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Caunce, Stephen7
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)7
Tammivaara, Irmeli4
Palmer, Kingsley3
Stigell, Ossi3
Wright, John T3
Cook, Catherine2
Dunn, Ginette2
Evans, George Ewart (1909-1988)2
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Appleby Horse Fair
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Appleby Horse Fair

Caunce, Stephen

June 1972

General view of the fair area at Appleby Horse Fair, Appleby (Cumbria). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1606.

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Appleby Horse Fair: Pony

Caunce, Stephen

June 1972

Boy on the back of a pony which is for sale, at Appleby Horse Fair, Appleby (Cumbria). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1609.

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Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire

Cook, Catherine

[1970-1971]

George Metcalfe of Middlesmoor talks about Dead Mans Hill and the legend of a couple who robbed and murdered people on the pack trail, and buried them in the peat moorland where the bodies are preserv...

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Appleby Horse Fair: Showing Horses

Caunce, Stephen

June 1972

Horses being shown by horse dealers at Appleby Horse Fair, Appleby (Cumbria). The horses are ridden up and down a roadway at the fairground. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1608.

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Appleby Horse Fair: Showing Horses

Caunce, Stephen

June 1972

Horses being shown by horse dealers at Appleby Horse Fair, Appleby (Cumbria). The horses are ridden up and down a roadway at the fairground. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1607.

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Sound Recordings, Somerset

Palmer, Kingsley

[1968-1969]

Mr. E. Hallet relates the Dick Turpin legend; and the origin of the place name Allowenshay. Conclusion of interview which starts on tape LAVC/SRE/A233r. Mrs. Collings of Dowlish Wake talks about a w...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Cook, Catherine

November 1970

John Swales [JS], recorded in Merryfield Glen, sings I've got a father in the better land [first line]; Poor ?Jeffrey's gone to rest[first line], and other song fragments, including 'See Amid the Wint...

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Appleby Horse Fair: Caravans
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Appleby Horse Fair: Caravans

Caunce, Stephen

June 1972

Modern Gypsy Traveller caravans, at Appleby Horse Fair, Appleby (Cumbria). A painted wooden horse trap and grazing horse stand in front of the caravans. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1612 ...

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Appleby Horse Fair

Caunce, Stephen

1972

This file contains a photocopy of an ms. paper by Stephen Caunce, consisting of an account of a visit to the last day of Appleby Horse Fair in June 1972 ([5] leaves). The account includes descriptions...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Lowick, Northumberland

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

13 Jan 1952

[Side 1] Robert talks about keeping pigs, describes killing pig with axe, explains process of 'scadding' [= scalding], hanging and curing meat. [Side 2] Robert recalls schooldays in nearby Duddo, tell...

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Appleby Horse Fair: Blacksmith

Caunce, Stephen

June 1972

Blacksmith with a mobile forge at Appleby Horse Fair, Appleby (Cumbria). The blacksmith is shoeing a horse, which has its hoof raised up on a tripod. Modern Gypsy Traveller caravans are visible in the...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

[Mid-1960s]

Male, recorded in Filey in April 1962 [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A559r]. [Date when this copy tape made not known.]. Talks about language and dialect; anecdotes re. old local people; the herring fl...

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