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home economics16
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Malden, John5
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)2
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)2
Pasanen, Leena2
Scott, Mrs M. E.2
Annet, Mrs F. E.1
Applett, Stanley1
Barry, Michael V (1935-)1
Cornforth, John (1937-)1
Creasy, George1

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The National Trust manual of housekeeping

Sandwith, Hermione; Stainton, Sheila; Cornforth, John (1937-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); National Trust (Great Britain)

1991

Spine title: Manual of housekeeping.

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Hints on houses and house furnishing; or economics for young beginners. Illustrated with numerous engravings

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Sargeant, Peterborough

[n.d., c.1851-1855?]

Bodleian Library suggests c.1855.

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Easingwold, Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

15 Apr 1955

[Side 1] John tells anecdote about two brothers working on buildings at Ampleforth College who found buried 'pankin' [= earthenware pot] of spade-guineas, shared plunder and lived off 'brass' for year...

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Buttermaking: Cleaning the Utensils
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Buttermaking: Cleaning the Utensils

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

Summer 1963

Mrs. M. E. Scott scalding buttermaking utensils, including a wooden bowl, scotch hands and butter prints, with boiling water, in her home, West Stonesdale ( Swaledale). After scalding, the utensils wi...

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Buttermaking: Cleaning the Utensils

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

Summer 1963

Mrs. M. E. Scott pouring cool water over scalded buttermaking utensils, including a wooden bowl, scotch hands and butter prints, in her home, West Stonesdale ( Swaledale). When fully cooled, a small p...

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Basketmaking: Laundry Basket

Malden, John

October 1971

Side view of laundry basket in the process of being woven, Burdekin's Baskets, Flushdyke, near Ossett (West Yorkshire). The view shows upright sticks, and basket being woven from the base. Mounted on ...

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Basketmaking: Laundry Basket

Malden, John

October 1971

View of laundry basket in the process of being woven, showing bordering technique, Burdekin's Baskets, Flushdyke, near Ossett (West Yorkshire). Mounted on Photo File card. Card 3 in a series of 11.

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Basketmaking: Laundry Basket

Malden, John

October 1971

View of laundry basket in the process of being woven showing screw block with sticks for the lid in position, and the beginning of the randing for the lid, Burdekin's Baskets, Flushdyke, near Ossett (...

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Basketmaking: Laundry Basket
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Basketmaking: Laundry Basket

Malden, John

October 1971

View of laundry basket in the process of being woven, showing basketmaker continuing the randing of the lid, Burdekin's Baskets, Flushdyke, near Ossett (West Yorkshire). Mounted on Photo File card. Ca...

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Basketmaking: Laundry Basket
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Basketmaking: Laundry Basket

Malden, John

October 1971

View of laundry basket in the process of being woven, Burdekin's Baskets, Flushdyke, near Ossett (West Yorkshire). The bast body is complete, and sticks are in position for the lid prior to randing. M...

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Domestic Life in Rural Suffolk

Niccolls, Sharon

1982

A dissertation which analyses continuity and change in domestic customs and traditions in rural Suffolk, in the fifty years to 1982. The first of four chapters focusses on the housewife, and contains ...

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Housekeeping - General

1965-1980

This file contains items relating to housekeeping and domestic arrangements, and associated customs. This includes a photocopy of Edith Martin's 'Do You Know Cornwall?: Chips and Shavings from a Corni...

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