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Total number of records: 53

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
community life53
persons53
wealth53
occupations48
agriculture36
nature34
animals32
clothing and dress24
culture23
food20

Top 10: People and organisations

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Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)7
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)5
Metcalfe, Syd5
Richardson, John5
Bryon, Fiona4
Parry, David (1937-)3
Tammivaara, Irmeli3
Barry, Michael V (1935-)2
Crook, Rosemary2
Dunn, Ginette2

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Classes of the Community

1972

This subseries, comprising a single file only, contains Christopher Sykes' article, 'The Last of the Wold Rangers', extracted from 'Country Life' (31 August 1972), pp. 504-505. The article focusses on...

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Sound Recordings, [North East England]

Mulley, Ian

[1970s]

Collector's grandfather reads a North East dialect poem. Title not given. [Tr. 2]

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Harvesters
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Harvesters

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph dating from the turn of the 19th/20th century, of a group of harvesters on a farm in Thixendale (North Yorkshire). The harvesters range from young boys to old men, and wear differ...

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The Leeds Wash-Houses: A Study of Urban Folk Life

Wilson, Janet Elizabeth

1976

A study of wash-houses in Leeds, based on information gathered from official handbooks and annual reports, newspaper articles and interviews with women using wash-houses (some also conducted in their ...

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Striking a Bargain
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Striking a Bargain

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1964

Farmers Syd Metcalfe and John Richardson negotiating the sale of a cow outside a farm in Thornton Rust ( Wensleydale). Mr. Richardson gestures as he names a price. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC...

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Striking a Bargain
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Striking a Bargain

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1964

Farmers Syd Metcalfe and John Richardson negotiating the sale of a cow outside a farm in Thornton Rust ( Wensleydale). Mr. Richardson gestures as he names a price. Unmounted.

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Striking a Bargain
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Striking a Bargain

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1964

Farmers Syd Metcalfe and John Richardson negotiating the sale of a cow outside a farm in Thornton Rust ( Wensleydale). Mr. Metcalfe haggles the price. The hand gestures of the two men suggest that the...

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Striking a Bargain
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Striking a Bargain

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1964

Farmers Syd Metcalfe and John Richardson negotiating the sale of a cow outside a farm in Thornton Rust ( Wensleydale). Mr. Richardson continues the haggling. The hand gestures of the two men suggest t...

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Striking a Bargain
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Striking a Bargain

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1964

Farmers Syd Metcalfe and John Richardson negotiating the sale of a cow outside a farm in Thornton Rust ( Wensleydale). The farmers prepare to strike a bargain. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO...

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Plough Boy and Team

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph dating from the turn of the 19th/20th century, of a plough boy with his two-horse team in the fold yard of a farm at Thixendale (North Yorkshire). The horses wear high-peaked Scot...

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Farm Lad with Horse

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph dating from the turn of the 19th/20th century, of a young farm lad with a horse at a farm in Thixendale (North Yorkshire). The horse wears a plain English collar and is harnessed ...

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Farm Lad with Team

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph dating from the turn of the 19th/20th century, of a young farm lad with a team of two horses at a farm in Thixendale (North Yorkshire). The horses are probably harnessed for worki...

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