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House in Knaresborough
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
1962
View over the River Nidd of houses in Knaresborough (North Yorkshire). The view includes a brightly decorated house with a black and white check pattern on the gable end.
Vicarage, Västra Tunhem
April 1965
The Vicarage at Prästgården, Västra Tunhem (Sweden). The building is timber with plank dressing. A note in the Slide Index suggests that Västra Tunhem is in Västergotland, but the town is liste...
"The Gypsy Caravan in Britain: A Functional Examination of its Significance in Traditional Gypsy Society"
Schuster, Ivan L
1971
M.A. dissertation comprising five chapters. The first gives a delineation of spheres of Gypsy Traveller cultural activity, a colour-coded map locating wagon makers and craft specialists, fairs and rac...
Sure and Steadfast: A Study of Tradition in The Boys' Brigade
White, Peter S
1983
A study of the practices in the 3rd Sutton Coldfield Company of the Boys' Brigade, and also the 10th Leeds Company, based on the collector's experience as a member of the former for ten years, and inv...
A woman's place : an illustrated history of women at home from the Roman villa to the Victorian town house
Filbee, Marjorie; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)
1980
Includes bibliographical references (page 156) and index.
Student Traditions at Leeds University
Edwards, Susan
1967
A study of student traditions at the University of Leeds, based on information collected from back copies of Leeds University's Students Union newspaper, 'Union News', and interviews with a former stu...
Lowry's Town has Gone
Dixon, Beverley Anne
1980
A study of Salford, comprising six chapters. The introductory chapter includes quotations from the artist L. S. Lowry, and comments by others on his representation of people and place. The second chap...
Sound Recording, Oxfordshire
Pickering, Michael J
September 1973
Harry Austin, recorded at home in Adderbury, talks about local people listed on an unidentified manuscript; comments on a number of local families, including the Welsh family, the Walton family, Marth...
Couple Reading
[1970s]
Copy of a photograph dating to the early-20th century, of a man and woman sitting on wooden chairs in a dwelling house at an unidentified location. The woman has her back to the camera and is reading ...
Luck Stone
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
August 1964
Luck stone, a protective charm consisting of a pebble with a hole, hanging above the window of a stone cottage in West Burton ( Wensleydale). At the time of photographing, the stone had been in its po...
Luck Stone
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
August 1964
Luck stone, a protective charm consisting of a pebble with a hole, hanging above the window of a stone cottage in West Burton ( Wensleydale). At the time of photographing, the stone had been in its po...
Old Rectory, Mirfield
[1960s]
Board-mounted photograph of the front of the Old Rectory at Mirfield (West Yorkshire). The building is half-timbered and dates from the early 14th-century.