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The sports and pastimes of the people of England : including the rural and domestic recreations, May games, mummeries, shows, processions, pageants, and pompous spectacles, from the earliest period to the present time
Strutt, Joseph (1749-1802); Hone, William (1780-1842)
1831
Fifty Years of Wragby Life
Sutton, Diane
1980
A dissertation which looks at life in the Lincolnshire village of Wragby during the first fifty years of the twentieth century. The information it presents is based on the memories and printed ephemer...
Some Aspects of the Oral Folk-Lore of Macclesfield and its District
Cliffe, David E
1968
A collection of 212 items of folklore, presented in two sections. The first records primary school children's games and rhymes, mostly drawn from the author's memory and representative of the years 19...
Exhibition Programmes and På Gång
Riksutställningar (Sweden)
1968-1985
This file contains printed items issued by the Riksutställningar (Swedish Travelling Exhibitions) organisation. These include a specially designed folder containing Swedish and English guides to the ...
Games Without Special Equipment
1959-1973
This file contains items relating to games played by children which require no special equipment. This includes an ms. letter from Doris Hepworth to Tony Green on the game 'Old Roger is Dead', accompa...
It's Only a Game? An Account of the Leisure Time Activities of Some Children in Grimsby, Lincolnshire
Whitney, Norman F
1964
A study of children's playground and indoor games, drawing on material collected by folklorists of the past, and the collector's own fieldwork in two Grimsby schools. Four chapters present description...
Sound Recordings, Lancashire
Bauldie, J S
1969
Interviews with ex-coalminers from Abram, Hindley, Ashton-in-Makerfield and Shevington. Topics covered include work and leisure activities: whippets; practical jokes; beliefs; games (including Piggy, ...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[November 1966]
[Announcement]; Mr. R. M. Claughton, recorded in Askrigg; collector introduces Mr. Claughton, who goes on to describe the building of a dry stone wall - selection of stones, courses and terminology; t...
Sound Recordings, Greater Manchester
Waller, Vivien M
1961-1962
Schoolgirls and boys from Greater Manchester give examples of skipping rhymes, song parodies, dipping rhymes, explanations of chasing/ring games (also card games), Pancake Tuesday rhyme and autograph ...
Decorative Arts
1970-1979
This file contains items relating generally to the decorative arts, including carving and the decoration of items. The file includes a photocopy of Carson I. A. Ritchie's article, 'Art of the Northern...
Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Neale, Brenda Ann
25 March 1976
[Collector announcement]; male, recorded in the home of his fiancée's parents in Leeds; talks about his first meeting with his future wife [informant on tapes A571r and A572r]; first date; first impr...
Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Cooke, Jane A
[1979]
Mrs. Wood, recorded in Birdsedge; gives biographical details and information on her schooling in Ridgeway, Derbyshire, and Sheffield; describes the school at Ridgeway and playtimes (in the mid 1940s);...