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Total number of records: 11

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture6
Business Archives4

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SubjectCount
textile industry11
occupations6
business records4
clothing and dress4
persons4
community life3
culture3
handicraft3
buildings2
dwellings2

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)3
Outhwaite, T. G.3
Barry, Michael V (1935-)1
Crellin, Mrs Amanda1
Crump, William Bunting (1868-1950)1
Dyson, B Ronald1
Dyson, Wilsey1
Edward Ripley and Son1
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)1
Houck, Charles L1

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Ropemaking: Winding Warp onto the Loom
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Ropemaking: Winding Warp onto the Loom

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

June 1962

Ropemaker, Mr. T. G. Outhwaite , winding cotton warp onto the beam of a loom and threading it through the eals and reed, at his workshop in Hawes ( Wensleydale). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/P...

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Ropemaking: Winding Warp onto the Loom
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Ropemaking: Winding Warp onto the Loom

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

June 1962

Ropemaker, Mr. T. G. Outhwaite , winding cotton warp onto the beam of a loom and threading it through the eals and reed, at his workshop in Hawes ( Wensleydale). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/P...

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Ropemaking: Winding Warp onto the Loom
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Ropemaking: Winding Warp onto the Loom

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

June 1962

Ropemaker, Mr. T. G. Outhwaite , winding cotton warp onto the beam of a loom and threading it through the eals and reed, at his workshop, Hawes ( Wensleydale). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO...

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Miscellaneous antiquarian notes, mainly relating to the Yorkshire textile industry, compiled by William Bunting Crump, ca. 1920-1935

William B. Crump

c.1920-1935

1-3 Small note books on navigations and woollen industry, c. 1920-30. 4. Note book "C" on common fields, 1924. 5. Note book "P" on enclosure awards, 1929. 6-8. Packets of loose papers on enclosures an...

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William Hanson and Company Limited, Business Archive

William Hanson and Company Limited

1924-1954

Comprises: 1) Credit ledgers, 1931-1951; 2) Debit ledgers, 1927-1950; 3) Invoice day-books for payments, 1929-1951; 4) Day-book for receipts, 1943-1951; 5) Wage books, 1924-1950; 6) Purcha...

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Sound Recordings, Lancashire

Taylor, Monica

[1970-1972]

Female informant [possibly the collector's mother], recorded in Haslingden ; talks about and recites a poem with the first line, At number one Bolton yard; sings 'Where oh where is my Norah?' [first l...

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John Foster and Son, Business Archive

John Foster and Son

c.1820-1950

----------- Please see the attached Concordance.pdf to ascertain the relationship between the numeration of the records and the shelf numbers used by Special Collections. ----------- Black Dyke ...

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Sound Recordings, Yorkshire, Isle of Man and Cheshire

Dyson, B Ronald; Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Barry, Michael V (1935-); Siporin, Rae Lee

[1965-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Yorkshire locations 6Y30-31, 33-34; Isle of Man 6aMan1-2; and Cheshire 7Ch1-2. The original recordings were made between 195...

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Thomas Boyd (Leeds) Limited, Business Archive

Thomas Boyd Limited Leeds

1889-1932

Summary of Contents: I. Cash Books. 1889-1932. II. Ledgers. 1896-1923. III. Finishing Books. 1893—1913. IV. Employment and Wages Records. 1891-1917. I. CASHBOOKS. 1889-1932 These ...

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Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire

Houck, Charles L

[Mid 1960s-1970s]

Male and female informant responses to a questionnaire used by the collector as part of his sociolinguistic inquiry in Leeds. For the purposes of data collection, the city was divided into a number of...

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Edward Ripley and Son, Business Archive

Edward Ripley and Son; Ripley, Henry William; Ripley, Edward

1831-1950

----------- Please see the attached Concordance.pdf to ascertain the relationship between the numeration of the records and the shelf numbers used by Special Collections. ----------- Large colle...

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