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Total number of records: 16

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animals16
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culture13
community life12
occupations11
buildings9
food9
agriculture8
english language - dialects7
vehicles7

Top 10: People and organisations

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Hartley, Dorothy5
Tammivaara, Irmeli3
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)2
Attebery, Louie W (1927-)1
Barnes, John1
Beresford, Jackie1
Bradley, Tom1
Bridgement, Bertram1
Bulmer, A Gillian1
Burgess, Stan1

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"Gypsy Caravans"

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph taken by Dorothy Hartley, ca. 1920, of two horse-drawn Gypsy Traveller caravans on the road at an unknown (English) location.

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"Gypsy Caravans"

Hartley, Dorothy

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph taken ca. 1920 of two horse-drawn Gypsy Traveller caravans on the road at an unknown (English) location. Mounted on Photo File card.

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"Gypsy Caravan and Boy"

Hartley, Dorothy

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph taken ca. 1920 of a young boy with a dog, standing outside a traditional Gypsy Traveller caravan at an unknown (English) location. Mounted on Photo File card.

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"Gypsy Camp"

Hartley, Dorothy

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph taken ca. 1920 at a Gypsy Traveller camp at an unknown (English) location. A hare has been hung from a tree by its back legs and will be eaten later. Mounted on Photo File card.

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"Gypsy Family"

Hartley, Dorothy

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph taken ca. 1920 of a Gypsy Traveller family sitting outside their caravan in an unknown (English) location. The family consists of two parents, five children and a baby. The family...

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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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Sheep Washing Painting
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Sheep Washing Painting

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

[1960s]

Photograph of a painting by Fred Lawson of sheep washing in Apedale Beck ( Apedale) ca. 1920. Mounted on Photo File card. With typed notes on sheep washing, including a passage quoted from the 'Mornin...

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Sound Recordings, County Durham

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Walsh, N Gordon

[1962]

Mr. Dawson, recorded in Medomsley in conversation with Stanley Ellis; talks about his job as a butcher; methods/techniques of killing cattle and processing; meat cuts and modern butchering; apprentice...

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Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire

Tammivaara, Irmeli

June 1974

[Collector announcement]; May Hard, recorded in Pymore on 13 June 1974; talks about her father's job as a blacksmith, shoes for horses and donkeys, cart repairs, making harrows, repairing/sharpening p...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Attebery, Louie W (1927-); Green, Anthony E (1943-)

26 April 1972

[Tony Green announcement]; Jackie Beresford, recorded at home in Buckden; talk of JB's fiddle; JB tunes up and discusses Bob Pegg and Carol Pegg; plays part of unidentified tune; plays dance tunes 'Bu...

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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, North Yorkshire and East Riding of Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1960-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Yorkshire locations 6Y9, 11, 13-17, 19-20. The original recordings were made by Stanley Ellis in 1952, 1953 and 1955. The da...

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