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culture10
literature and folklore10
material culture10
play10
community life8
occupations7
communication6
handicraft6
english language - dialects4
folklore4

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Round, Mabel G2
Atkin, K1
Micro Methods Limited1
Mitchell, Elspeth Anne1

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The Living Dialect of Broughton in Furness, in the County of Lancashire

Round, Mabel G

1949

M.A. thesis examining the dialect of Broughton in Furness, based on data collected between September 1947 and April 1948. Its six chapters give a descriptive account of the sounds of the dialect recor...

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Microfilm of Postgraduate Thesis on the Dialect of Broughton in Furness

Micro Methods Limited

[1970s]

A copy of Mabel Round's M.A. thesis (Leeds, 1949), 'The Living Dialect of Broughton in Furness, in the County of Lancashire'. The thesis is based on data collected in Broughton in Furness (Lancashire)...

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Papers on Fieldwork

[ca. 1969]

Photocopies of Donald A. MacDonald, 'Fieldwork: Collecting Oral Literature' (pp. 408-430); Warren E. Roberts, 'Fieldwork: Recording Material Culture' (pp. 431-444); George List, 'Fieldwork: Recording ...

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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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Papers on Folk Collections, Etc.

1836-1985

The bulk of items in this file are dated 1959-1985. The file contains leaflets, printed volumes and other items mostly concerning folk-related museums and collections. It includes Frank Atkinson's pri...

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Roads and Tracks

1963-1973

This file contains mounted magazine cuttings from 'John Peel Jottings' and 'Country Life', on bridges, cobble-laying, an ancient causeway in Wiltshire, an old tidal cart track at South Foreland (Kent)...

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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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Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire

Mitchell, Elspeth Anne

Nov 28 1979 - Dec 05 1979

Children recorded at Headingley Primary School, Leeds, describing and demonstrating a number of playground games, including chasing games, skipping rhymes and ball games; also games played away from s...

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Textiles

1960-1981

This file contains items on textile industries, including a photocopy of Arthur J. Saundry's article on the tucking mill, from an issue of 'Old Cornwall' (1960); a typed letter and notes, from Fred Br...

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Wooden Industries

1959-1974

This file contains extracts and cuttings on boat-building, hurdle-making and other industries centred on wood, including D. Phillips Birt's article, 'Last Days of the Wooden Boat', extracted from 'Cou...

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