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Education - Miscellaneous

1970-1975

This file contains a photocopy of a typed paper listing details of oral history projects in Great Britain and Ireland, compiled by David Lance of the Imperial War Museum (December 1975), 17 pp.; and a...

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The Handforging of Spring Knife Blades in Sheffield

Atkin, K

1966

A thesis on the handforging branch of the Sheffield cutlery trades, based primarily on fieldwork carried out in the workshop of Tom Merrill, one of only three men still forging pen and pocket blades b...

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Couple Reading
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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 ...

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Headwear and Accessories

1960-1972

This file contains items relating to types of headwear and accessories, and includes a photocopy of Shelagh Weir's paper on a bridal headdress from Southern Palestine, from an unidentified issue of th...

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Basket, Straw and Rope-Work

1960-1973

This file includes a photocopy of typed notes made by Rodney Cousins on basket-making, collected from H. Summers, basketmaker, Sutton-on-Trent (November 1969) and from Herbert Lloyd Johnes' 'The Baske...

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The Dwelling House: Rooms, Fittings, Utilities, Etc.

1969-1979

This file contains items on various aspects of the dwelling house, with a focus on fittings and equipment and domestic utilities. This includes an article by Marie Hartley and Joan Ingilby on farm kit...

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