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manners and customs3
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Barnes, John1
Bridgement, Bertram1
Dunn, Ginette1
Hart, Bob (1892-1978)1
Knowles, Renfred1
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Marshall, Ernest1
Morgan, Wilf1
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)1
Sharpe, Arthur William1

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Crewe Mechanic's Institute
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Crewe Mechanic's Institute

Latham, Jean

April 1964

The former Crewe Mechanics' Institute building, now Crewe Town Hall and Library.

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Towns

1968-1979

This subseries, comprising a single file only, contains items relating to aspects of towns and town life. This includes Stella Margetson's article on Victorian pantomime, focussing on London theatres,...

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Sound Recording, Cornwall

Wakelin, Martyn F; Tilling, Philip M (1938-)

July 1963

Renfred Knowles, recorded in St Day ; describes a working day in a [?tin] mine, including charging holes and blasting; being a miner for thirty years; working with boring machines; occupational diseas...

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Sound Recording, Greater Manchester

Upton, Clive S

[Mid-1970s]

[Collector announcement]; Wilf Morgan, butcher, recorded in Mossley [interview starts mid conversation]; talks about his experiences as a butcher; boning a piece of beef and cuts of beef; meat prices ...

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Sound Recording, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

July 1974

Session recorded at the Everyman Folk Club, Leiston Sports Centre, on 12 July 1974. Bob Hart sings 'Comrades'[incomplete] and 'What a Funny Little Place to Have One'; Percy Webb sings 'Flash Company' ...

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Fieldwork and Research

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1893-1974

The diffuse nature of the subject content of this subseries highlights Harold Orton's broad-ranging interest in language, language research and folk life, including in particular, phonetics ( Yorkshir...

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Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire

Tammivaara, Irmeli

July 1974

[Collector announcement]; Bertram Bridgement, recorded in Manea on the 3 July 1974; talks about farming and farm jobs pre-mechanisation; dyke/drain digging tools; job as a horseman; showing horses (Sh...

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Wakeman's House, Ripon

[1960s]

Board-mounted photograph of the upstairs room of the Wakeman's House in Ripon (North Yorkshire). The building is timber-framed, and is believed to have been built during the 16th century. The photogra...

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