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culture11
literature and folklore11
mines and mineral resources11
occupations11
community life9
manners and customs8
social life and customs6
energy industries5
english language - dialects5
communication4

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Crook, Rosemary2
Hart, William2
Longthorne, Fred2
Sullivan, Keith Frederick2
Bennett, Mrs1
Bennett, Ray1
Cook, Catherine1
Flinn, Gladys1
Green, Anthony E (1943-)1
Morgan, Mary1

Archive File

Alum, Salt and Gunpowder

1966-1979

This file includes a photocopy of Bryan Waites's article on medieval salt-making in Teesmouth, from the 'Dalesman', volume 40, number 10 (January 1979), pp. 838-839; Geoffrey N. Wright's article on a ...

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Occasional Poetry

[1970-1973]

This file contains ms. notes on verses written following the Lofthouse Colliery disaster and their authors; a printed copy of Ephraim Mugglestone's poem, 'The Tragedy of the Lofthouse Colliery Disaste...

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Sound Recording, Redcar and Cleveland

Sullivan, Keith Frederick; Green, Anthony E (1943-)

29 November 1975

William Hart, recorded at home in Wiltonby Tony Green [?daughter and son-in-law, Ray Bennett and Mrs. Ray Bennett, also present]. WH sings 'Guisborough Fair' and 'I'd Never Tell a Lie This Day', lea...

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Trams, Railways and Boats

1967-1973

This file contains items on forms of travel, including James Edward Holroyd's article on tramcars, extracted from 'Country Life' (7 December 1967), p. 1490; an ms. postcard from Jeremy Godwin to Stewa...

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Mines, Mining, and Mining Communities

[1955-1979]

This file largely consists of photocopied articles and magazine and newspaper extracts and cuttings, including G. Bernard Wood's article, 'Relics of Rural Coal Mines', on mining remains in Yorkshire, ...

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Sound Recording, Glamorgan

Crook, Rosemary

3 January 1980

Mary Morgan (of Ferndale) talks about her family (siblings; parents - occupations); domestic life - washing, bathing, cooking, sleeping arrangements; the General Strike; mining; mother-in-law working ...

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Archive Sub-series

Social Questions

[1960s-1970s]

This subseries, comprising one file only, contains items relating to labour and industrial unrest. This includes an ms. account, compiled from an original ms. source, of a Luddite attack on Cartwright...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Cook, Catherine

[1970/1971]

Fred Longthorne, recorded at home, talking about practical jokes; the supernatural experiences of others in ?Gill How mine; a local legend concerning John Kay's grave; lead mining - death of miner, ac...

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Sound Recording, Redcar and Cleveland

Sullivan, Keith Frederick

7 February 1976

[Collector announcement]; William Hart, recorded at home in Wilton ; sings 'Out in the Wild World'; talks about his father and his employment on local farms and ironstone mines, his death in 1930; WH ...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Oldroyd, Charles H

6 Sep 1976 - 9 Sep 1976

Fred Longthorne, of Greenhow Hill, talks about lead mining in Nidderdale, and Greenhow Hill in particular: tools, local mines, clothing, shoes, discovering Stump Cross Caverns; mining career in the 19...

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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...

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