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trapping17
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nature14
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food7
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Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)3
Tammivaara, Irmeli3
Gimbert, Claude2
Liger, Louis (1658-1717)2
Lyons, Margaret2
Anderson, Joe1
Atkinson, Tom (1880-1880)1
Chapman, James1
Deacon, Hector1
Dewsbury, Sidney1

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Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire

Tammivaara, Irmeli

July 1975

[Collector announcement]; Sidney Dewsbury, recorded in Pymore on 19 July 1975; talks about his working life; local floods in 1937 and 1940; work for river authority; strengthening/building river banks...

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Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire

Tammivaara, Irmeli

July 1975

[Collector announcement]; Claude Gimbert, recorded in Sutton on the 21 July 1975 [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A675r]; talks about bell ringing techniques, types of bells, learning to ring, methods, c...

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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 Recordings, Wiltshire

Wright, John T; Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1957

Ernest Packer, recorded in Ashton Keynes in July 1957; talks about his first job, driving a farm waggon at the age of ten; stable work harnessing horses; wages; thoughts on modern farming methods (plo...

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Sound Recording, Cornwall

Wakelin, Martyn F; Tilling, Philip M (1938-)

July 1963

Harry Welshman, recorded in Duloe; talks about his time in the village; agricultural work and wages; leaving school aged fourteen; father's work as a gamekeeper; Army service during World War One; tak...

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