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French Folk Dance Group
Jeffares, Mrs
1975
Group of French folk dancers from Meynes (Provence), performers of La Farandole, a traditional dance of Provence and Languedoc. The dance group are made up of children of various ages, dressed in whit...
Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Cooke, Jane A
[1979]
Mrs. Jordan, recorded in Birdsedge, talks about her childhood games, played in Crawley, West Sussex. Describes ball games, 'Battle of Waterloo', French skipping (elastics), counting-out rhymes; song; ...
Sound Recording, London
Wetton, Anne Lindsey
1974
Susan Carr [studying French at the University of Leeds], recorded in Abbey Wood on the 30 January 1974; sings and discusses a parody of the song 'Don't Go Down the Mine Dad', 'Don't Jump Off the Roof ...
Verse: General
[1960s-1970s]
This file contains a typed copy of Edward K. Miller's paper, 'Local Chauvinism and Life-Experience Transfiguration in British Monologues', with photocopied notes and appendices, 19, [7] leaves. The ap...
Sound Recordings, North East Lincolnshire
Whitney, Norman F
[1964]
Schoolchildren from Grimsby [interviewed by an unidentified woman, ?in a house rather than at school] describe singing/ring games, and give examples; also, describe chasing games, nursery rhymes (sung...
Sound Recording, [Location Unknown]
Shaw, Carol
[1973/1974]
Herbert Pelham-Jones talks about joke-telling: the jokes he tells, why, when and where; reference to the Jokers' Club and Hampshire Club; gives examples of stories, inc. tongue twisters (crude); jokes...
Sound Recording, Berkshire
Baldwin, John R
1967
Dave Blagrove, recorded in Reading; sings [with ?banjo/?ukulele accompaniment] 'Sandy Lane', the Oxford boatmen's songs 'The Ballad of Tom Beechey' and 'Les Morton's Navy'; 'Maggie May', 'Farmer's Boy...
Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Bergal, Nancy Ann
13 December 1979
John Curtin, recorded in his home in the Armley area of Leeds. Biographical details; interest in Scottish Country Dance bands; accordion, guitar playing as a teenager; distinction made between traditi...