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culture13
english language - dialects13
folk drama7
community life6
manners and customs6
persons5
associations, institutions, etc4
clothing and dress4
holidays4
rites and ceremonies4

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Read, John (1884-1963)3
Garton, J. A.2
Sullivan, Keith Frederick2
Wilkinson, Jim2
Bergal, Nancy Ann1
Bonham-Carter, Victor1
Curtin, John1
Goldsack, Beryl1
Wilkinson, Mrs1
Richard II, Act II, Scene 1 Extract
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Richard II, Act II, Scene 1 Extract

[1950s-1960s]

Copy from an unidentified publication of lines 40-50 from Act II, Scene 1 of William Shakespeare's 'King Richard II'.

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Sound Recording, Somerset

Read, John (1884-1963)

1 July 1958

Performance of the first two acts of John Read's Somerset dialect play, 'Wold Ways A-Gwain', recorded in Dinder. This follows an introduction and scene-setting by Mr. J. A. Garton.

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Pace Eggers, West Yorkshire
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Pace Eggers, West Yorkshire

[1960s]

Copy of a photograph of a group of pace eggers performing in the open air at an unidentified location, probably in West Yorkshire. The players are all children (boys), and are all in costume. The play...

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Pace Eggers, West Yorkshire
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Pace Eggers, West Yorkshire

[1960s]

Copy of a photograph of a group of pace eggers performing in the open air at an unidentified location, probably in West Yorkshire. The players are all children (boys), and are all in costume. The Doct...

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Pace Eggers, West Yorkshire
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Pace Eggers, West Yorkshire

[1960s]

Copy of a photograph of a group of pace eggers performing in the open air at an unidentified location, probably in West Yorkshire. The players are all children (boys), and are all in costume. The play...

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Wall Painting (Sweden)
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Wall Painting (Sweden)

March 1965

Slide of Anders Bengtsson's wall painting, 'The Shepherds'/ 'Herdarna', painted in 1858, Norra Bökeberg (Hallands Lan, Sweden). The painting depicts the biblical scene of the Annunciation to the Shep...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Sullivan, Keith Frederick

5 January 1977

[Collector announcement]; Jim Wilkinson, recorded at the collector's home in Whitby; sings 'Engine 143', [unidentified fragment], [? 'Jeannie McPherson is a Person with Long Yellow Hair'] and 'Lord of...

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Pace Eggers, West Yorkshire
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Pace Eggers, West Yorkshire

[1960s]

Copy of a photograph of a group of pace eggers performing in the open air at an unidentified location, probably in West Yorkshire. The players are all children (boys), and are all in costume. The Doct...

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The Phonology of the Dialect of Spitalfields in the London Borough of Stepney

Goldsack, Beryl

1962

A study of the dialect spoken in the Spitalfields area of the London borough of Stepney, based on data collected from three local informants, interviewed over Easter 1961.

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Sound Recording, St. Andrews

Read, John (1884-1963)

December 1957

[Collector announcement]; Professor John Read, reading extracts from his book, 'Farmer's Joy' (Edinburgh: Nelson, 1949). The first is from chapter nineteen, The Camel Play Actors, in which he gives an...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Sullivan, Keith Frederick

29 November 1976

[Collector announcement, states date as 30 November]; Jim Wilkinson, recorded at home in Tranmire; talks about Yorkshire monologues; thoughts on poetry and painting and sad songs; sings 'Greenland Wha...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Bergal, Nancy Ann

13 December 1979

John Curtin, recorded in his home in the Armley area of Leeds. Biographical details; interest in Scottish Country Dance bands; accordion, guitar playing as a teenager; distinction made between traditi...

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