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Folklife Papers
Bringéus, Nils-Arvid
[1960-1972]
This file contains a typed paper, 'Svensk Folklivsforskning : Några Utvecklingslinjer' [undated - 1960s], on developments in Folk Life Studies in Sweden; and a typed paper, 'Gåsskötsel: Ett Diskuss...
Auctions
1967-1972
This file contains items relating to auctions and auction houses, and includes Stella Margetson's article on old London auction rooms, extracted from 'Country Life' (16 November 1967), pp. 1267-1270; ...
Wooden Industries
1959-1974
This file contains extracts and cuttings on boat-building, hurdle-making and other industries centred on wood, including D. Phillips Birt's article, 'Last Days of the Wooden Boat', extracted from 'Cou...
Agricultural Equipment, Etc.
1969-1979
This file contains items on aspects of agriculture, with a focus on the kinds of tools, equipment and machinery used in farming. This includes a printed diagram and key to the parts of the old Wolds p...
Sound Recording, Somerset
Ihalainen, Ossi
July 1972
Jack Spencer, recorded at home in Westhay on 15 July 1972; describes haymaking, including raking, work breaks, harnessing horses, loading waggons, drink, rick making, dinner time, food, tea, evening w...
Calendar Days
1964-1972
This file contains items on calendar customs, including Valentine's Day. This includes a photocopy of typed extracts on local customs from essays on old Mansfield, written for a competition organised ...
Sheep, Geese, Bees and Dogs
1957-1973
This file contains items relating largely to the care and management of sheep, but also items on geese, bees and dogs. This includes a typed copy of a letter on sheepshearing in Cumberland, from 'Will...
Sound Recording, South Yorkshire
Russell, Ian
8 June 1972
Frank Hinchliffe in conversation at his home in Lodge Moor, Sheffield. Talks about farming (threshing, machinery, ploughing) during the 1940s and wartime; sings and discusses fragments of a number of ...
Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire
Russell, Ian
October 1971
Assembled company and soloists singing in the Rose and Crown pub, Ingbirchworth , 16 October 1971. The soloists are Betty Dawson, Bill Needhamand John Beaver. John Dawson accompanies on the piano. [Tr...
Sound Recording, South Yorkshire
Russell, Ian
7 August 1972
George Hancock recorded in conversation at home, Sheephill Farm, in the Ringinglow area of Sheffield. Mrs. George Hancock also contributes. Talk of (dairy) farming; Penistone and Bakewell markets; alt...
Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire
Russell, Ian; Howarth, Leslie
8 May 1973
Jack White and Mrs. Jack White in conversation at their home in the Stannington area of Sheffield. Talk of family members; informant's birthplace; Castleton Wakes; haytime; schooling at Lydgate in She...