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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture47
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home48
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manners and customs34
occupations34
food32
culture28
nature27
agriculture26
education23
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Barry, Michael V (1935-)8
Tammivaara, Irmeli7
Tilling, Philip M (1938-)4
Harris, Susan3
Pattison, Susan3
Sullivan, Keith Frederick3
Cordwent, Mr2
Cross, Miriam2
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)2
Goulburn, David2

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The home and a changing civilisation

Mitchison, Naomi (1897-1999)

[1934]

Bibliography: p. 161-162.

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Sullivan, Keith Frederick

11 September 1976

[Collector announcement]; Mrs. Weatherill and daughter Linda, recorded at home in Ainthorpe. Mrs. W. sings 'My Grandfather's Clock', 'Farmer's Boy' and one verse of 'Springtime in the Rockies'; talks ...

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Sound Recordings, Cheshire

Pattison, Susan

1975

Bernard Hurst, recorded at home in Wincham, talks about his involvement with the Antrobus Soul-Cakers; revival of the gang c. 1947-1948, developed from Antrobus Youth Club; origins of the custom; soul...

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Sound Recordings, Cheshire

Pattison, Susan

1975

Wilf Isherwood [David Goulburn also present], recorded in January 1975 at home in Antrobus, talks about soul-caking and how Antrobus acquired the horse's head - taken from the Hatton gang in 1920, fol...

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The Traditional Cookery of a Yorkshire Housewife

Starkey, Helen

1977

A study of one Yorkshire woman's cooking and baking traditions, and her use of recipes and methods of cooking passed on to her from her mother and grandmother. The study begins with a brief section on...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Morris, Patricia M

[September 1981]

Olive Metcalf, recorded at home in the Kirkstall area of Leeds; gives biographical details (born in the Bramley area of Leeds); recollections of baptism as a child; family; other Bramley families; Bra...

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Sound Recordings, Stockton-on-Tees

Schrut, Judith Lynne

January 1977

Foodways: Brenda Conway, recorded in Thornaby, talks about making cheese and potato pie (learned from her mother); recording of informant making the dish in her kitchen; biographical details of the in...

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Sound Recording, Hampshire

Wakelin, Martyn F

1964

Charles Sheppard, recorded in Bishop's Sutton; talks about working with pigs; rook starving [scaring] after the corn sown; scarecrows; service in the Rifle Brigade during World War One, in France; ret...

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Sound Recordings, Cheshire

Pattison, Susan

[1975]

Adrian Peters, recorded at home in Marston, talks about his 7-8 year involvement with the Antrobus Soul-Cakers - link with wife's family and parts played [ David Goulburn contributes occasionally]; ag...

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Sound Recordings, Devon

Stigell, Ossi

1976

Mr. Berry of Holcombe Rogus [wife also present], continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A692r. Talks about local tradespeople, including a butcher, blacksmith, chair and cabinet maker; comments on the number of...

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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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Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire

Pitkannen, Hannu

[1960s/early 1970s]

[Collector announcement, in which he provides background information on his fieldwork project, the locations visited and informants interviewed; he also comments on the quality of the recordings, the ...

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