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Total number of records: 51

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture49
Brotherton Collection2
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection2

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
religion51
manners and customs49
culture44
folk music40
community life36
english language - dialects30
social life and customs28
occupations26
agriculture18
holidays18

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Dunn, Ginette10
Sullivan, Keith Frederick9
Hart, Bob (1892-1978)3
Pickering, Michael J3
Simpson, Thomas3
Green, Anthony E (1943-)2
Hart, William2
Kanellou-Thanassoulas, Alexandra2
Ling, Ruby2
Savage, Priscilla (1881-1881)2

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Sound Recording, New Zealand

Dunn, Ginette

[1973]

Male Maori informant, recorded in Gisborne, New Zealand; talks about black magic, song composition, laments, song collection, memorisation, inheritance of song, Maori ancestors and Maori god, teaching...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Sullivan, Keith Frederick

19 March 1976

Thomas Simpson, recorded at home in Lebberston; sings 'All Jolly Fellows that Follow the Plough', [first line: 'When I was a jolly young ploughboy'], 'Farmer's Boy' and [first line: 'Come with me to t...

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Sound Recording, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

16 April 1974

Bob Hart, recorded at home in Snape, relates biographical details, including working on the land and at sea; his experience of World War One (wounded 1916); homecoming and work at the Snape Maltings; ...

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Sound Recording, New Zealand

Dunn, Ginette

[1973]

Male Maori informant, recorded in Gisborne, New Zealand; tells a story of a fishing trip and a charm spoken to bring on a storm [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A661r]; talk of Maori spells known by the ...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Sullivan, Keith Frederick

8 September 1976

[Collector announcement]; Will White, recorded at home in Ugthorpe; talks about singing; living at the Black Bull pub; pub singing; biographical details; running the pub with his wife; also mixed farm...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Sullivan, Keith Frederick

11 December 1976

[Collector announcement]; Thomas Simpson, recorded at home in Lebberston; talks about singing at the Plough pub [?in Lebberston], changes to the pub, the importance of holiday camps to pub custom, the...

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Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire

Lewis, Cathy Laura

May 1973

The Irish singer, Darach Ó Catháin [DOC], recorded on 7 May 1973 in Leeds; talks about coming to Leeds in 1960; reference to Brendan Behan and Seán Ó Riada [SOR]; singing and first meeting with th...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Sullivan, Keith Frederick

11 September 1976

[Collector announcement] informant, recorded at home in Tranmire, talks about his marriage and family; offers thoughts on modern families and children; sings 'Beautiful Dreamer'; talks about Catholics...

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Sound Recordings, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

July 1974

Lenny Savage, recorded at home in Snape on the 18 July 1974; talks about his childhood, work on a rabbit farm and with steam engines; singing and step dancing (including women dancers) at the Ship Inn...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Ashton, John

[1974/1975]

Harry Slack, recorded in his home in Leeds. Brief reference to singing style (adornment); sings and then discusses 'Uncle Dan McCann', learned from parents; sings 'Said Meself to Herself' and explains...

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Sound Recording, Suffolk

Mackay, Donald

August 1970

Bob Hart, recorded at home in Snape, singing and in conversation. Talks about the sources of the songs he knows, the local community and attending school/Sunday School.

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Sound Recordings, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

1974

Margaret Howell, recorded at home in Snape on the 3 October 1974. General conversation covering song sheets, her sons, Christmas carols, remembering a particular song and her health; sings 'On the Ban...

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