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Total number of records: 13

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persons13
culture11
community life9
clothing and dress7
manners and customs7
occupations6
buildings5
english language - dialects5
textile industry5
folk music4

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Hartley, Dorothy3
Bryon, Fiona2
Roche, Gertie2
Roche, Jim2
Bird, Elizabeth1
Dawson, Mr1
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)1
England, Alan1
England, William1
Goulburn, David1

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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 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 group consists of two parents, five children and a baby, but ...

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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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Jazz Bands of the North East of England

Bird, Elizabeth

1974

M.A. dissertation on the history and contemporary manifestation of marching bands in Northumberland, Durham and North Yorkshire. These bands comprise children aged 8-18, predominantly female, playing ...

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Stills from The Clogger

Hanna, Sam (1903-1996)

[1960s]

Stills from Sam Hanna's film, 'The Clogger'. Includes title; credits; images of a clogger in his workshop shaping wooden soles, cutting leather using a template, and finishing uppers; images of a comp...

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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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Instrumental Music: General

[1936-1977]

This file contains items relating to instrumental music generally, including bands. This includes a copy of M. Mokhtar's paper, 'Studies of the Tone-Quality of Organ Pipes: 1. The Influence of Wind Pr...

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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 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...

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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...

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Sound Recordings, [West Yorkshire]

Bryon, Fiona

10 Jun 1980 - 15 Dec 1980

Jim Roche [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A087] talks about his Trade Union involvement as a Shop Steward in the Leeds clothing industry: industrial and social problems of members; church involvement in...

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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...

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