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Total number of records: 7

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
communication7
community life7
culture6
english language - dialects5
folk music4
play4
agriculture3
animals3
folklore3
manners and customs3

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bergal, Nancy Ann2
Wood, Geoff (1924-2013)2
Baker, Alice1
Baker, Charles Albert1
Baldwin, John R1
Cook, E. T.1
Cook, Mrs. E. T.1
Couldwell, Jack1
Curtin, John1
Dyson, B Ronald1

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Sound Recording, South Yorkshire

Russell, Ian; Gifford, Terry

1971

'A People's Carol', produced by Ian Russell and Terry Gifford, and broadcast on BBC Radio Sheffield on 26 December 1971. Combines extracts from field recordings of carol singing in pubs, with spoken c...

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A Synchronic Study of the Dialect of the Upper Holme Valley in the West Riding of Yorkshire

Dyson, B Ronald

1960

Volume One of this Ph.D. thesis includes an Introduction, notes on the informants and on methods and principles of phonetic transcription, phonetic transcriptions made from field tape recordings, a se...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Bergal, Nancy Ann

15 February 1980

Geoff Wood and Bob Spray, recorded at the Grove Folk Club in Leeds. Talk of folk clubs in Leeds and the role of Brian Senior; also clubs at the Coach and Horses, [?Seven Hills] and the Union Tavern; t...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Bergal, Nancy Ann

25 January 1980

Recorded in John Curtin's home in Leeds, and at the Grove Folk Club (also in Leeds). John Curtin sings an unidentified song, with guitar accompaniment; and tells a story of catching wild boar in Bradf...

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Sound Recordings, Oxfordshire

Baldwin, John R

1966

Harry Lay, recorded at home in Bampton; talks about playing the character Father Christmas in a mummers' play performed in Bampton each year; recites lines from the play, and goes on to talk about his...

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Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire

Tammivaara, Irmeli

July 1975

[Collector announcement]; Wally Hull, recorded at Little Downham on the 15 July 1975 [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A672r]; talks about winter weather; skating and champion skaters; his work as a postm...

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Sheep, Geese, Bees and Dogs

1957-1973

This file contains items relating largely to the care and management of sheep, but also items on geese, bees and dogs. This includes a typed copy of a letter on sheepshearing in Cumberland, from 'Will...

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