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Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)13
Barry, Michael V (1935-)2
Dunn, Ginette2
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)2
Shaw, David H2
Tammivaara, Irmeli2
Upton, Clive S2
Agg, Albert1
Allen, Charlie (1879-1879)1
Baldwin, John R1

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"Gypsy Caravan"

Hucklebridge, John

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph taken in 1959, of a Gypsy Traveller caravan on the road, passing through West Harptree (Somerset). The family (two parents, and two young children) sit outside the caravan, which ...

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Quoits
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Quoits

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

June-August 1964

Two teenage boys playing quoits on a grass verge by the road at Castle Bolton ( Wensleydale). One of the boys has just thrown a quoit. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1773. Card 2 in a serie...

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The Leeds Wash-Houses: A Study of Urban Folk Life

Wilson, Janet Elizabeth

1976

A study of wash-houses in Leeds, based on information gathered from official handbooks and annual reports, newspaper articles and interviews with women using wash-houses (some also conducted in their ...

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Quoits
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Quoits

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

June-August 1964

Two teenage boys playing quoits on a grass verge by the road at Castle Bolton ( Wensleydale). One of the boys has just thrown a quoit. Adult males from the village look on. Mounted on Photo File card ...

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Quoits
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Quoits

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

June-August 1964

Two teenage boys playing quoits on a grass verge by the road at Castle Bolton ( Wensleydale). One of the boys is just about to throw a quoit. Adult males from the village look on. Mounted on Photo Fil...

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Wallops (Nine-Pins)
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Wallops (Nine-Pins)

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

June-August 1964

Children playing wallops, or nine-pins, in the street at Castle Bolton ( Wensleydale). The game is played by throwing a stick from a distance at nine wooden skittles/pins set out in square. The object...

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Wallops (Nine-Pins)
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Wallops (Nine-Pins)

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

June-August 1964

Children playing wallops, or nine-pins, in the street at Castle Bolton ( Wensleydale). The game is played by throwing a stick from a distance at nine wooden skittles/pins set out in square. The object...

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Wallops (Nine-Pins)
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Wallops (Nine-Pins)

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

June-August 1964

Children playing wallops, or nine-pins, in the street at Castle Bolton ( Wensleydale). The game is played by throwing a stick from a distance at nine wooden skittles/pins set out in square. The object...

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Wallops (Nine-Pins)
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Wallops (Nine-Pins)

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

June-August 1964

Children playing wallops, or nine-pins, in the street at Castle Bolton ( Wensleydale). The game is played by throwing a stick from a distance at nine wooden skittles/pins set out in square. The object...

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Sound Recordings, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

1974

Margaret Howell, recorded at home in Snape on the 3 October 1974. General conversation covering song sheets, her sons, Christmas carols, remembering a particular song and her health; sings 'On the Ban...

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Pack-Horse Bridge at Ivelet
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Pack-Horse Bridge at Ivelet

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1963

Old stone pack-horse bridge over the River Swale at Ivelet ( Swaledale). The bridge formed part of the old Corpse Way, which ran between Keld and Grinton. Grinton Church and burial ground at one tim...

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Pack-Horse Bridge at Ivelet
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Pack-Horse Bridge at Ivelet

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1963

Old stone pack-horse bridge over the River Swale at Ivelet ( Swaledale). The bridge formed part of the old Corpse Way, which ran between Grinton and Keld. Grinton Church and burial ground at one tim...

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