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Nailmaking, Blacksmiths, Steel, Etc.
1963-1974
This file includes a typed transcript of an interview between Fred Hobbis and E. John Penny on nailmaking in Northfield, Birmingham (June 1963); Evelyn Leonard's article on Tom Merrill and hand-forgin...
Mines, Mining, and Mining Communities
[1955-1979]
This file largely consists of photocopied articles and magazine and newspaper extracts and cuttings, including G. Bernard Wood's article, 'Relics of Rural Coal Mines', on mining remains in Yorkshire, ...
Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire and Leicestershire
Paxton, N Sally
1976
Glen Brook recorded in conversation in his workshop in Healaugh, whilst working [on ?horseshoes]. Recorded 29 June 1976. [Tr. 1]
Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire
[Mid-1960s]
Male, recorded in Filey in 1962 [date when this copy tape made not known]; talks about sea fishing (first, aged eleven) from Grimsby (no fishing on a Sunday); fishing on Dogger Bank; tacking into the ...
Appleby Horse Fair: Blacksmith
Caunce, Stephen
June 1972
Blacksmith with a mobile forge at Appleby Horse Fair, Appleby (Cumbria). The blacksmith is shoeing a horse, which has its hoof raised up on a tripod. Modern Gypsy Traveller caravans are visible in the...
The Black Country Dialect in the Cradley Heath Area
Manley, Sandra
1971
M.A. dissertation on the Black Country dialect as it is spoken in and around Cradley Heath, with particular focus on the vocabularies of the hand-made nail and chain trades. Three chapters describe th...
Crime
[1972-1983]
This file contains items on criminal activities, including highway robbery and coining. This includes an ms note from Ivor Clissold to Tony Green describing a custom undertaken on leaving prison, coll...
"Tinker's Caravan"
1967
Gypsy Traveller caravan on display at the Ulster Folk Museum (now the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum), Cultra (County Down). A man and woman are looking inside the caravan.
Legends
1961-1972
The file contains a copy of Theo Brown and Stephen Dewar's pamphlet, 'Ghostly Gold and Goblin Tunes: Archaeological Apparitions and Traditions' (St. Peter Port: Toucan Press, 1969), 11 pp.; Malcolm Ba...
Interior of Smithy at West Yorkshire Folk Museum
[1960s]
Interior of smithy at West Yorkshire Folk Museum, Shibden Hall, Halifax. Two males punch holes in the iron hoop of a wheel using a mallet, hole punch, and anvil. Mounted on Photo File card.
The Hand-Made Nail Industry of Birmingham and the Midlands
Penny, E John
1964
A dissertation focussing on the nail making industry of Birmingham and the Midlands. Its five chapters cover the early history of the industry (mineral deposits and early iron industry, slitting mills...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Kniveton, Derbyshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
23 Aug 1952
[Side 1] John recounts various jobs he has done, incl. waggoner, farm worker, miner, foundry worker, enlisted 1914 and served at Ypres and Somme, then 28 years on farms incl. own smallholding and milk...