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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture25
Cookery Collection3
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food29
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Czerkawska, Catherine Lucy4
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)4
Russell, Ian3
Wharton, Colin S3
Barry, Michael V (1935-)2
Bell, James (1824-1908)2
Burghess, Mr Harry2
Bury, Jack2
Lankester, Edwin (1814-1874)2
Siporin, Rae Lee2

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Sound Recordings, South Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire

Czerkawska, Catherine Lucy

1974

James Cook, recorded at home in Maybole on 2 April 1974. Conversation re. fishing and village life; fishermen from Maidens selling fish; occupational folklore re. red-haired women; village community; ...

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Farming Traditions in South Shropshire

Gwilliam, K Sheila

1967

A thesis based on the experiences of the collector's family, farming an area near Clun in Shropshire.

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Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire

Russell, Ian

1971-1973

Ken White in conversation in his home in Sheffield , 24 October 1971. Talk of family and childhood, and four songs. [Tr. 1] Albert Broadhead and Bernard Broadhead recorded in one of their homes, in ...

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Sound Recording, South Yorkshire

Russell, Ian

7 August 1972

George Hancock recorded in conversation at home, Sheephill Farm, in the Ringinglow area of Sheffield. Mrs. George Hancock also contributes. Talk of (dairy) farming; Penistone and Bakewell markets; alt...

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Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire

Russell, Ian; Howarth, Leslie

8 May 1973

Jack White and Mrs. Jack White in conversation at their home in the Stannington area of Sheffield. Talk of family members; informant's birthplace; Castleton Wakes; haytime; schooling at Lydgate in She...

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Sound Recordings, South Ayrshire

Czerkawska, Catherine Lucy

December 1973

[Collector announcement]; Mungo Munro , recorded at home in Dunure, talks about his fishing career, 1926-1971; deep sea fishing for herring; line fishing; women baiting lines (with mussels, also sand ...

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Sound Recording, South Ayrshire

Czerkawska, Catherine Lucy

23 December 1973

Rob Gibson, recorded at home in Dunure, talks about his fishing career and the changes observed in the fishing industry; mussel beds; mussel baits and baiting of fishing lines, tools used; fishing boa...

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Sound Recordings, South Ayrshire

Czerkawska, Catherine Lucy

1974

Tom Sloan, recorded at home in Maidens, talks about his fishing career; mother baiting baikies - small lines - with mussels; big line fishing; drift net fishing; ring net fishing for herring off the I...

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Archive Print Item

A guide to the food collection in the South Kensington Museum

Lankester, Edwin (1814-1874); South Kensington Museum

1860

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Fish Trap: River Tweed
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Fish Trap: River Tweed

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

Summer 1958

Artificial pool with stakes on the south bank of the River Tweed near Tweedmouth (Northumberland). No information was discovered about the nature of this pool when it was photographed, but it was beli...

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Tanyard Farm, Sheffield

[1960s]

Board-mounted photograph of stone buildings at Tanyard Farm, Sheffield (South Yorkshire). The view shows the window of the dairy (which is signed); and a large metal tub or kettle.

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