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Total number of records: 41

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brewing41
community life41
food41
occupations39
nature33
beverages31
agriculture30
animals29
food crops25
culture24

Top 10: People and organisations

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Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)10
Wright, John T6
Kylstra, Henk E5
Panheinen, Ossi5
Barry, Michael V (1935-)3
Bulmer, A Gillian2
Dunn, Ginette2
Ernest2
Humphreys, Joe2
Maynard, George (1900-1900)2

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Cider-Making and Brewing

1962-1975

This file contains items relating to brewing beer and cider-making, including a photocopy of Eric Sample's article on small breweries in Derby, from an unidentified issue of 'Derbyshire Countryside' (...

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Sound Recording, Devon

Wright, John T

June 1958

Frank Thorne and William Edwards, in conversation in Gittisham; Mr. Thorne talks about farm work, milking, horsemen, father a tenant farmer; [gap, 1 minute]; weeding; haymaking - Mr. Edwards describes...

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Drinking Bottle
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Drinking Bottle

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

August 1966

Miner's drinking bottle, found at Old Gang Mines, Swaledale. Mounted on Photo File card. With ms. caption and catalogue details in the hand of Werner Kissling.

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Sound Recordings, Wiltshire

Wright, John T; Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1957

Ernest Packer, recorded in Ashton Keynes in July 1957; talks about his first job, driving a farm waggon at the age of ten; stable work harnessing horses; wages; thoughts on modern farming methods (plo...

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Sound Recordings, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire

Baldwin, John R

1969

Mrs. I. M. Brown and Mrs. Cotmore [?sisters], recorded in Oxford in 1969. Recitation of the words to 'I had a Little Donkey', and the monologues 'Sally and Her Sweetheart', and 'Little Boy and the Err...

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Sound Recordings, Herefordshire

Bulmer, A Gillian

[1974-1976]

Mr. Reeves, ex-employee of H. P. Bulmer (cider producers), and curator of Leominster Museum, relates a story of a woman who, thinking they were dead, plucked some geese to take to Leominster market. W...

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Sound Recording, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

1974

Priscilla Savage, recorded at home in Blaxhall on the 31 October 1974; talks about remembering songs and giving song texts to other people; sings 'There Were Two Jolly Sportsmen' [incomplete - recites...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Kniveton, Derbyshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

23 Aug 1952

[Side 1] John describes daily routine on farm, incl. mucking out, milking, 'brushing' [= trimming] hedges, talks about going to local pub, recalls occasion when he came home drunk. [Side 2] John talks...

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Sound Recordings, Somerset and Gloucestershire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1950s]

Compilation of extracts from field recordings made as part of the Survey of English Dialects. Informant from Stogumber talks about cidermaking - factories and modern changes, the price of apples, c...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Chirbury, Shropshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

Jan 1955

[Side 1] Joe recalls childhood pastimes, compares village school now and in past, talks about father's work as woodman, reflects on wages to bring up nine children, describes killing and curing pig, r...

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Sound Recordings, Cornwall

Wright, John T

24 November 1958

[Collector announcement]; William Rickards, recorded in Egloshayle; talks about farmwork on leaving school; wages; quarry work after World War One; working with his father in his flour mill, and then ...

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Sound Recording, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

11 September 1974

Priscilla Savage, recorded at home in Blaxhall; talks about the village Youth Hostel; her parents and siblings; food, diet and bread baking; own family and children; working in service; childhood in L...

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