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Total number of records: 21

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community life21
metal trade21
occupations21
wealth21
agriculture17
nature17
animals16
food13
implements, utensils etc12
food crops10

Top 10: People and organisations

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Barry, Michael V (1935-)5
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)5
Tilling, Philip M (1938-)3
Powell, Herbert Thomas2
Shaw, David H2
Tammivaara, Irmeli2
Annet, Mrs F. E.1
Annett, Mr Reuben1
Archer, Geoff1
Baker, Mr1

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Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire

[Mid-1960s]

Male, recorded in Filey in 1962 [date when this copy tape made not known]; talks about sea fishing (first, aged eleven) from Grimsby (no fishing on a Sunday); fishing on Dogger Bank; tacking into the ...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Whitney, Norman F

[1961/1962]

Male and female [?students] interview an unidentified blacksmith in Glaisdale; who describes making horseshoes and fitting a new shoe to a horse (shoeing); describes a horseshoe, and compares shoeing ...

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Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire

Ivall, Roderick

1973

[Collector announcement]; Arthur Barber, a retired wheelwright, recorded in his home in the Alwoodley district of Leeds in February 1973; talks about his family wheelwrighting business; the family far...

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Sound Recording, Cornwall

Wakelin, Martyn F; Tilling, Philip M (1938-)

July 1963

Renfred Knowles, recorded in St Day ; describes a working day in a [?tin] mine, including charging holes and blasting; being a miner for thirty years; working with boring machines; occupational diseas...

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Sound Recordings, Essex and West Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1960s]

Martin Baynes, recorded in Henham (Essex); talks about his working life; jobs on leaving school, scaring birds, riding the chain horse at harvest time; working with horses from the age of 14/15; worki...

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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, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1950s]

Male informant, recorded in Therfield; talks about ploughing with horses; the self-binder; horse-driven threshing machine; storing corn, and selling at [?Royston] Corn Exchange; taking wheat to mill f...

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Sound Recordings, North Lincolnshire

Haldenby, Cynthia

August 1958

George Bell, recorded at Winteringham; talks about his working life; being in service, starting farm work at the age of fifteen; working with horses at Keelby Grange (second to the Waggoner); job of W...

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Mines, Mining, and Mining Communities

[1955-1979]

This file largely consists of photocopied articles and magazine and newspaper extracts and cuttings, including G. Bernard Wood's article, 'Relics of Rural Coal Mines', on mining remains in Yorkshire, ...

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Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire

Tammivaara, Irmeli

June 1974

[Collector announcement]; May Hard, recorded in Pymore on 13 June 1974; talks about her father's job as a blacksmith, shoes for horses and donkeys, cart repairs, making harrows, repairing/sharpening p...

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Sound Recording, Lancashire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1963

Male informant [two women also present, ?wife and ?daughter], recorded in White Coppice; talks about his work for the Ministry catching moles and other pests; breeding/handling ferrets; rook shooting ...

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Sound Recordings, Berkshire

Barry, Michael V (1935-)

March 1959

[Collector announcement]; Mr. Stiff, recorded in Swallowfield; makes reference to working at the residence of the Duke of Wellington, at Farley Hill; talks of his interest in the kitchen there and its...

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