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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...
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...
"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.
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...
"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 ...
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...
"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...
"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...
"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 ...
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...
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...
"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...