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Sound Recording, Leicester

Edge, Christine

1965

Various informants talk of Cat Anna ( Leicester woman regarded as a witch), a secret tunnel used by Lady Jane Grey, Leicester Castle, witch burnings, divination (future husband, sex of unborn baby); C...

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Blacksmith Making a Horseshoe
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Blacksmith Making a Horseshoe

Brunk Wille

September 1967

Informant Eric Snaith making a horseshoe, in his blacksmith's shop, Brick Yard House, Danby (North Yorkshire). The horseshoe is being shaped from a length of metal, using a hammer and anvil.

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Ropework Items for Canal Boats
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Ropework Items for Canal Boats

McNay, Ian

1966

Ropework items used on canal boats, exhibited at the Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum (formerly the Waterways Museum) on the Grand Union Canal at Stoke Bruerne (Northamptonshire). To the right are monkey's ...

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