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community life18
politics and government18
culture16
manners and customs11
associations, institutions, etc8
english language - dialects8
persons8
occupations7
folk music6
history6

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Ashton, Mr1
Bergal, Nancy Ann1
Berntsen, Howard N1
Broomfield, Tom1
Cleave, Mr1
Dallyn, Mr1
Dunn, Ginette1
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)1
Fry, Mr1
Grant, Mr1
Map of Britain Circa 600 A.D.
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Map of Britain Circa 600 A.D.

[1950s-1960s]

Map from an unidentified publication, titled 'Britain Circa A.D. 600', showing the various kingdoms, and boundaries of the kingdoms and overlordships of King Ethelbert, King Ethelfrith and King Ælle....

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Map of Britain Circa 664 A.D.
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Map of Britain Circa 664 A.D.

[1950s-1960s]

Map from an unidentified publication, titled 'Britain Circa A.D. 664', showing the various kingdoms, and boundaries of the kingdoms and overlordships of King Oswy and King Wulfhere.

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The Role of Tradition in Agrarian Protest: England and Wales in the Nineteenth Century

Seal, Graham

1978

M.A. thesis in three parts. The first, The Traditional Nature of Agrarian Society, contains sections on the customary society, the Corn Riots, rituals of justice and the highwayman tradition. Part Two...

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Woman and Marriage in Islam

Yedder, Abderahmane Muhammed

1975

Study submitted for the postgraduate Diploma in Folk Life Studies, with chapters on the definition of marriage in the tradition of Islam, marriage among Jahilia (the Arab before Islam), woman before a...

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"Gypsies and Travellers in Yorkshire"

Wyman, Melvyn

1980

M.A. study of Gypsy Traveller culture, and their material culture in particular, based on fieldwork carried out on camp sites in West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire, at the National Gypsy Education Cou...

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Igbo Lineage Head
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Igbo Lineage Head

Maduakor, Robert Obiatuegwu

1978

Card-mounted copy of a photograph taken ca. 1976 of an Igbo lineage head (elderly male) from the Nigerian East Central State, holding an ofa, a stick which symbolises the ritual and political authorit...

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Sound Recordings, Lancashire

Monaghan, Ann M

1973

Male [? Mr. Ashton], recorded in Preston [continued from tape A020], talks about the organisation of the 1972 Preston Guild - Local Government involvement, pre-publicity lectures, the representation o...

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"Gypsies: General"

1966-1975

This file contains two photocopies of Stewart Sanderson's typed 'Gypsy Bibliography' (August 1974); mounted magazine and newspaper cuttings from 'Country Life', 'The Countryman' and the 'Northumberlan...

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Dialect recording in Heywood, Lancashire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

24 Sep 1956

[Side 1] Sam and Jack talk about daily life in past, incl. pawn shops, street vendors, fire at Hooley Bridge, opening of working men's club, wages and hours in mill, 1893 union strike. [Side 2] Sam an...

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Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire

Lewis, Cathy Laura

May 1973

The Irish singer, Darach Ó Catháin [DOC], recorded on 7 May 1973 in Leeds; talks about coming to Leeds in 1960; reference to Brendan Behan and Seán Ó Riada [SOR]; singing and first meeting with th...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Bergal, Nancy Ann

27 January 1980

Peter Thorp, recorded at home in Leeds; talks about his interest in folk music; carol singing on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day morning in Leeds - tradition declined due to slum clearances, break up ...

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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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