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quarries and quarrying377
occupations375
nature213
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architecture159
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agriculture113
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Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)156
Brunk, Wille29
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)15
Varley, Tom12
Liman, Ingemar (1938-)11
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)10
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)7
William6
Brooks, Margaret5
Danaher, K5

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Crosland Hill Quarry
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Crosland Hill Quarry

Sykes, Donald Richard

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

The quarry face at Crosland Hill (West Yorkshire). The image was created by Donald Sykes for inclusion in his dissertation on the dialect of Crosland Hill Quarries.

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Dialect recording in Crossland Hill, Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Sykes, Donald Richard

07 Jan 1954

[Side 1] Brook talks about work as quarryman, finding 'right' [= good] seam, stresses benefit of placement of crane to remove 'muck' without need for wagons, explains building of wall to hold 'muck' b...

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Quarried Stone
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Quarried Stone

Sykes, Donald Richard

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Quarried stone at Crosland Hill quarry (West Yorkshire). The image was created by Donald Sykes for inclusion in his dissertation on the dialect of Crosland Hill Quarries.

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Quarrymen

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph dating from the early-20th century, of two quarry workers standing at the entrance to a quarry shaft at an unidentified location.

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Quarry Workers

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph dating from the early-20th century, of quarry workers sorting and dressing excavated stone in a work shed at a quarry at an unidentified location.

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Quarry Head
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Quarry Head

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph dating from the early-20th century, of a view looking across a body of water towards the head of a quarry shaft and work sheds at an unidentified location. Hauling machinery(?), s...

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Rubbing of the Piper's Stone

Piggott, Stuart

August 1968

Photograph of a rubbing of the Piper's Stone at the Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Ford (Northumberland). Mounted on Photo File card.

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Dialect recording in Humshaugh, Northumberland

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

05 Jun 1939

[Side 1] William Nichol, William Thompson and James talk about work at quarry, mention local names for farm animals incl. 'tup' [= male lamb], 'gimmer' [= young female sheep] and 'steg' [= male goose]...

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Bridge at West End
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Bridge at West End

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

August 1961

Old stone bridge [?over West Beck] at West End (North Yorkshire). The bridge was probably built as a pack-horse bridge, and later broadened to accommodate a single carriageway. Mounted on Photo File c...

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Bridge at West End
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Bridge at West End

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

August 1961

Old stone bridge [?over West Beck] at West End (North Yorkshire). The bridge was probably built as a pack-horse bridge, and later broadened to accommodate a single carriageway. Mounted on Photo File c...

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Pack-Horse Bridge at Yockenthwaite
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Pack-Horse Bridge at Yockenthwaite

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

[1960s]

Old stone pack-horse bridge over the River Wharfe at Yockenthwaite ( Langstrothdale). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1183.

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