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Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)1
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Churchill, Winston, 1874-19651
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Archive File

"Gypsies and Travellers in Yorkshire"

Wyman, Melvyn

1980

M.A. study of Gypsy Traveller culture, and their material culture in particular, based on fieldwork carried out on camp sites in West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire, at the National Gypsy Education Cou...

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Woman and Marriage in Islam

Yedder, Abderahmane Muhammed

1975

Study submitted for the postgraduate Diploma in Folk Life Studies, with chapters on the definition of marriage in the tradition of Islam, marriage among Jahilia (the Arab before Islam), woman before a...

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Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire

Lewis, Cathy Laura

May 1973

The Irish singer, Darach Ó Catháin [DOC], recorded on 7 May 1973 in Leeds; talks about coming to Leeds in 1960; reference to Brendan Behan and Seán Ó Riada [SOR]; singing and first meeting with th...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Bergal, Nancy Ann

27 January 1980

Peter Thorp, recorded at home in Leeds; talks about his interest in folk music; carol singing on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day morning in Leeds - tradition declined due to slum clearances, break up ...

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(F4) Papers : 2009- 2013

c. 2009 - c. 2013

Mainly undated and unattributed typescript (TS) papers and fragments in English and Polish [likely written by Zygmunt Bauman]. With accompanying manuscript notes, annotations and research (mainly prin...

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The Churchill factor : how one man made history

Johnson, Boris; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

2014

Includes bibliographical references. "The point of the Churchill Factor is that one man can make all the difference.' Marking the fiftieth anniversary of Winston Churchill's death, Boris Johnson exp...

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Sound Recordings, Derbyshire and Cheshire

Siporin, Rae Lee

May 1965

[Collector announcement]; Mr. E. Nealey, recorded in Burbage; provides biographical information; makes reference to cockfighting; an Endowed School; selling newspapers at the age of nine; aunt and unc...

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Collection of speeches

Butler, Harcourt (1869-1938)

[1927]

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The black hermit

Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo (1938-2025)

1968

Published under the author's earlier name: James Ngugi. 7 men, 5 women, supers.

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Sound Recordings, Devon

Stigell, Ossi

1976

Mr. Dallyn of Halberton [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/689r] talks about his parents and grandparents; refers to a Club Walk and fair in ?; markets in Tiverton and Tiverton Junction. [Tr. 7] [Collect...

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Sound Recordings, Essex

Berntsen, Howard N

1959-1961

Arthur Wapling, recorded in East Mersea; talks about farming methods; ploughing with horses - describes a stetch, dividing the field, (water) furrows and drainage; modern day farming - compares workin...

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