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Total number of records: 42

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Archives40
Books and printed items2

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handicraft42
manners and customs42
occupations40
community life35
play30
agriculture29
culture27
nature27
food26
animals21

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England1
Great Britain1

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Liman, Ingemar (1938-)6
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)5
Barry, Michael V (1935-)4
Tammivaara, Irmeli4
Kylstra, Henk E3
Wright, John T3
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)2
Bury, Jack2
Ernest2
Marrison, Herbert2

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Victorian do-it-yourself : handicrafts and pastimes of the 1880s

Wiseman, E J; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[1976]

Includes extracts from Amateur work, illustrated (1881-1891).

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Stained Glass Window
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Stained Glass Window

[1970s]

Stained glass window in a church at an unidentified location, viewed from the interior of the church. The centre panel shows the Crucifixion.

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Bell Ropes
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Bell Ropes

McNay, Ian

September 1965

Bell ropes at St. Edmund's Church, Castleton (Derbyshire). The ropes used are made by local ropemaker Herbert Marrison.

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Old English household life : some account of cottage objects and country folk

Jekyll, Gertrude (1843-1932); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1975

Includes index.

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Wall Painting (Sweden)
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Wall Painting (Sweden)

March 1965

Slide of Winter Carl Hansson's wall painting, 'The Marriage in Cana'/ 'Bröllopet i Kana', Leksand (Dalarnas Lan, Sweden). The painting depicts Jesus (centre, with halo) seated at a table with the wed...

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Castleton Garland
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Castleton Garland

McNay, Ian

September 1965

George Bramall and an unidentified male using ropes to construct the frame upon which a flower garland is fixed. The whole construction is worn by the Garland King during the Castleton Garland ceremon...

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The Goldsmith or Jeweller and Associated Customs in the Tamil Speaking Community of South Africa

Pather, Ranjeni

1980

A dissertation which considers the origins of the goldsmithing trade, looks at the manufacture of jewellery in South Africa by the Tamil speaking community of that country, and describes some of the c...

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Corn Dollies

Liman, Ingemar (1938-)

[1960s]

Contact print strip with images of corn dollies on display in a church, at an unidentified location (probably in the Yorkshire Dales). The images include a star-shaped corn dolly, and a corn dolly in ...

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Corn Dollies
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Corn Dollies

Liman, Ingemar (1938-)

[1960s]

Contact print strip with images of corn dollies on display in a church, at an unidentified location (probably in the Yorkshire Dales). The images show different types of elaborately woven corn dolly, ...

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Corn Dollies
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Corn Dollies

Liman, Ingemar (1938-)

[1960s]

Contact print strip with images of corn dollies on display in a church, at an unidentified location (probably in the Yorkshire Dales). The images show different types of elaborately woven corn dolly. ...

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Corn Dollies
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Corn Dollies

Liman, Ingemar (1938-)

[1960s]

Contact print strip with images of corn dollies on display in a church, at an unidentified location (probably in the Yorkshire Dales). The images show a corn dolly which appears to be in the shape of ...

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Corn Dollies

Liman, Ingemar (1938-)

[1960s]

Contact print strip with three images of corn dollies on display in a church, at an unidentified location (probably in the Yorkshire Dales), and one image of a male weaving a corn dolly. The corn doll...

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