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buildings51
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manners and customs36
occupations34
culture30
agriculture29
nature29
animals26
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Top 10: People and organisations

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Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)10
Caunce, Stephen7
Liman, Ingemar (1938-)7
Barry, Michael V (1935-)4
Tammivaara, Irmeli3
Gledhill, James2
Jacques, Oswald2
Parry, David (1937-)2
Pickering, Michael J2
Tilling, Philip M (1938-)2

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"Gypsy Caravan"

Caunce, Stephen

June 1972

Painted Gypsy Traveller caravan parked on the roadside at Appleby Horse Fair, ( Appleby, Cumbria). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1665 and LAVC/PHO/P1667.

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"Gypsy Caravan"

Caunce, Stephen

June 1972

Painted Gypsy Traveller caravan parked on the roadside at Appleby Horse Fair, ( Appleby, Cumbria). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1665 and LAVC/PHO/P1666.

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"Gypsy Caravan"

Caunce, Stephen

June 1972

Girls standing outside a brightly painted Gypsy Traveller caravan at Appleby Horse Fair, ( Appleby, Cumbria). A horse can be seen grazing to the left of the caravan. Mounted on Photo File card with LA...

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Appleby Horse Fair: Caravans
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Appleby Horse Fair: Caravans

Caunce, Stephen

June 1972

View of modern Gypsy Traveller caravans on the residential site at Appleby Horse Fair, Appleby (Cumbria). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1605.

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Jubilee Celebrations (Preston Guild)

22 April 1974

Copy of a photograph taken in 1952 of a street scene in Preston (Lancashire), showing houses and street furniture adorned with decorations for jubilee celebrations by the Preston Guild.

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Preston Guild Photographs

[1974]

The two photographs show street scenes in Preston relating to the activities of the Preston Guild. The first shows decorations adorning houses and street furniture; the second a street party, with chi...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Cooke, Jane A

[1979]

Mrs. Jordan, recorded in Birdsedge, talks about her childhood games, played in Crawley, West Sussex. Describes ball games, 'Battle of Waterloo', French skipping (elastics), counting-out rhymes; song; ...

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Sure and Steadfast: A Study of Tradition in The Boys' Brigade

White, Peter S

1983

A study of the practices in the 3rd Sutton Coldfield Company of the Boys' Brigade, and also the 10th Leeds Company, based on the collector's experience as a member of the former for ten years, and inv...

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Appleby Horse Fair: Carts

Caunce, Stephen

June 1972

Three Gypsy Traveller children standing in front of wooden rag-and-bone carts at Appleby Horse Fair, Appleby (Cumbria). Modern Gypsy Traveller caravans are visible in the background. Mounted on Photo ...

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Jubilee Celebrations (Preston Guild)

22 April 1974

Copy of a photograph taken in 1952 of a street scene in Preston (Lancashire), showing a street party, organised by the Preston Guild, with children seated at long tables.

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Appleby Horse Fair: Caravans
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Appleby Horse Fair: Caravans

Caunce, Stephen

June 1972

Modern Gypsy Traveller caravans, at Appleby Horse Fair, Appleby (Cumbria). A painted wooden horse trap and grazing horse stand in front of the caravans. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1612 ...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Dolphinholme, Lancashire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

24 May 1954

[Side 1] Bill describes baking oatcakes over open fire with 'spittle' [= wooden baking shovel] and 'cratch' [= drying rack], talks about owners of Wyreside Hall and working with horses, recalls runawa...

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