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Total number of records: 22

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community life22
vehicles22
occupations20
culture14
implements, utensils etc13
buildings12
handicraft11
dwellings10
museums8
agriculture7

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Mcnay, Ian9
Barry, Michael V (1935-)3
Stringfellow, Jonathan3
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)2
Pointon, Mr W2
Beddow, William1
Brunk, Wille1
Caitle, Fred1
Corfield, Harry1
Dibnah, Miss Marjory1

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Cleveland Bay Horse Research

Brunk, Wille

1966-1968

Papers relating to Wille Brunk's research into the Cleveland Bay horse, undertaken during his assistant lectureship at the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS). Brunk intended to write a...

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Dales Pony
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Dales Pony

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1966

Informant R. L. Peacock with thoroughbred modern Dales working pony, Scarhouse Farm, Muker ( Swaledale). Mounted on Photo File card. Also mounted on the card is a newspaper cutting from the 'Northern ...

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Sound Recordings, Salop, Cheshire and Staffordshire

Barry, Michael V (1935-)

1966

Mr. R. Morris, recorded in Llanymynech (Salop) on the 26 September 1966; talks about types of plough; waggoners; ploughing (matches); corn stacks; haymaking - use of horse mower, turning, making cocks...

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Sound Recordings, Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wright, Peter

[1966-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Yorkshire locations 6Y21-24, 26-29. The majority of the original recordings were made by Stanley Ellis, in 1955, 1963, 1964 ...

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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, Warwickshire

Barry, Michael V (1935-)

July 1966

[Collector announcement]; Arthur Humphries, recorded in Lighthorne on the 28 July 1966[Swiss male also present asks some questions, possibly Eduard Kolb, or Dieter Bothe]; Mr. Humphries talks about wo...

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Shrimping Cart
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Shrimping Cart

Stringfellow, Jonathan

1965

Shrimping cart with nets laid on outside a boating/storage shed at Marshside, Southport .

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Ropework for Canal Boats
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Ropework for Canal Boats

McNay, Ian

1966

Display at the Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum (formerly the Waterways Museum) on the Grand Union Canal at Stoke Bruerne (Northamptonshire).

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Ropework for Canal Boats
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Ropework for Canal Boats

McNay, Ian

1966

Display at the Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum (formerly the Waterways Museum) on the Grand Union Canal at Stoke Bruerne (Northamptonshire).

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Ropework for Canal Boats
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Ropework for Canal Boats

McNay, Ian

1966

Display at the Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum (formerly the Waterways Museum) on the Grand Union Canal at Stoke Bruerne (Northamptonshire).

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Canal Boats
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Canal Boats

McNay, Ian

1966

Canal boats on the Grand Union Canal at Stoke Bruerne (Northamptonshire). A rope ball, used to protect paintwork, can be seen on the front of one of the barges.

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Ropework Items for Canal Boats
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Ropework Items for Canal Boats

McNay, Ian

1966

Display at the Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum (formerly the Waterways Museum) on the Grand Union Canal at Stoke Bruerne (Northamptonshire). Shows bolls and other ropework used on canal boats.

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