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A Diachronic Study of Aspects of the Celebration of Passover in England. 1920s and 1980s Compared
Niman, Jonathan L
1983
A study of the Jewish festival of Passover in England, comparing recollections and experiences recorded during interviews with residents of a Jewish Old People's Home in Manchester (in 1982), and gath...
"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.
Sound Recordings,
Barwell, Carol A
27 December 1978
[Collector announcement: informant, date]; Kenneth Barwell [collector's father] talks about family Christmases in the 1960s and mid 1970s; meaning of Christmas; cards, Christmas trees. [Tr. 8]
A la carte
1984-1988
no.1 (Oct. 1984); no.3-9 (Feb. 1985-March 1986); no.11-12 (Jun.-Sep. 1986); no.14 (Nov. 1986); no.16 (Feb.1987); no.19-20 (May-June 1987); no.22 (Sep. 1987); no.25 (Dec/Jan 1987/88); no. 28-30 (Apr.-J...
Sound Recordings, Herefordshire
Bulmer, A Gillian
[1974-1976]
Mr. Reeves, ex-employee of H. P. Bulmer (cider producers), and curator of Leominster Museum, relates a story of a woman who, thinking they were dead, plucked some geese to take to Leominster market. W...
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 ...
Traditional food east and west of the Pennines
Brears, Peter C D; Wilson, C Anne; Hunter, Lynette; Pollard Helen; Stead, Jennifer
1994
"First published in 1991 by Edinburgh University Press"--Title page verso. "Based on papers from The Third Leeds Symposium on Food History and Traditions, April 1988, with additional chapters. This i...
Sound Recordings, [Cambridgeshire]
Lyons, Margaret
Dec 1978
[Collector announcement]; collector's grandmother [ recorded in Cambridgeshire]; offers childhood recollections of Christmas in the 1910s/1920s - presents, food and drink, supper, singsongs, games (ch...
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...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Sullivan, Keith Frederick
2 April 1976
[Collector announcement]; Raymond Hayes, recorded at home in Hutton-le-Hole; talks about songwriting, singing and playing at dances in the local school hall; playing the banjo and ukulele; sings and p...
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...
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...