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Total number of records: 76

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Archives66
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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture66
Cookery Collection10

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food76
occupations53
agriculture38
culture34
community life33
food crops29
implements, utensils etc28
english language - dialects25
nature25
animals19

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Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)15
Scott, Mrs M. E.7
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)5
Mcnay, Ian5
Plimmer, Violet Geraldine5
Dunn, Ginette4
Green, R J4
Hollings, Dick3
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)3
Plimmer, Robert Henry Aders (1877-1955)3

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Bergen Fish Market
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Bergen Fish Market

1965

View of the fish market on the harbourside at Bergen (Norway).

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Cheese Press
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Cheese Press

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

August 1962

Large stone cheese press, in the gardens(?) of a building/house in Askrigg ( Wensleydale).

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Corn Stacks
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Corn Stacks

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1966

Thatched corn stacks in a field near Halidon Hill, Foulden (Berwickshire).

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Haymaking by Hand: Using the Scythe
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Haymaking by Hand: Using the Scythe

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1962

Gang of 3 scythesmen, including David Raw, cutting a hayfield, Kettlewell ( Wharfedale).

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Hay Harvest
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Hay Harvest

McNay, Ian

1966

Farm worker harvesting hay using a combine harvester, in a field on the Lleyn Peninsula (North Wales).

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SED Word Map: Spring Onions
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SED Word Map: Spring Onions

[Early-mid 1970s]

Experimental printed word map, completed in ms., for SED question V.7.16, Spring Onions, mapping the distribution of responses Spring Onions and Green Onions. The map is headed Linguistic Atlas of Eng...

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Cheesemaking: Putting Curd into a Cheesecloth
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Cheesemaking: Putting Curd into a Cheesecloth

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1963

Mrs. M. E. Scott taking dry curd from the copper cheese kettle, and putting it into a cheesecloth, in her home, West Stonesdale ( Swaledale).

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Haymaking: Hay Sledge
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Haymaking: Hay Sledge

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1962

Farmer, Mr. Fothergill, leading a horse drawing a hay sledge loaded with hay out of the fields, Dent ( Dentdale). A (sheep)dog runs in front.

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Cheesemaking: Breaking up the Cheese Mixture
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Cheesemaking: Breaking up the Cheese Mixture

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1963

Mrs. M. E. Scott breaking up cheese mixture in a copper kettle with a wire breaker (curd cutter?), in her home, West Stonesdale ( Swaledale).

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Haymaking by Hand: Nag Rake
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Haymaking by Hand: Nag Rake

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1962

Farmer, Mr. David Raw, demonstrating the use of a nag rake, or drag rake, for raking the field clean after the main crop is collected, Kettlewell ( Wharfedale).

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Cheesemaking: Cheese Bandages
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Cheesemaking: Cheese Bandages

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1963

Mrs. M. E. Scott sewing calico bandages around pressed and pickled curd in order to preserve its shape, at her home, West Stonesdale ( Swaledale).

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Leaded Range in Stone Dwelling House
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Leaded Range in Stone Dwelling House

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

1964

Black leaded Victorian range with various fittings, inside stone dwelling house in Carperby ( Wensleydale). The range and its fittings were still in use at the time of photographing.

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