection of 190 proverbs, collected in North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire via appeals for information in the 'Yorkshire Post' and 'Farmers' Weekly' newspapers. A number of follow-up interviews wit...
"Papers on Gypsies"
Lloyd Weedon, Trevor
1974
This file contains photocopies of ms. papers by Lloyd Weedon on gypsies. The first paper focusses on the Gypsy Traveller communities of Ireland and Scotland, and includes discussions on Irish Gypsy Tr...
Trade - General
1964-1976
This file contains items relating to aspects of trading, including a typed paper by Ted Spiegel on Handslag, or striking a bargain, by farmers ([2] leaves); a typed extract listing bad luck beliefs in...
Sound Recordings, Staffordshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Siporin, Rae Lee
[1965-1980]
Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Staffordshire locations 12St5-10. The original recordings were made in 1955 and 1965. The date when this copy tape was made ...
Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire
Tammivaara, Irmeli
July 1975
[Collector announcement]; Alice Baker, recorded at Pymore on the 17 July 1975 [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A673r]; talks about March dust storms; floods of 1912 and 1950s; the condition of local (dro...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Sullivan, Keith Frederick
1 December 1976
[Collector announcement]; Raymond Hayes, recorded at home in Hutton-le-Hole; sings and plays [ 'All the Darkies are A-Weeping'] on the ukulele, followed by [ 'She's My Sweetheart'], [ 'Wait 'Til the C...
Sound Recordings, Bedfordshire
Shaw, David H
1950s-1975
The first two [?radio broadcast] recordings on this tape relate to working and community life in Luton. The first, with an introduction by Ron Hall and possibly recorded in the late 1950s, is entitled...