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Uffington Mummers' Play
1972
This file contains items relating to the Mummers' play performed at Uffington (Oxfordshire). This includes a photocopy of typed text of the songs performed, and a transcription of the words of the 'Uf...
Sound Recordings, Liverpool, Manchester and Preston
Calvert, Valerie E
April 1961
Peggy Meek describes egg customs - conkering, displaying decorated eggs, egg rolling on Easter Monday, ingredients for decorating eggs [informant is Secretary of the Cumberland and Westmorland Benevol...
Sound Recording, Monmouthshire
Upton, Clive S
28 December 1974
[Gap, 2 minutes]; Charles Thomas, recorded in Llanfrechfa; talks about meat wholesalers in Newport; slaughterhouses in Abergavenny, and others remaining in the area; work for the Ministry during World...
Folklore Notes
Mason, Mr
[1960s-1970s]
This file contains a photocopy of a manuscript and newspaper cuttings compiled by a Mr. Mason ca. 1870s-1880s, which forms a collection of folklore items. Although varied, there is a regional element ...
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 ...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Sullivan, Keith Frederick
2 April 1976
[Collector announcement]; Raymond Hayes, recorded at home in Hutton-le-Hole; talks about songwriting, singing and playing at dances in the local school hall; playing the banjo and ukulele; sings and p...
Village and Farm
1960-1973
This subseries, comprising one file only, contains items on village and farm life, and related topics. This includes W. E. Tate's paper, 'Parish Records and the English Village Community', extracted f...
Sound Recording, Monmouthshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Parry, David (1937-)
[1960s]
Mr. Padfield, recorded in Crosskeys [undated]; talks about the local landscape and afforestation; boom time for coal mines during World War One; economic slumps and unemployment, dole and soup kitchen...
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...
Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire
Tammivaara, Irmeli
July 1974
[Collector announcement]; Mary Dawson, recorded in Doddington on the 8 July 1974; recollects her childhood in Doddington; marriage; children; skating matches; changes to the village; trandling for bir...