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Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)8
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)5
Metcalfe, Percy5
Barry, Michael V (1935-)3
Wakelin, Martyn F3
Brothwell, William Richard2
Kylstra, Henk E2
Panheinen, Ossi2
Tilling, Philip M (1938-)2
Anderson, Joe1
Dales Pony with Winter Feed
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Dales Pony with Winter Feed

[1970s]

Mr. Percy Metcalfe, riding a modern Dales working pony, carrying winter hay feed pannier-fashion up to a barn on the moors at Shoregill Head, near Gunnerside ( Swaledale).

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Farm Cart

[1960s]

Old farm cart in a field next to a stone farmhouse at an unidentified location, possibly somewhere in the Yorkshire Dales. The photograph was taken in the winter months; there is snow on the ground, a...

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Dales Pony

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1965

Informant Percy Metcalfe riding modern Dales working pony carrying bales of hay (possibly for winter feed) pannier-fashion up to a barn on the moors at Shoregill Head, near Gunnerside ( Swaledale). Mo...

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Dales Pony

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1965

Informant Percy Metcalfe riding modern Dales working pony carrying bales of hay (possibly for winter feed) pannier-fashion up to a barn on the moors at Shoregill Head, near Gunnerside ( Swaledale). Mo...

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Dales Pony

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1965

Informant Percy Metcalfe riding modern Dales working pony carrying bales of hay (possibly for winter feed) pannier-fashion up to a barn on the moors at Shoregill Head, near Gunnerside ( Swaledale). Do...

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Dales Pony

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1965

Informant Percy Metcalfe riding modern Dales working pony carrying bales of hay (possibly for winter feed) pannier-fashion up to a barn on the moors at Shoregill Head, near Gunnerside ( Swaledale). Th...

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Sound Recording, Dorset

Panheinen, Ossi

[1970]

Bill Lewis, recorded in Netherbury; talks about farm work; horse husbandry; haymaking; recollections of the village of his childhood; roads; traffic (horses and carts); describes rock breaking with ex...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

November 1962

James Ingleby [ Pauline Battersby also present], recorded in Litton; talks about sheep farming; orphan lambs; shepherding; weaning; the size of his farm; cattle and milking; (Wensleydale) cheese and b...

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Sound Recordings, Salop and Staffordshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Barry, Michael V (1935-)

[1966-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Salop locations 11Sa9-11, and Staffordshire 12St1-4. The original recordings were made in 1955 and 1966. The date when this ...

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Sound Recordings, Devon

Wright, John T

October 1958

[Announcement, ?by Tony Green]; Ernest Smythe, recorded in Parracombe; talks about working life on the railway (as office boy, timekeeper); gangs working on the line, and the difficulty of building it...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Soulby, Westmorland

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

12 Nov 1954

[Side 1] Jack talks about changes in working conditions on farm and inflation in stock prices and wages, remembers eating 'haver poddish' and 'blue milk' [= oatmeal porridge and skimmed milk], thinks ...

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Sound Recordings, Derbyshire, Cheshire and Nottingamshire

Siporin, Rae Lee

1965

Charles Swindles, recorded in Bamford; introduces himself and his wife and daughters; talks about Bamford; the River Derwent and the Howden Reservoir, Derwent Reservoir and Ladybower Reservoir; local ...

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