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Cow Horn Oil Container (Dales Cart)
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
August 1967
Steel-rimmed cow horn suspended by a chain from a stone wall, Healaugh ( Swaledale). The cow horn was found by farmer Norman Sunter, hanging in his barn where it had been for as long as he could remem...
Cow Horn Oil Container (Dales Cart)
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
August 1967
Cow horn suspended by a chain from the axle of a Dales cart, Healaugh ( Swaledale). The cow horn has a steel rim and was used for oiling the wood-arm or iron straight arm of the Dales cart with patent...
Dialect recording in Rothbury, Northumberland
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
15 Mar 1939
[Side 1] George, Billy and Charlie discuss the old six-man, horse-drawn fire engine, George recalls working on it, discussion of local firemen of the past, mention engine now at Hancock Museum (Newcas...
Wheelwrighting: A Study of the Craft as Observed in a Shop in South Leeds
Ivall, Roderick
1973
A study of wheelwrighting in Leeds, with particular reference to two businesses operating in the city in 1973. The study is divided into seven chapters. The first outlines the scope of the investigati...
Dialect recording in Whalton, Northumberland
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
25 Aug 1939
[Side 1] Joe and Billy talk briefly about cars; Joe outlines recent local cricket matches and personal contributions, compares cricket with football, mentions Billy's weekly trips to watch Newcastle U...
Survey of English Dialects recording in York, Yorkshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
19 Aug 1953
[Side 1] Joe tells anecdote about getting lost when out with cart one night, describes changes to street in his lifetime, remembers regular cooperation with neighbour over waggons, briefly mentions mo...
Man with Handcart
[1970s]
Copy of a photograph taken in the late-19th/early-20th century of a man sitting on a piece of luggage by the roadside, next to a handcart on which there is a wicker crate.
Harness Bells
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
July 1965
Set of three bells for the harness of a bell mare, Thornton Rust ( Wensleydale). Mounted on Photo File card. Includes ms. note on the wearing of bells by bell mares and an ms. note in the hand of Wern...
Sound Recording, South Ayrshire
Czerkawska, Catherine Lucy
23 December 1973
Rob Gibson, recorded at home in Dunure, talks about his fishing career and the changes observed in the fishing industry; mussel beds; mussel baits and baiting of fishing lines, tools used; fishing boa...
Rope Bolls for Canal Boats
McNay, Ian
1966
Rope bolls of various shapes and sizes for use on canal boats, at the Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum (formerly the Waterways Museum) on the Grand Union Canal at Stoke Bruerne (Northamptonshire). The bolls...
Sound Recording, Northumberland
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
April 1961
[Announcement: probably recorded by Stanley Ellis in 1961 when he returned to check certain responses.]; Willie Pitt, retired farmworker and waggoner recorded in Embleton; talks about a recent shipwre...
Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire
Ivall, Roderick
1973
[Collector announcement]; Arthur Barber, a retired wheelwright, recorded in his home in the Alwoodley district of Leeds in February 1973; talks about his family wheelwrighting business; the family far...