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Total number of records: 123

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SubjectCount
culture123
folk music123
english language - dialects107
community life22
manners and customs22
play20
holidays18
musical instruments13
persons11
folk drama10

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Russell, Ian98
Hinchcliffe, Frank17
Broadhead, Bernard14
Gifford, Terry11
Loy, Lol11
Smith, David11
Broadhead, Albert10
Fretwell, Charlie9
Walton, Grace8
Couldwell, Jack7

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Traditional Singing in West Sheffield, 1970-1972

Russell, Ian

1977

Ph.D. thesis in three parts, subdivided into fifteen chapters. The study is a result of fieldwork in the suburban and village communities on the western outskirts of the city of Sheffield. Considerati...

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Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire

Russell, Ian

July 1972

Assembled company and soloists singing in the Hare and Hounds pub, Dore, Sheffield. The soloists are Bill Whiteand Albert Broadhead. Recorded 16 July 1972. [Tr. 3]

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Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire

Russell, Ian

Jul 1972 - Aug 1972

Assembled company and soloists singing at the Sportsman pub, Lodge Moor, Sheffield. The soloists are Albert Broadhead and Eric Walker. Conclusion of a session recorded on 29 July 1972, which starts on...

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Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire

Russell, Ian

September 1972

Assembled company and soloists singing at the Sportsman pub, Lodge Moor, Sheffield. The soloists are Albert Broadhead, Bernard Broadhead, David Smith, Doug Marsden and Edith Lawson. Recorded 19 Septem...

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Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire

Russell, Ian

November 1972

Assembled company and soloists singing (with organ accompaniment) in the Royal pub, Dungworth, near Sheffield. The soloists are Howard Bower, Mr. Damand Joe Wallace. Includes also a medley of popular ...

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Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire

Thomson, Sydney

November 1972

The children of Royal Park Primary School, Headingley, Leeds, recorded on the 21 November 1972; talk about poems and writing stories; Christmas presents, trees, decorations; collector talks about Chri...

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Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire

Russell, Ian

November-December 1972

Assembled company singing carols in the Black Bull pub, Ecclesfield. [Tr. 1]. Conclusion of session which starts on tape LAVC/SRE/A194r.

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Sound Recordings, New Zealand

Dunn, Ginette

[1973]

Male informant [as for tapes LAVC/SRE/A659r - A662r], recorded in New Zealand; talks about a poem he has written for the collector, and translates a Maori leavetaking. [Tr. 1] Copy recording of a gr...

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Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire

Russell, Ian

December 1972

Assembled company singing carols in the Black Bull pub, Ecclesfield, with brass accompaniment. Includes also text and song from the Derby Tup play. A member of the assembled company describes performi...

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Sound Recordings, Suffolk

Bishop, Julia C; Dunn, Ginette

1972-1975

Compilation tape comprising multiple examples of Bob Hart singing, at home in Snape and in other Suffolk pub and folk club venues, 'All Jolly Fellows that Follow the Plough', 'The Female Cabin Boy', '...

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Staverton Bridge (Folk Group)

Staverton Bridge (Folk Group)

1973-1975

This file contains papers relating to the folk music group Staverton Bridge, a professional trio of folklorists/musicians ( Tish Stubbs, Paul Wilsonand Sam Richards) specialising in the performance of...

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Lists from the Archive of Folk Song

Archive of Folk Song (U.S.)

1971-1974

This file contains lists produced by and for, and information about, the Archive of Folk Song at the Music Division of the Library of Congress. The file includes two versions of the paper, 'The Archiv...

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