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Maynard, George (1900-1900)1

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Topping Out Ceremony

July 1967

Topping out ceremony at a new block of flats near Swiss Cottage, London. The ceremony is traditional in the building industry, and marks either the roofing-in of a building, or the half-way stage in t...

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Sound Recordings, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire

Lewis, Wendy Hilary

[1973-1974]

?Collector reads from W. A. Clouston's 'The Book of Noodles: Stories of Simpletons, or, Fools and their Follies' (1888) - blason populaire associated with the town of Gotham, and the Fools/Men of Goth...

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Topping Out Ceremonies

1951-1974

This file contains items relating to topping-out ceremonies, a tradition in the building industry marking either the roofing-in of a building, or the half-way stage in the construction of a building. ...

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Thatching in Wiltshire

Withers, Rosalind

1983

A dissertation which looks briefly at the history of thatching from earliest times, and then more particularly at thatching in Wiltshire in former years. The study also investigates thatching in the e...

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Sound Recordings, Bedfordshire

Shaw, David H

1960-1961

Oscar Croot and Mrs. Oscar Croot, recorded in Riseley in 1960; Mr. Croot describes making leaded windows - transporting and fitting, geographical area covered, costs and estimates of work; describes t...

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Sound Recordings, Wiltshire and Hampshire

Wright, John T; Kylstra, Henk E

1957-1961

[Announcement by Henk Kylstra]; Ernest Packer, recorded in Ashton Keynes in July 1957, by John Wright; talks about work with horses and waggon, on leaving school aged eleven; agricultural wages; ploug...

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