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Harrison, Stephen9
Hutton, Joe (1923-1995)5
Dagg, Archie4
Langhorne, Richard2
Armstrong, Jack1
Atkinson, Billy1
Breckons, Tommy1
Burleigh, David1
Chamberlain, John S1
Charlton, Forster1

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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Seven carved wooden needle supports from villages in the Eden Vale (Cumbria), including Appleby, Warcop, Kirkby Stephen (engraved with initials B.C.), Crosby Garrett (engraved with initials I.J.D.), L...

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Sound Recording, East Riding of Yorkshire

Chamberlain, John S

July/August 1961

Schoolboy [? Stephen Sissons, recorded in a pub in Wetwang] describes children's games - jacks, hide and seek (including the dipping rhyme 'One Potato Two Potato'), Block (similar to hide and seek), B...

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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Nine carved wooden needle supports from villages in the Eden Vale (Cumbria), including Bolton, Kirkby Stephen, Lambrigg, Newbiggin-on-Lune, Crosby Garrett and Warcop. The supports form part of the Whi...

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Archive Sub-series

Parish and Church

[1965-1975]

This subseries, comprising a single file only, includes Werner Kissling's ms. notes on the Foresters' Walk in Coverdale (connected with the Ancient Order of Foresters) and its byelaws; Margaret Ottley...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Sullivan, Keith Frederick

12 December 1976

[Collector announcement] informant, recorded at home in Tranmire; talks about his song repertoire and song sources; sings the chorus of 'Two Little Girls in Blue'; sings 'All Through the Night'; thoug...

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Archive Series

Photographic Prints

University of Leeds. Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies

c.1962-c.1984

This series contains over 2100 individual photographic prints, contact prints, and contact print sheets. Over 1800 of these photographs were deposited in photo files, which were created as part of the...

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Sound Recording, [Northumberland]

Harrison, Stephen

12 November 1976

[ Joe Hutton playing the Northumbrian small-pipes.]

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Sound Recording, [Northumberland]

Harrison, Stephen

13 November 1976

[ Joe Hutton playing the Northumbrian small-pipes. ? David Burleigh and Archie Dagg also contribute.]

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Sound Recordings, North East England

Harrison, Stephen

[1954-1976]

Compilation of field recordings made in the North East of England, comprising examples of Northumbrian small-pipes playing, some with fiddle and whistle accompaniment. The tunes have not been identifi...

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Sound Recording, [Northumberland]

Harrison, Stephen

12 November 1976

Archie Dagg, recorded at home [in Sharperton], talks about making Northumbrian small-pipes; woods used for chanters; positioning of keys; interest in carving and music; family's musical traditions; ho...

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Sound Recording, [Northumberland]

Harrison, Stephen

13 November 1976

Archie Dagg, recorded at home [in Sharperton], talks about making Northumbrian small-pipes; explains process whilst working on a set of pipes [noise of lathe masks some of the conversation]; talks thr...

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Sound Recording, [Northumberland]

Harrison, Stephen

8 June 1976

Joe Hutton , [?recorded at home in Northumberland], plays the Northumbrian small-pipes [severe drop out after c. 1 min. for approx. 30 secs.]; plays two tunes, including a hornpipe; discusses his and ...

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