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nature130
community life128
education125
occupations116
animals110
agriculture102
food82
culture73
manners and customs63
food crops50

Top 10: People and organisations

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Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)28
Barry, Michael V (1935-)12
Tammivaara, Irmeli12
Dunn, Ginette7
Pasanen, Leena7
Siporin, Rae Lee7
Panheinen, Ossi6
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)5
Liman, Ingemar (1938-)5
Tilling, Philip M (1938-)5

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Staithes

Day, Angela M

1967

A study of Staithes in North Yorkshire, in two sections. The first considers the community, and contains an introduction to the village and its history, and sections on the social pattern (dress, educ...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Brooks, Margaret

16 February 1973

Myers Johnson, recorded [?at home] in Kettlesing [daughter also present]; gives biographical information and talks about the Dacre parish (his birthplace); closure of local chapels; wartime recollecti...

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Sound Recordings, Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1960s]

Mr. Fisher of Thornhill, recorded in 1962; talks about working in a coal mine - hours of work, wages, scale picking (as a youngster); pushing tubs underground; describes the layout underground and the...

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Sound Recordings, Powys

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Parry, David (1937-)

[1960s]

[Collector announcement (Ellis)]; Mr. ?Richards, recorded outside in Llanafan-fawr [undated]; talks about the electricity supply to the area; fire grates in local houses; peat burning; local dwellings...

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Sound Recording, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

11 September 1974

Priscilla Savage, recorded at home in Blaxhall; talks about the village Youth Hostel; her parents and siblings; food, diet and bread baking; own family and children; working in service; childhood in L...

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Sound Recordings, London, Huntingdonshire and Buckinghamshire

Tilling, Philip M (1938-); Barry, Michael V (1935-)

1967

Mr. H. J. Kent, recorded in Hackney (London); talks about bus fares in London, compared with fifty years ago; journey times compared with horse trams; thoughts on the present bus service; horse drawn ...

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Sound Recording, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

19 July 1974

Percy Webb, recorded at home in Tunstall Common; talks about Army life (pay, food) whilst in India; experiences of World War One (where stationed, being shelled/gassed, trenches, leave, Armistice, inj...

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Sound Recordings, Devon

Panheinen, Ossi

[1970]

Mrs. Reed [location not given] talks about the Mothers' Union; her husband's involvement with the local Church Council [Mr. Reed, recorded on tape LAVC/SRE/A699r]; the village fete; skittles; activiti...

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Sound Recordings, Devon

Stigell, Ossi

1976

Mr. Cordwent of Whitnage [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A688r] talks about deer hunting/culling on Exmoor; the damage done by deer; the cost of maintaining hunting packs (horses and dogs); involvement ...

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Sound Recordings, Wiltshire

Wright, John T

August 1957

Ernest Kent, recorded in Netheravon; talks about driving hay waggons in the summer; Michaelmas ploughing with oxen; his father; hoeing and rates of pay; threshing with a flail; rates of pay; gleaned c...

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Sound Recordings, Kent

Ross-Glass, Ruth M

c.1975-1980

Recordings of children made at four Kent schools, and adults attending Further Education institutions and a Young Wives' Group. In each case, the informants discuss ten fairy tales, selected by the co...

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Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire

Tammivaara, Irmeli

July 1974

[Collector announcement]; Bertram Bridgement, recorded in Manea on the 3 July 1974; talks about farming and farm jobs pre-mechanisation; dyke/drain digging tools; job as a horseman; showing horses (Sh...

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