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clothing and dress18
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Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)5
Bryon, Fiona4
Lobb, Francis James2
Lobb, Mrs.2
Roche, Gertie2
Roche, Jim2
Shaw, David H2
Wakelin, Martyn F2
Wright, John T2
Barry, Michael V (1935-)1

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Farm Lad and Team

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph taken in 1935/1936 of a farm lad with his two-horse team, and farmer Mr. Storey, in the yard of Manor Farm, Wansford (East Riding of Yorkshire). The team is in a show harness, whi...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Skelmanthorpe, Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

25 Oct 1952

[Side 1] Wilsey tells anecdote about seeing apparition that turned out to be woman in nightdress looking for lost cat, recalls working in coal mine from age of twelve, describes long hours, harsh work...

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Plough Boy and Team

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph dating from the turn of the 19th/20th century, of a plough boy with his two-horse team in the fold yard of a farm at Thixendale (North Yorkshire). The horses wear high-peaked Scot...

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Farm Lad with Horse

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph dating from the turn of the 19th/20th century, of a young farm lad with a horse at a farm in Thixendale (North Yorkshire). The horse wears a plain English collar and is harnessed ...

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Farm Lad with Team

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph dating from the turn of the 19th/20th century, of a young farm lad with a team of two horses at a farm in Thixendale (North Yorkshire). The horses are probably harnessed for worki...

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Farm Lad and Bull

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph dating from the turn of the 19th/20th century, of a young farm lad with a short-horn bull, outside a farmhouse in Thixendale (North Yorkshire). The bull has a ring through its nos...

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Plough Boy and Team
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Plough Boy and Team

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph dating from the turn of the 19th/20th century, of a plough boy with his two-horse team in fields at Thixendale (North Yorkshire). The horses are harnessed to an iron plough. The b...

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Plough Boy and Team

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph dating from the turn of the 19th/20th century, of a plough boy with his two-horse team in fields at Thixendale (North Yorkshire). The horses are harnessed to an iron plough. The b...

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Hired Lad and Team
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Hired Lad and Team

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph dating from the turn of the 19th/20th century, of a hired lad with a two-horse team in fields at Thixendale (North Yorkshire). The horses are harnessed to a Cambridge Roll. The bo...

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Hired Lad and Team

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph dating from the turn of the 19th/20th century, of a hired lad with a three-horse team in fields at Thixendale (North Yorkshire). The horses are harnessed to a flat roll. The boy r...

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Hired Lad and Team

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph dating from the turn of the 19th/20th century, of a hired lad with a three-horse team in fields at Thixendale (North Yorkshire). The horses are harnessed to chisel harrow, and lin...

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Ploughing
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Ploughing

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph taken in the early 20th century of a plough boy and two-horse team ploughing a field in the Yorkshire Wolds. The horses are harnessed to an iron plough. The boy wears dress typica...

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