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buildings7
community life5
human settlements5
manners and customs5
associations, institutions, etc4
entertainment events4
holidays3
archive administration2
occupations2
persons2

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Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)1
Bonham-Carter, Victor1
Dixon, Beverley Anne1
Garton, J. A.1
Nicolson, Adam (1957-)1
Read, John (1884-1963)1
Windsor Castle1

Archive Item

Jubilee Celebrations (Preston Guild)

22 April 1974

Copy of a photograph taken in 1952 of a street scene in Preston (Lancashire), showing houses and street furniture adorned with decorations for jubilee celebrations by the Preston Guild.

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Jubilee Celebrations (Preston Guild)

22 April 1974

Copy of a photograph taken in 1952 of a street scene in Preston (Lancashire), showing a street party, organised by the Preston Guild, with children seated at long tables.

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Preston Guild Photographs

[1974]

The two photographs show street scenes in Preston relating to the activities of the Preston Guild. The first shows decorations adorning houses and street furniture; the second a street party, with chi...

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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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Photographs of Traditional Work Techniques and Implements

[1960s]

The photographs in this file show farming scenes (hay gathering, PC1022, PC1053, PC1060), stone barn and cow shed constructions (PC0268, PC0269, PC0275, PC0277), cheesemaking (PC1519), buttermaking (P...

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Lowry's Town has Gone

Dixon, Beverley Anne

1980

A study of Salford, comprising six chapters. The introductory chapter includes quotations from the artist L. S. Lowry, and comments by others on his representation of people and place. The second chap...

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Sound Recording, Devon

Read, John (1884-1963)

8 July 1958

[John Read announcement]; John Read, recorded at the home of his friend, Victor Bonham-Carter, in East Anstey, giving his recollections of country life and the dialect in south-eastern Somerset. Talks...

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