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Archive Item

Sound Recording,

Holloway, Charles

30 December 1978

The collector's parents, Mr. C. R. P. Holloway and Mrs. W. J. Holloway discuss family Christmas traditions - games, children's parties, belief in Santa Claus, Christmas walks, skating on Boxing Day, h...

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Sound Recordings, Devon

Panheinen, Ossi

[1970]

Mr. Reed [location not given] talks about his family; farming for 54 years; ploughing with horses; his role as Church Warden and the role of the Church Council; reference to Lord Sidmouth and Lady Sid...

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Sound Recordings, [Derbyshire]

Wright, Fiona J

December 1978

[Collector announcement: informant's name, year and place of birth]; Linda Aldcroft talks about her childhood Christmases in Altrincham (Cheshire) - preparations, including Stir Up Sunday (cake/puddin...

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Archive File

Preston Guild Merchant: A Study of Traditional Involvement in a Civic Ceremony

Monaghan, Ann M

1974

A dissertation providing impressions of the 1972 Preston Guild Merchant ( Preston, Lancashire), based on personal observation and interviews with local people (who also provided information on the 195...

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Sound Recordings, [Cambridgeshire]

Lyons, Margaret

Dec 1978

[Collector announcement]; collector's grandmother [ recorded in Cambridgeshire]; offers childhood recollections of Christmas in the 1910s/1920s - presents, food and drink, supper, singsongs, games (ch...

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Sound Recordings, Lancashire

Calvert, Valerie E; Vickers, Emma

April 1961

Emma Vickers of Burscough talks about Burscough Fair; fortune telling with tea leaves and playing cards; good/bad luck - wedding cake, bouquets; Halloween parties at home - games; New Year traditions ...

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Sound Recordings, Shropshire

Hubbard, Wendy E

October-November 1958

[Collector announcement]; William Moore, [?recorded in Albrighton (Shropshire)], talks about his father's haulage business; harvesting; the weather; his father; a motorbike; an anecdote about retrievi...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Cooke, Jane A

[1979]

Mrs. Wood, recorded in Birdsedge; gives biographical details and information on her schooling in Ridgeway, Derbyshire, and Sheffield; describes the school at Ridgeway and playtimes (in the mid 1940s);...

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Correspondence and papers UNSORTED (2)

c.1981 -c.2008

Mainly unsorted loose correspondence, papers and cuttings relating to research and writings on Holocaust writing, memorial and testimony. Some arranged in folders (as per original). Includes theses on...

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Sound Recording, Redcar and Cleveland

Sullivan, Keith Frederick; Green, Anthony E (1943-)

16 November 1975

William Hart, recorded at home in Wilton by Tony Green [?daughter and son-in-law, Ray Bennett and Mrs. Ray Bennett, also present]. Sings 'Out in the Wild World'; talks about learning tunes from his fa...

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Sound Recording, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

1974

Priscilla Savage, recorded at home in Blaxhall on the 31 October 1974; talks about remembering songs and giving song texts to other people; sings 'There Were Two Jolly Sportsmen' [incomplete - recites...

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