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Couple Reading
[1970s]
Copy of a photograph dating to the early-20th century, of a man and woman sitting on wooden chairs in a dwelling house at an unidentified location. The woman has her back to the camera and is reading ...
"Gypsy Wedding"
[1970s]
Copy of a photograph taken in 1910 of the wedding of Sally Penfold to Mr. Orchard at Holsworthy (Devon). The bride and groom, and their guests, stand in a field in the open. The second man from the le...
Corpse Way: Grinton Church
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
1966-1967
St. Andrew's Church and burial ground, Grinton ( Swaledale). This used to be the nearest consecrated ground to the village of Keld, which lies at the opposite end of Swaledale, approximately twelve mi...
Corpse Way: Calvert Houses
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
1966-1967
Calvert Houses on the Corpse Way, about a mile from Ivelet bridge ( Swaledale). The Corpse Way ran between Keld and Grinton. Despite its position at the opposite end of Swaledale, twelve miles away, G...
The Rites of Passage of Baptism, Marriage and Death in Shotton Colliery
Hargreaves, Lesley
1982
A study of birth, marriage and death customs observed by the people of Shotton Colliery in the early part of the twentieth century, based on printed sources and recollections gathered by the collector...
Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire
Thomson, Sydney
November 1972
Children of Armley Park School, recorded in Leeds on the 17 November 1972; talk about joke and story telling; stories about local women thought to be witches; collector talks about trick or treating; ...
Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Morris, Patricia M
October 1981
Dorothy Ibbotson, recorded at home in the Kirkstall area of Leeds; sings 'The Warrior's Little Boy' (learned from her grandmother), and talks about her attempts to trace the song's origins; gives biog...
Appleby Horse Fair: Caravans
Caunce, Stephen
June 1972
View of modern Gypsy Traveller caravans on the residential site at Appleby Horse Fair, Appleby (Cumbria). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1605.
Appleby Horse Fair: Carts
Caunce, Stephen
June 1972
Three Gypsy Traveller children standing in front of wooden rag-and-bone carts at Appleby Horse Fair, Appleby (Cumbria). Modern Gypsy Traveller caravans are visible in the background. Mounted on Photo ...
Sound Recordings, Isle of Wight, Wiltshire and Berkshire
Kylstra, Henk E; Barry, Michael V (1935-)
1959-1960
[Collector announcement]; Mr. M. Sheath, recorded in Whitwell (Isle of Wight) in April 1959, by Henk Kylstra; talks about the uses for farm waggons and carts; the decline in the use of horses; ploughi...
Appleby Horse Fair: Caravans
Caunce, Stephen
June 1972
Modern Gypsy Traveller caravans, at Appleby Horse Fair, Appleby (Cumbria). A painted wooden horse trap and grazing horse stand in front of the caravans. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1612 ...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Ronague, Isle of Man
Barry, Michael V (1935-)
Nov 1958
[Side 1] Amanda talks about local farms and farmhouses, recalls open fireplace in childhood home, remembers trips by horse and cart to collect ling for fire, describes apparatus for cooking and baking...