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Traditional Tunes: A Collection of Ballad Airs Chiefly Obtained in Yorkshire and the South of Scotland: Together with their Appropriate Words from Broadsides and from Oral Tradition

Kidson, Frank (1855-1926)

[1960s-1970s]

This file contains a photocopy of Frank Kidson's compilation of ballad texts and tunes, largely collected in Yorkshire and Southern Scotland, published Oxford: Chas. Taphouse & Son, 1891 (xvi, 17-174 ...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Russell, Ian

22 December 1974

Open-air carol service, with brass band accompaniment, recorded in Skelmanthorpe.

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire,

3 February 1981

Ken Sutcliffe, recorded in his home in the Cookridge area of Leeds; talks about papers and books concerning World War Two bombers; occupied territories (Holland); photographs; [collector announcement]...

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Farmhouse (Sweden)
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Farmhouse (Sweden)

January 1965

View of a timber farmhouse at the open-air Upplandsmuseet, Gamla Uppsala (Sweden).

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Brass Band
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Brass Band

[1970s]

Brass band, in uniform, performing in the open air at an unknown event, at an unidentified location in the Yorkshire Dales. People attending the event visible in the background.

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Brass Band
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Brass Band

[1970s]

Brass band performing in uniform in the open air at an unidentified location in North Yorkshire(?). Dry stone wall in foreground; upland landscape in background.

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Harrows
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Harrows

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

December 1974

Harrows on display outside a farmhouse at the open-air Village Museum in Bucharest. Mounted on Photo File card.

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Brass Band
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Brass Band

[1970s]

Brass band, in uniform, performing in the open air at an unknown event, at an unidentified location in the Yorkshire Dales. People attending the event and Dales landscape visible in the background.

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Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire

1981

[Collector announcement]; Jack Agar, recorded in the Territorial Army's Churchill Barracks in Leeds, on the 17 February 1981; gives biographical details; talks about the outbreak of World War Two; joi...

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Fireplace with Swee
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Fireplace with Swee

[1970s]

Fireplace with swee (or rekkan) in stone dwelling house at Auchindrain Township Open-Air Museum. Mounted on Photo File card.

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View at Maihaugen
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View at Maihaugen

1965

View through forest towards timber ?farm buildings at the open air Maihaugen Museum, Lillehammer (Norway).

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Auchindrain Clachan
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Auchindrain Clachan

[1970s]

View of Auchindrain clachan, now the Auchindrain Township Open-Air Museum from the north. Mounted on Photo File card.

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