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Leg Board (Knitting)
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
1964
Wooden leg board used at Yore Mills, Aysgarth ( Wensleydale), for stretching out long stockings handknitted for the market. Stockings made of oily natural wool were shrunk, then washed and hung up to ...
Needle Supports (Handknitting)
Langhorne, Richard
18 June 1964
Display showing methods of suspension of needle supports in the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. The display shows items from Weardale, including a belt, wooden needle supports (some w...
Sound Recordings, Derbyshire, Cheshire and Nottingamshire
Siporin, Rae Lee
1965
Charles Swindles, recorded in Bamford; introduces himself and his wife and daughters; talks about Bamford; the River Derwent and the Howden Reservoir, Derwent Reservoir and Ladybower Reservoir; local ...
Sound Recordings, Bedfordshire
Shaw, David H
1955
Bob King and his wife, recorded in Totternhoe;[Gap, 2 mins.]; Mr. King describes some [?local] caves; Sunday School treats; visitors to the area and locals serving tea to them; local people; the litan...
Sound Recordings, Bedfordshire
Shaw, David H
1960
Joe Brimm and his wife, Mrs. Joe Brimm, recorded in Dunton; talk about a local road to Dunton Lodge; thatching a haystack and a wheatcock, the clothing (knee pads) worn and implements used; using a te...
Sound Recordings, Bedfordshire
Shaw, David H
1959-1960
Alf Odell, recorded in Gravenhurst in November 1959; describes the process of thatching a haystack/rick; his working clothes and the tools used [ Bert Kefford and Doris Kefford join in]; Mr. Kefford a...