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"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...
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...
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...
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 ...
(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...
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...
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...
The black hermit
Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo (1938-2025)
1968
Published under the author's earlier name: James Ngugi. 7 men, 5 women, supers.
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...
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...