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Total number of records: 21

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Archives16
Books and printed items5

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture16
Cookery Collection2

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handicraft21
occupations16
culture11
nature11
play11
material culture10
community life9
implements, utensils etc9
agriculture7
animals7

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Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)3
Chilton-Young, Francis2
Hasluck, Paul N (1854-1931)2
Wharton, Colin S2
Adcock, Mr1
Barry, Michael V (1935-)1
Brownridge, A N1
Bury, Jack1
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)1
Francis, W Nelson (1910-2002)1

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Work : an illustrated magazine of practice and theory for all workmen, professional and amateur (14 Sep 1889)

Chilton-Young, Francis; Hasluck, Paul N (1854-1931); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

Edited by F. Chilton-Young, 1889-92; P.N. Hasluck, 1892-1909.

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Work : an illustrated magazine of practice and theory for all workmen, professional and amateur (12 Apr 1890)

Chilton-Young, Francis; Hasluck, Paul N (1854-1931); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

Edited by F. Chilton-Young, 1889-92; P.N. Hasluck, 1892-1909.

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Digitised copy available on the Internet Archive as part of the UK Medical Heritage Library Project
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Home handicrafts, needlework and repairs

[19--]

"With more than 1,090 illustrations in the text and 63 special art plates."

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Archive Item

Farm Cart Aquatint

[1970s]

Photograph of an aquatint illustration by William Pyne, of a farm cart loaded with baskets being drawn by two horses. The aquatint dates from 1802.

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Wensleydale Handknitters

[1960s]

Photographic copy of an illustration of handknitters in Wensleydale (North Yorkshire), from George Walker's 'The Costume of Yorkshire' (London: Longman, 1814).

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Archive File

Gates, Walls and Fields

Walton, James

1938-1949

This volume contains pasted-in articles from 'Country Life', 'The Illustrated Carpenter and Builder', 'Yorkshire Evening Post' and the 'Yorkshire Dalesman', some with ms. annotations, and black and wh...

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Some Warwickshire Crafts

Wharton, Colin S

1969

This file contains a copy of a typed paper by Colin Wharton, on Warwickshire crafts. The paper is in two parts: Part I includes ms. illustrations and accompanying text; Part II consists of Wharton's i...

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Corn Dollies

Gebarowicz, Anita

1980

A dissertation examining the craft of making corn dollies, and the folklore associated with them. Its sections provide information on regional names for corn dollies, the varieties of wheat used, song...

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Sheep-Farming and Initial Preparation of Wool in Iceland

Hauksdottir, Anna

1968

A study which gives an account of life on a sheep farm in Iceland. Its four chapters present a general history of the country, descriptions of Icelandic sheep (breeds, importation and the effect of fo...

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Roads and Tracks

1963-1973

This file contains mounted magazine cuttings from 'John Peel Jottings' and 'Country Life', on bridges, cobble-laying, an ancient causeway in Wiltshire, an old tidal cart track at South Foreland (Kent)...

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The Craft of Hand Bookbinding: A Short History and Account of the Present State of the Craft. Its Traditions and Prospects Together with a Glossary of Terms Used by Binders

Brownridge, A N

1967

A study which charts the decline of the hand-made bookbinding craft since the beginning of the twentieth century, and records attitudes and beliefs disappearing in the face of fully mechanised Trade B...

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