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Total number of records: 11

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beverages11
community life11
food11
culture10
english language - dialects10
folk music10
occupations9
manners and customs8
agriculture7
education6

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Dunn, Ginette2
Sullivan, Keith Frederick2
'Dusty'1
Baldwin, John R1
Bennett, George1
Brown, I. M.1
Bulmer, A Gillian1
Calvert, Valerie E1
Clarke, William1
Cooper, Mary1

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Sullivan, Keith Frederick

27 November 1976

[Collector announcement]; Phil Hales, recorded at home in Ugthorpe; talks about singing at the Quoits Supper; song repertoire; audience; barn dances and songs; musicals; learning songs; favourite song...

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Sound Recordings, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

1974

Margaret Howell, recorded at home in Snape on the 3 October 1974. General conversation covering song sheets, her sons, Christmas carols, remembering a particular song and her health; sings 'On the Ban...

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Sound Recording, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

2 July 1975

Ben Ling, recorded at home in Blaxhall; talks about singing when younger, and learning to sing; singing at school, and during his time in the Army (in France, field artillery); farm work with his uncl...

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Sound Recordings, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire

Baldwin, John R

1969

Mrs. I. M. Brown and Mrs. Cotmore [?sisters], recorded in Oxford in 1969. Recitation of the words to 'I had a Little Donkey', and the monologues 'Sally and Her Sweetheart', and 'Little Boy and the Err...

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Sound Recordings, Bedfordshire

Shaw, David H

1955-1956

Harry Scott [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A746r], recorded in Billington; sings 'I Wish I was Single Again'; talks about Fred Henley. [Tr. 1] Fred Henley and his wife, Mrs. Fred Henley, recorded in ...

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Sound Recordings, Lancashire

Calvert, Valerie E; Vickers, Emma

April 1961

Emma Vickers of Burscough talks about Burscough Fair; fortune telling with tea leaves and playing cards; good/bad luck - wedding cake, bouquets; Halloween parties at home - games; New Year traditions ...

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Sound Recording, Redcar and Cleveland

Sullivan, Keith Frederick

8 February 1976

[Collector announcement]; William Hart, recorded at home in Wilton; sings [ 'Mary Ann Malone']; talks about his song repertoire; sings 'The Day I Left Old Ireland', 'Patsy Fagan' and 'Where Did You Ge...

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Sound Recordings, Suffolk

Pasanen, Leena

July-August 1971

[Collector announcement]; George Creasy, recorded at home in Framsdenon the 30 July 1971; recites the monologues 'Bill and Bob' and 'Harvest Carting in Suffolk'; talks about his working life on local ...

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Sound Recordings, Wiltshire and Hampshire

Kylstra, Henk E

1961

Mr. G. Shaw, recorded at home in Whiteparish; talks about domestic lighting; thatching (hay ricks, cottages); roods (measurement of length); walls for dwellings and materials used; mowing with a scyth...

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Sound Recordings, Herefordshire and Worcestershire

Bulmer, A Gillian

[1974-1980]

Copy tape of fieldwork recordings. The original recordings were made in April 1974. The date when this copy tape was made is not known. [Collector announcement]; Harry Williams, recorded in Longtown...

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Sound Recordings, Devon

Stigell, Ossi

1976

[Collector announcement]; Mr. Tarr of Holcombe Rogus talks about retirement; his working life for the County Council; slate quarrying; education; farm work as a child; pay at the quarry; working on th...

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