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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Sullivan, Keith Frederick
11 December 1976
[Collector announcement]; Thomas Simpson, recorded at home in Lebberston; talks about his singing; sings 'All Jolly Fellows that Follow the Plough', and talks about the subject of the song (ploughman'...
Sound Recordings, Bedfordshire
Shaw, David H
1960
Joe Brimm and his wife, Mrs. Joe Brimm, recorded in Dunton; talk about a local road to Dunton Lodge; thatching a haystack and a wheatcock, the clothing (knee pads) worn and implements used; using a te...
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.
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.
Sound Recordings, Bedfordshire
Shaw, David H
1959-1960
Alf Odell, recorded in Gravenhurst in November 1959; describes the process of thatching a haystack/rick; his working clothes and the tools used [ Bert Kefford and Doris Kefford join in]; Mr. Kefford a...
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.
Brass Band
[1970s]
Members of a brass band in uniform. This slide is a copy of a photograph dating from the late-19th/early-20th century, and appears to be a close-up taken from a larger group photograph.
Marching Band
[1970s]
Copy of a photograph dating to the early-20th century, of a boy's marching band in uniform, performing in the street at an unidentified location. The boys play woodwind instruments (including flutes/f...
Marching Band
[1970s]
Copy of a photograph dating from the early-20th century, of a boy's marching band in uniform, performing in the street at an unidentified location. The boys play woodwind instruments (including flutes...
"Lapp Shaman"
March 1965
Display showing a Sami nåjd, or shaman, in the Sami exhibitions at the Nordiska Museet in Stockholm (Sweden). The shaman beats a magic drum.
Norwegian Dulcimer
March 1965
Female in traditional dress, sitting at a wooden table and playing a Norwegian dulcimer, at the Norsk Folkemuseum (Norwegian Folk Museum) in Bygdøy, Oslo. The room in which the woman sits is inside o...
Musical Stones
[1970s]
Copy of a photograph of Richard Alderson (Neddy Dick) of Keld ( Swaledale) sitting outside his home with his set of musical stones. There are 26 stones visible, arranged so that the bass notes are at ...