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Total number of records: 7

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manners and customs7
rites and ceremonies7
culture6
english language - dialects5
holidays5
folk drama4
home4
clothing and dress2
community life2
folk dancing2

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Harris, Susan3
Pattison, Susan3
Goulburn, David2
Hodnett, Grey1
Hurst, Bernard1
Isherwood, Edward1
Isherwood, Wilfred1
Pearson, Margaret Frances1
Peters, Adrian1
Ridden, G M1

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The Nelson Hospital Gala: A Study of its Origins, Development and Contemporary Form

Stuttard, Susan M

1971

A study of the origin and development of the Hospital Gala in Nelson, with emphasis on the post-World War Two galas and the 1970 event in particular.

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Sound Recordings, Cheshire

Pattison, Susan

[1975]

Adrian Peters, recorded at home in Marston, talks about his 7-8 year involvement with the Antrobus Soul-Cakers - link with wife's family and parts played [ David Goulburn contributes occasionally]; ag...

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Sound Recordings, Cheshire

Pattison, Susan

1975

Bernard Hurst, recorded at home in Wincham, talks about his involvement with the Antrobus Soul-Cakers; revival of the gang c. 1947-1948, developed from Antrobus Youth Club; origins of the custom; soul...

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Sound Recordings, Cheshire

Pattison, Susan

1975

Wilf Isherwood [David Goulburn also present], recorded in January 1975 at home in Antrobus, talks about soul-caking and how Antrobus acquired the horse's head - taken from the Hatton gang in 1920, fol...

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Farming Past and Present: A Study Based in the Village of Terrington St. John and the Surrounding Areas of the Fens of North West Norfolk

Pearson, Margaret Frances

1977

A study of the farming community of Terrington St. John in Norfolk, based largely on fieldwork interviews with local people. The study comprises nine chapters. The first presents a profile of the vill...

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Birth, Marriage and Death: Beliefs and Customs

Warren, Lynne D

1967

A study of beliefs and customs associated with birth, marriage and death, based on printed sources, the collector's own inheritance of belief and custom, interviews and correspondence with informants....

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The Goathland Sword Dance

Ridden, G M

1969

A descriptive account of the Goathland sword dance, with consideration also given to the Plough Stots and folk play traditions of the village. Fieldwork was carried out in March 1968, the principal in...

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