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Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)7
Hucklebridge, John5
Light, Mrs3
Alderson, Richard2
Hartley, Dorothy2
Neddy Dick2
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)1
Gorman, Eddie1
Johnson, Cissie (1910-)1
Johnson, Fred (1914-)1

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Sound Recordings, Oxfordshire

Morson, I F

1966-1969

Jim Willding, recorded in the Baker's Arms pub, Oxford, on the 5 December 1967; sings [unidentified, with accordion], 'Cock of the North'; conversation; 'Banks of the Sweet Primroses', 'Daisybell', 'I...

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Norwegian Dulcimer
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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...

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"Gypsy Children"

Hucklebridge, John

1968

The two young Light family boys, sitting on a trunk at an unknown location in Wiltshire. Both boys hold a young chicken in their hands. Mounted on Photo File card.

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Sedan Chair

[1970s]

Photographic postcard from the West Yorkshire Folk Museum, Shibden Hall, Halifax. The postcard shows a woman in period costume, sitting in a sedan chair which dates from ca. 1790. The door of the seda...

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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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Handknitting
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Handknitting

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

[1960s]

Incomplete handknitted woollen item (possibly a sock or stocking) made by Mrs. Jane Metcalfe of Keld ( Swaledale). The knitting sits on a low wooden stool, and is attached to traditional curved needle...

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"Gypsy Mother and Child"

Hucklebridge, John

1968

Mrs. Light and one of the Light family sons, sitting on the roadside at an unknown location in Wiltshire. A kettle hangs over a small fire on a long metal hook which has been rooted in the ground. Mou...

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"Gypsy Mother and Child"

Hucklebridge, John

1968

Mrs. Light and one of the Light family sons, sitting on the roadside at an unknown location in Wiltshire. A kettle hangs over a small fire on a long metal hook which has been rooted in the ground. Mou...

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"Gypsy Family"

Hartley, Dorothy

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph taken ca. 1920 of a Gypsy Traveller family sitting outside their caravan in an unknown (English) location. The family group consists of two parents, five children and a baby, but ...

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Hawker's Van
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Hawker's Van

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph taken in the early 20th century of a Gypsy Traveller girl sitting on the steps of a hawker's van at an unknown location, possibly in Herefordshire. Three different types of basket...

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Pace Eggers, West Yorkshire
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Pace Eggers, West Yorkshire

[1960s]

Copy of a photograph of a group of pace eggers performing in the open air at an unidentified location, probably in West Yorkshire. The players are all children (boys), and are all in costume. The play...

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"Gypsy Family"

Hartley, Dorothy

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph taken ca. 1920 of a Gypsy Traveller family sitting outside their caravan in an unknown (English) location. The family consists of two parents, five children and a baby. The family...

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