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Archive File

The Living Dialect of Barton in South Nottinghamshire

Greensmith, Pauline R

1958

A study of the dialect spoken in Barton in Fabis, Nottinghamshire, based on fieldwork interviews undertaken in 1957 with three male informants. An introduction to the village and the informants is f...

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The Phonology of the Living Dialect of Hargrave

Wilson, David S

1963

A study of the dialect spoken in the village of Hargrave, Northamptonshire, based on one informant's responses to questions from the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire, and an analysis of a tape recording of t...

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Sound Recordings, Shropshire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1955-1957

[Collector announcement]; George Davies, recorded in Weston Rhyn in January 1955; talks about his work as a coupler in a coal mine, coupling full waggons; the overseer, known as a doggy; describes con...

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Sound Recordings, Wiltshire and Hampshire

Wright, John T; Kylstra, Henk E

1957-1961

[Announcement by Henk Kylstra]; Ernest Packer, recorded in Ashton Keynes in July 1957, by John Wright; talks about work with horses and waggon, on leaving school aged eleven; agricultural wages; ploug...

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102 minutes : the untold story of the fight to survive inside the Twin Towers

Dwyer, Jim (1957-); Flynn, Kevin (1956-)

2005

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Moskva

Rerberg, I (1892-1957); Stroganova, L

1955

Russian and English. Title on added title pages: Moscow.

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Restoration : the rebuilding of Windsor Castle

Nicolson, Adam (1957-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1997

Illustrations on endpapers. In the early 1990s Windsor Castle was devastated by fire. In this book Nicolson charts the years since the fire through to the final rebuilding, including dealing with th...

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