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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture14
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english language - dialects7
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Pyne, William Henry (1769-1843)4
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)3
Tammivaara, Irmeli2
Wakelin, Martyn F2
William2
Baker, Alice1
Baker, Charles Albert1
Barber, Ernest Herbert1
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Archive Item

Farm Cart Aquatint

[1970s]

Photograph of an aquatint illustration by William Pyne, of a farm cart loaded with baskets being drawn by two horses. The aquatint dates from 1802.

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Farm Cart Aquatint

[1970s]

Photograph of an aquatint illustration by William Pyne, of two farmworkers and a dog, in a farm cart drawn by a single horse. One of the workers appears to be drinking a mug of beer or cider. The aqua...

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Farm Cart Aquatint

[1970s]

Photograph of an aquatint illustration by William Pyne, of a view from the back of two farmworkers unloading a basket from a farm cart drawn by a single horse. An old woman stoops next to the cart. Th...

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Farm Cart Aquatint
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Farm Cart Aquatint

[1970s]

Photograph of an aquatint illustration by William Pyne, of a farm cart (with unidentified load) being drawn by two horses. The horses are harnessed one in front of the other. The aquatint dates from 1...

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Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire

Tammivaara, Irmeli

July 1975

[Collector announcement]; Alice Baker, recorded at Pymore on the 17 July 1975 [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A673r]; talks about March dust storms; floods of 1912 and 1950s; the condition of local (dro...

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Sound Recordings, Somerset and Dorset

Palmer, Kingsley; Reid, M

[1968-1969]

Female informant [possibly conclusion of interview with Mrs. Brown from the end of tape LAVC/SRE/A234r] talks about a grey dog ghost at The Grange; and the Churchills' house. Mr. J. Hodges of Blandf...

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Horse-Drawn Vehicles

1965-1972

This file contains items relating to horse-drawn carriages and wagons, etc., and includes a mounted black and white photograph of strickles and mounted postcard depicting an illustration (19th century...

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Sound Recordings, Cornwall

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wakelin, Martyn F

March 1963

[Collector announcement]; John Galsworthy, recorded at home in Gwinear on the 28 March 1963; answers a selection of questions from the Dieth-Orton dialect survey Questionnaire [various Books]; talks o...

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Sound Recordings, Derbyshire

Siporin, Rae Lee

1965

An interview recorded in the farmhouse of William Eliot. Mr. Eliot talks about the village of Derwent before the building of the Howden, Derwent and Ladybower reservoirs; livestock; local farms; the m...

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Sound Recordings, Cornwall

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wakelin, Martyn F

29 March 1963

Thomas Stephens, recorded at home in Altarnun; answers a selection of questions, put by Martyn Wakelin, from the Dieth-Orton dialect survey questionnaire; talks with Stanley Ellis about his first job;...

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Sound Recordings, Dorset

Panheinen, Ossi

[1970]

Mr. Studley of Broadwindsor talks about the history of his family's farm; type of farming; livestock; recollections of farm work when a child; harvest time and the custom of making sweet hay; haymakin...

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Dialect recording in Humshaugh, Northumberland

Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Lenihan, J M A

05 Jun 1939

[Side 1] Brief discussion of new road, description of working conditions in quarry, cutting by hand, working in hot weather. [Side 2] Comparison of working conditions and wages at quarry and on farm (...

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