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Total number of records: 11

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SubjectCount
occupations11
community life10
culture8
animals7
nature7
folklore5
manners and customs5
agriculture4
english language - dialects4
food4

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)2
Carter, Lindsay1
Deacon, Hector1
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)1
Ernest1
Hermansson, Nana1
Hitchcock, Mr1
Hudson, Harry1
Johnson, John (1884-)1
Kylstra, Henk E1

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Sound Recording, [West Yorkshire]

McKelvie, Donald

30 November 1961

[Collector announcement]; Hector Deacon, a West Yorkshire rat catcher, describes techniques for catching rats, breeds and habits of rats, explains process of baiting/setting traps, location of traps [...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

[Mid-1960s]

Male, recorded in Filey in April 1962 [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A559r]. [Date when this copy tape made not known.]. Talks about language and dialect; anecdotes re. old local people; the herring fl...

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Sound Recording, Lancashire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1963

Male informant [two women also present, ?wife and ?daughter], recorded in White Coppice; talks about his work for the Ministry catching moles and other pests; breeding/handling ferrets; rook shooting ...

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Sound Recording, British Columbia (Canada)

Smith, Peter

7 January 1977

Lindsay Carter, recorded in New Denver [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A865]; talks about working in a silver mine in Sandon, 4000 feet below ground; describes the mine, mining machinery, the placing of...

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Dialect recording in Stamfordham, Northumberland

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

05 Apr 1939

[Side 1] Conversation about local character, Jimmy the Child, anecdote about Jimmy catching rats in 'midden' [= ash-pit/dung heap] and showing them off in pub in exchange for beer, anecdote about late...

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Needle Supports (Handknitting)
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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Nine knitting needle supports from the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. The supports include an oak ledge sheath from Tebay (Cumbria); a hornbeam stay busk made by Thomas Tarn of Etter...

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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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Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire

[Mid-1960s]

Two males in conversation, recorded in Filey in April 1962. [Date when this copy tape made not known.] Reference to local people; fish and chip shops; singing in local pubs; fishing related - nets/lin...

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Sound Recordings, Wiltshire

Wright, John T; Kylstra, Henk E; Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1960

Mr. Hitchcock, recorded in Netheravon; talks about his parents; Ernest Kent; the pronunciation of the words gate and post [Orton questions]; ploughing; the pronunciation of the word horses; Orton ques...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Hermansson, Nana

November 1969

Harry Hudson, recorded at home in Leeds on the 20th and 27th of November; talks about Leeds City Market; his first stall; work at a wholesale fruit firm; the Armyand World War One; buying his own busi...

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Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire

[Mid-1960s]

Male, recorded in Filey in April 1962 [date when this copy tape made not known]; relates two dialect recitations concerning the local area, and anecdotes/jokes about local characters and the area. [Tr...

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