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occupations15
persons15
clothing and dress13
culture13
food13
english language - dialects12
food industry and trade12
meat12
textile industry11
folklore8

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Upton, Clive S15
Blamire, Edward1
Brown, Charles1
Graham, John Robert1
Hartshorne, Brian1
Hodgson, Herbert Raymond1
Huddart, Len1
Lindley, Mrs1
Lindley, Raymond1
Morgan, Wilf1

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Sound Recording, [Location not given]

Upton, Clive S

[Mid-1970s]

Collector's father describes the old and modern methods of slaughtering cattle, sheep, lambs and pigs; talks about the treatment and processing of animal carcasses; terminology for rabbits, hare and d...

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Sound Recording, [Location not given]

Upton, Clive S

[Mid-1970s]

Male informant describes his career in the Birmingham butchering trade (of forty-nine years, since the age of fourteen); talks about keeping pigs; setting up his butcher's shop; gives answers to the c...

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Sound Recording, Staffordshire

Upton, Clive S

[Mid-1970s]

[Collector announcement]; Ivy Simmons [Simmonds?], recorded with her husband [?at home in Tamworth]; answers questions about names given to pig meat, making brawn and pickling; names for chickens, tur...

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Sound Recording, Derby

Upton, Clive S

[Mid-1970s]

Raymond Lindley and his wife [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A705r, possibly recorded in Spondon, on the outskirts of Derby]; talk of meat contamination and pests; offal, blood products and other by-pro...

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Sound Recording, Greater Manchester

Upton, Clive S

[Mid-1970s]

[Collector announcement]; Wilf Morgan, butcher, recorded in Mossley [interview starts mid conversation]; talks about his experiences as a butcher; boning a piece of beef and cuts of beef; meat prices ...

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Sound Recording, Staffordshire

Upton, Clive S

[Mid-1970s]

Charles Brown [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A709r], recorded in Stoke-on-Trent; talks about his work as a butcher; meat processing equipment/implements; meat display; butcher's shop fixtures and fitti...

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Sound Recording, Shropshire

Upton, Clive S

[Mid-1970s]

John Whittall [recorded in a butcher's shop in Shrewsbury] gives answers to the collector's questionnaire concerning language and terminology associated with the butchering trade. Questions relate to ...

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Sound Recording, Warwickshire

Upton, Clive S

[Mid-1970s]

Mr. D. T. Wharton, recorded in Rugby; gives answers to the collector's questionnaire concerning language and terminology associated with the butchering trade. The answers relate to the beef and pork s...

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Sound Recording, Herefordshire

Upton, Clive S

[Mid-1970s]

Roy Preece, recorded in Hereford; gives answers to the collector's questionnaire concerning language and terminology associated with the butchering trade. Questions relate to beef, lamb, pork and poul...

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Sound Recording, Herefordshire

Upton, Clive S

[Mid-1970s]

Duplicate of tape LAVC/SRE/A713r.

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Sound Recording, West Midlands

Upton, Clive S

[Mid-1970s]

Brian Hartshorne, a butcher recorded in Wolverhampton [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A716r]; talks about slaughtering animals; pests and damaged meat; offal, blood and meat products; pickling; butcheri...

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Sound Recording, Cumbria

Upton, Clive S

20 May 1974

[Collector announcement]; Edward Blamire, recorded at home in Patterdale ; talks about his work as a gardener at Patterdale Hall; describes the kitchen gardens, lawns and staff; the gardens in later y...

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