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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Sofer, Zvi d (1980)
[1965-1966]
Various informants recorded at Donisthorpe Hall Old People's Home in Leeds, singing Jewish songs and relating Jewish folk tales. Reverend Knopf and his wife sing an unidentified song (with piano accom...
Maori Folk Literature 2
Orbell, Margaret Rose
1973-1975
This file contains 2 offprints by Margaret Orbell on Maori folktales, being 'Two Versions of the Maori Story of Te Tahi o te Rangi', offprinted from the 'Journal of the Polynesian Society', volume 82,...
Sound Recordings, [North East England]
Mulley, Ian
[1970s]
Collector's grandfather reads a North East dialect poem. Title not given. [Tr. 2]
Survey of English Dialects recording in Easingwold, Yorkshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
15 Apr 1955
[Side 1] John tells anecdote about two brothers working on buildings at Ampleforth College who found buried 'pankin' [= earthenware pot] of spade-guineas, shared plunder and lived off 'brass' for year...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Green, Anthony E (1943-)
26 October 1973
Frank Weatherill, recorded at home in Danby; talks about a book by Bernard Woods; ancient maps; the works of Canon Atkinson; seventeenth century wage fixing, wages of tradesmen, child labour; FW's wor...
Sound Recordings, Glamorgan
Crook, Rosemary
9 January 1980
Recorded in an Old People's Home in Treorchy ; Gladys Flinn (born Ystrad, Glamorgan) talks about family background, occupation of father; describes domestic routine - clothes washing, sleeping arrange...
Folklore and Traditions of the Railway Industry - With Special Reference to Doncaster
Mellors, David
1967
M.A. study on the occupational lore and language of the railway industry. Following an introductory chapter describing the railway town of Doncaster, the second chapter examines the oral traditions of...
The People of the City of Liverpool and their Second World War
Bond, Francis Keith
1974
A dissertation comprising the recollections of people living in Liverpool during World War Two, based on tape-recorded conversations with fifteen informants.
An Investigation into the Boat-Building Industry in Hartlepool
Tudor-Coulson, Susan Caroline
1981
An investigation presented in six chapters, the first being a history of boat-building in and around Hartlepool (including firms listed in local trade directories for the period 1828-1894). Chapter Tw...
Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Morris, Patricia M
July 1981
Lily Gaunt, recorded at home in the Bramley area of Leeds; gives biographical information; talks about her family; parents' occupations; her childhood home; education; starting mill work aged fourteen...
Sound Recordings, Bedfordshire
Shaw, David H
1960-1961
Oscar Croot and Mrs. Oscar Croot, recorded in Riseley in 1960; Mr. Croot describes making leaded windows - transporting and fitting, geographical area covered, costs and estimates of work; describes t...
Sound Recording, [West Yorkshire]
Bryon, Fiona
10 Dec 1980 - 15 Dec 1980
Jim Roche, recorded in his home, talks about the Leeds clothing industry in the 1920s/30s; starting work at John Baron's; describes contracting out, machinery, processes, hours of work, health (T.B. p...