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Russell, Ian3
Smith, David3
Fretwell, Charlie2
Loy, Lol2
Mills, Billy1
Mitchell, Elspeth Anne1
Sykes, Donald Richard1
Wright, Peter1

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Miscellaneous Dialect Papers 1

1971-1972

This file contains a mounted newspaper cutting from 'The Guardian' on the Survey of English Dialects (SED) and the publication of the final Basic Material volumes (4 October 1971); an ms. letter from ...

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The Media and the Traditions of Modern Children

Mitchell, Elspeth Anne

1981

An examination of Middle School children and their traditions, and the effect their exposure to modern mass media has on such traditions. The study is based on written responses to the collector's que...

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SED Word Map: Partition
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SED Word Map: Partition

[1960s-mid-1970s]

Experimental printed word map of the Northern Counties for SED question I.3.2, Partition (i.e. of cow stalls), mapping the distribution of responses Boose-Side, Boskin, (-)Parting, Skell-Boose and Tre...

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Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire

Russell, Ian

December 1971

Assembled company and soloist singing carols in the Royal pub, Dungworth near Sheffield, accompanied on the organ by Lol Loy. Recorded on 5 December 1971. Charlie Fretwell sings 'Song for the Time'. T...

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Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire

Russell, Ian

November-December 1971

Assembled company singing carols in the Sportsman pub, Lodge Moor, Sheffield, on the 27 November 1971. [Tr. 3]

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Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire

Russell, Ian

December 1971

Assembled company singing carols in the Black Bull pub, Ecclesfield, with brass accompaniment. Recorded on the 9 December 1971. [Tr. 1]. Conclusion of session which starts on tape LAVC/SRE/A191r.

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Trams, Railways and Boats

1967-1973

This file contains items on forms of travel, including James Edward Holroyd's article on tramcars, extracted from 'Country Life' (7 December 1967), p. 1490; an ms. postcard from Jeremy Godwin to Stewa...

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Children's Games: Student Surveys

1979-1980

This file contains surveys of children's games collected by students at the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) from schoolchildren in Leeds. These include Elspeth Mitchell's ms. transc...

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Herefordshire Response Books

Sykes, Donald Richard; Wright, Peter

1952-1955

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Herefordshire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were...

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