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Wooden Cart: Romania
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
December 1974
Three males (one just visible on back of the cart), moving domestic furniture on a horse-drawn wooden cart, Rasinari (Romania). The wheels are fitted with rubber car tyres. Mounted on Photo File card ...
The Living Dialect of Great Hale, Lincolnshire
Brown, Robin
1960
A study of the dialect spoken in Great Hale in Lincolnshire, based on data collected through interviews with five local informants over the Easter to August period in 1959, printed sources and referen...
"Gypsy Camp"
Hucklebridge, John
[1970s]
Copy of a photograph taken in 1960, of a temporary Gypsy Traveller encampment on a roadside near Glastonbury (Somerset). Two bowed caravans, and two trailer carts are pulled up on the verge. A woman s...
Community Outing
[1970s]
Copy of a photograph taken in the early 20th century, of farmworkers and their families gathered for a seaside outing, Burton Fleming (East Riding of Yorkshire). The wives and children of the farmwork...
Sedan Chair
[1970s]
Photographic postcard from the West Yorkshire Folk Museum, Shibden Hall, Halifax. The postcard shows a woman in period costume, sitting in a sedan chair which dates from ca. 1790. The door of the seda...
Family with Horse and Cart
[1970s]
Copy of a photograph dating from the late-19th/early-20th century, of a family (mother, father and four girls) standing next to a horse and cart in a street of stone dwelling houses, at an unidentifie...
Man with Handcart
[1970s]
Copy of a photograph taken in the late-19th/early-20th century of a man sitting on a piece of luggage by the roadside, next to a handcart on which there is a wicker crate.
Sound Recordings, Leicestershire and Essex
Tilling, Philip M (1938-); Barry, Michael V (1935-)
1967
Mrs. F. E. Annet, recorded in Carlton Curlieu (Leicestershire); talks about a blacksmith and smithy; fireplaces - use and cleaning; curing bacon/ham; grocery deliveries; neighbour's bread baking; plac...
"Lappish Caravan"
March 1965
Display showing a Sami reindeer caravan, or rajd, at the Nordiska Museet in Stockholm (Sweden). The display shows a dog and a Sami woman on foot, leading 2 reindeers.
Wooden Industries
1959-1974
This file contains extracts and cuttings on boat-building, hurdle-making and other industries centred on wood, including D. Phillips Birt's article, 'Last Days of the Wooden Boat', extracted from 'Cou...
Sound Recordings, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Siporin, Rae Lee
[1965-1980]
Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Nottinghamshire locations 9Nt1-4, and Lincolnshire 10L1-3. The original recordings were made in 1952, 1956, 1957 and 1965. T...
Haymaking: Loading the Hay Sledge
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
July 1962
The Fothergill family loading hay onto a wooden hay sledge drawn by a horse, in a field near Dent ( Dentdale). Rakes are used to gather the loose hay into rows. The children are also involved. Mounted...