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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...
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]
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 ...
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, Derbyshire
Russell, Ian
25 October 1970 - 28 October 1970
Jack Kay recorded in his home in Marsh Lane, talking about Norfolk Market in Sheffield and copies of song books (Rogers) seen on a stall there; reference to a Whitsuntide hymn sheet; informant's invol...
The Abbots Bromley Horn Dance
Buckland, Theresa Jill
1976
A study of the Horn Dance of Abbots Bromley in Staffordshire, performed traditionally once a year in September. The custom was witnessed by the collector in 1974 and 1975, and further fieldwork undert...
Sound Recording, Cheshire
England, Alan
12 December 1970
William England, recorded at home in Northwich; recollects his involvement in the Cheshire [? Comberbach] soul-caking tradition; talks about soul-caking during World War One and the proceeds going tow...
Sound Recordings, Cheshire
Pattison, Susan
1975
Wilf Isherwood [David Goulburn also present], recorded in January 1975 at home in Antrobus, talks about soul-caking and how Antrobus acquired the horse's head - taken from the Hatton gang in 1920, fol...
Sound Recordings, Derbyshire
Massarella, Mr
[1960s]
Unidentified female informant, recorded in Charlesworth [by male collector, from Canterbury]; talks about cotton mills and rope works in the area; changes in the village, including new housing and tra...
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...
Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire
Tammivaara, Irmeli
July 1974
[Collector announcement]; Mary Dawson, recorded in Doddington on the 8 July 1974; recollects her childhood in Doddington; marriage; children; skating matches; changes to the village; trandling for bir...