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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture4
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History2

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house furnishings6
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Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)2
Tammivaara, Irmeli2
William Angus & Co, London2
Barber, Maud1
Broadhead, Albert1
Broadhead, Bernard1
Creasy, George1
Cross, Miriam1
Green, Charles1
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Archive Item

Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire

Russell, Ian

1971-1973

Ken White in conversation in his home in Sheffield , 24 October 1971. Talk of family and childhood, and four songs. [Tr. 1] Albert Broadhead and Bernard Broadhead recorded in one of their homes, in ...

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Sound Recordings, Suffolk

Pasanen, Leena

July-August 1971

[Collector announcement]; George Creasy, recorded at home in Framsdenon the 30 July 1971; recites the monologues 'Bill and Bob' and 'Harvest Carting in Suffolk'; talks about his working life on local ...

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Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire

Tammivaara, Irmeli

June 1974

Miriam Cross, recorded at home in Prickwillow on 10 June 1974; talks about her childhood home in the village; parents (farmers); baking using a brick oven; jam making; pig killing; describes the Fen r...

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Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire

Tammivaara, Irmeli

July 1975

[Collector announcement]; Etheldrida Thompson, recorded in Witchford on the 14 July 1975; gives biographical details; employment as a nurse housemaid in Cambridge; parlour maid in Peterborough; [colle...

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Archive Print Item

Illustrated catalogue of roll-top desks, writing tables, pigeon-hole cases and writing chairs

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); William Angus & Co, London

January 1896

Title taken from front cover. Desks in oak and American walnut.

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Illustrated catalogue of chairs, settees and stools

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); William Angus & Co, London

1896

Title taken from front cover. First leaf: Solid oak, American walnut, birch, maple and cherry Chairs, settees and stools. W A & Co. L.

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