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home18
home economics18
play15
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community life11
material culture9
textile industry9
food8
handicraft8
house furnishings8

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Malden, John5
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)4
Herdman, Madge2
Herdman, William2
Lenihan, J M A2
Tammivaara, Irmeli2
Annet, Mrs F. E.1
Baker, Alice1
Baker, Charles Albert1
Barker, Maud1

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Dialect recording in Belford, Northumberland

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

21 Jul 1938

[Side 1] Recipe for gooseberry chutney, jams, tarts, discussion of films showing at local 'pictures' [= cinema], comparison of daily chores, plans for forthcoming carnival, including playing in ladies...

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Sound Recording, Glamorgan

Crook, Rosemary

10 April 1980

May Jenkins (born Treorchy) talks about her family origins, childhood recollections of domestic routines - washing, describes fireplace and oven, order of washing, ironing, starch, order of hanging wa...

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Sound Recordings, Derbyshire

Massarella, Mr

[1960s]

Unidentified female informant, recorded in Charlesworth [by male collector, from Canterbury]; talks about cotton mills and rope works in the area; changes in the village, including new housing and tra...

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Sound Recordings, Leicestershire and Essex

Tilling, Philip M (1938-); Barry, Michael V (1935-)

1967

Mrs. F. E. Annet, recorded in Carlton Curlieu (Leicestershire); talks about a blacksmith and smithy; fireplaces - use and cleaning; curing bacon/ham; grocery deliveries; neighbour's bread baking; plac...

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A Grammar of the Dialect of Addingham in the West Riding of Yorkshire

Moody, Frederick William

1950

A study of the dialect spoken in Addingham and its immediate neighbourhood in the late 1940s, based on fieldwork data collected from eight principal informants. An Introduction presents information on...

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Dialect recording in Humshaugh, Northumberland

Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Lenihan, J M A

07 Jun 1939

[Side 1] Mrs. Ritson and Madge discuss embroidery for church bazaar, compare hand sewing with machine sewing, mention range of home-baked breads and cakes available at bazaar. [Side 2] William and Mad...

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Dialect recording in Humshaugh, Northumberland

Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Lenihan, J M A

07 Jun 1939

[Side 1] William and Madge compare share of domestic chores, incl. work in garden, sewing, darning and washing. [Side 2] Amy and Madge discuss attending ARP [=Air Raid Precautions] meetings, describe ...

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Basketmaking: Laundry Basket

Malden, John

October 1971

View of laundry basket in the process of being woven, showing bordering technique, Burdekin's Baskets, Flushdyke, near Ossett (West Yorkshire). Mounted on Photo File card. Card 3 in a series of 11.

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Basketmaking: Laundry Basket

Malden, John

October 1971

Side view of laundry basket in the process of being woven, Burdekin's Baskets, Flushdyke, near Ossett (West Yorkshire). The view shows upright sticks, and basket being woven from the base. Mounted on ...

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Basketmaking: Laundry Basket

Malden, John

October 1971

View of laundry basket in the process of being woven showing screw block with sticks for the lid in position, and the beginning of the randing for the lid, Burdekin's Baskets, Flushdyke, near Ossett (...

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Basketmaking: Laundry Basket
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Basketmaking: Laundry Basket

Malden, John

October 1971

View of laundry basket in the process of being woven, showing basketmaker continuing the randing of the lid, Burdekin's Baskets, Flushdyke, near Ossett (West Yorkshire). Mounted on Photo File card. Ca...

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Basketmaking: Laundry Basket
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Basketmaking: Laundry Basket

Malden, John

October 1971

View of laundry basket in the process of being woven, Burdekin's Baskets, Flushdyke, near Ossett (West Yorkshire). The bast body is complete, and sticks are in position for the lid prior to randing. M...

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