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community life154
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folk music71
english language - dialects63
nature63
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Sullivan, Keith Frederick17
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)14
Caunce, Stephen12
Dunn, Ginette6
Bird, Elizabeth5
Maduakor, Robert Obiatuegwu5
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)5
Hayes, Raymond (1909-2000)4
Wilkinson, Jim4
Wright, John T4

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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...

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Sound Recordings, North East England

Bird, Elizabeth

November 1973

[Collector announcement]; Evelyn Johnston talks about the Black Watch Jazz Band of Bedlington (Northumberland) during the period 1927-1928; boy and girl members; uniform; instruments; batons; mascot; ...

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Sound Recordings, North East England

Bird, Elizabeth

1973-1974

John Pearson and Belle Pearson, recorded 5 December 1973, talk about North East jazz bands: carnivals going through towns, including Ashington and Morpeth; age range of bands; band colours, mascots; t...

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Sound Recordings, North East England

Bird, Elizabeth

[1973]

Two teenage girls (Drum Major and Band Major, possibly members of the Dudley and Fordley Legionnaires) and their ?father explain their roles in a jazz band; promotion, subscriptions; attraction of mem...

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Dance Poster
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Dance Poster

[1970s]

Poster advertising an Old Time Dance at the Public Hall in Muker ( Swaledale), featuring the Dalesman Accordion Band. The poster is attached to a wooden door.

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Dance Poster
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Dance Poster

[1970s]

Poster advertising an Old Time Dance at the Public Hall in Muker ( Swaledale), featuring the Dalesman Accordion Band. The poster is attached to a wooden door.

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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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Sound Recording, South Yorkshire

Russell, Ian; Gifford, Terry

December 1971

Martin Flannery, interviewed in his own home in Sheffield by Terry Gifford. Describes his personal involvement in the local carolling tradition, and singing as a youngster in the Stannington area of S...

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Sound Recordings, North East England

Bird, Elizabeth

1974

[Collector announcement]; Mark Hornsey describes carnival (e.g. Blaydon) at which jazz bands would perform (in the 1930s); performing on a rostrum; band practices in a pub; modern bands compared with ...

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Sound Recording, Berkshire

Dunn, Ginette

22 June 1974

Fred Jordan, recorded at the Berkshire Folk Festival in Reading; sings 'The Dark Eyed Sailor', 'The Noble Foxhunting' ( 'Dido and Bendigo'), 'The Outlandish Knight', 'The Dark Eyed Stranger', 'Haul Aw...

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Sound Recordings, West Sussex and Leicestershire

Dunn, Ginette

1973-1974

A recording made in George Belton's home in Birdham on the 4 May 1974, of a recording of him singing at Loughborough Folk Festival in 1973. His occasional comments, and the sound of his budgie, are au...

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