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Brooks, Margaret5
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Roberts, George1

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Sound Recording, South Yorkshire

Brooks, Margaret

17 February 1973

George Roberts, dry stone waller, interviewed in Cawthorne with T. Frank Matthewman (Chairman of Cawthorne Parish Council). GR explains dry stone wall construction techniques; source of stone; tools; ...

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Sound Recording, South Yorkshire

Brooks, Margaret

13 February 1973

A. Leslie Maxfield, recorded in Cawthorne, discusses and explains dry stone wall repairs; source of stone; wall construction; through stones and distribution of weight; Ha Ha (sunken fence); shaping s...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Brooks, Margaret

16 February 1973

Myers Johnson, recorded [?at home] in Kettlesing [daughter also present]; gives biographical information and talks about the Dacre parish (his birthplace); closure of local chapels; wartime recollecti...

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Dry Stone Walls and Wall Building in West Yorkshire

Brooks, Margaret

1973

M.A. dissertation in five parts, with a separate volume of photographs. Part One discusses the practical aspects of the project, and outlines the research methods employed (letters to newspapers, corr...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Brooks, Margaret

16 February 1973

Myers Johnson, dry stone waller, recorded outside in Kettlesing, talks about the village and his roles in the parish (officer, committee member); shows walls he has built himself; describes constructi...

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