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Archive File

Museums

1966-1973

This file contains items relating to museums and related institutions, including Bryce Nelson's article on S. Dillon Ripley's plans for recreating a slum at the Smithsonian Institution, extracted from...

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Sound Recordings, Warwickshire

Barry, Michael V (1935-)

July 1966

[Collector announcement]; Arthur Humphries, recorded in Lighthorne on the 28 July 1966[Swiss male also present asks some questions, possibly Eduard Kolb, or Dieter Bothe]; Mr. Humphries talks about wo...

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Ropework for Canal Boats
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Ropework for Canal Boats

McNay, Ian

1966

Display at the Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum (formerly the Waterways Museum) on the Grand Union Canal at Stoke Bruerne (Northamptonshire).

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Ropework for Canal Boats
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Ropework for Canal Boats

McNay, Ian

1966

Display at the Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum (formerly the Waterways Museum) on the Grand Union Canal at Stoke Bruerne (Northamptonshire).

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Ropework for Canal Boats
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Ropework for Canal Boats

McNay, Ian

1966

Display at the Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum (formerly the Waterways Museum) on the Grand Union Canal at Stoke Bruerne (Northamptonshire).

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Herbert Morrison's Cottage
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Herbert Morrison's Cottage

McNay, Ian

September 1965

View looking towards hand ropemaker Herbert Marrison's stone cottage in Castleton (Derbyshire). Four people stand in front of the cottage.

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Canal Boats
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Canal Boats

McNay, Ian

1966

Canal boats on the Grand Union Canal at Stoke Bruerne (Northamptonshire). A rope ball, used to protect paintwork, can be seen on the front of one of the barges.

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Ropework Items for Canal Boats
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Ropework Items for Canal Boats

McNay, Ian

1966

Display at the Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum (formerly the Waterways Museum) on the Grand Union Canal at Stoke Bruerne (Northamptonshire). Shows bolls and other ropework used on canal boats.

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Ropework Items for Canal Boats
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Ropework Items for Canal Boats

McNay, Ian

1966

Display at the Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum (formerly the Waterways Museum) on the Grand Union Canal at Stoke Bruerne (Northamptonshire). Shows bolls and other ropework items used on canal boats.

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Archive Print Item

Great houses of Britain

Nicolson, Nigel; Dundas, Kerry; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[1965]

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Rope Bolls for Canal Boats
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Rope Bolls for Canal Boats

McNay, Ian

1966

Rope bolls for use on canal boats, at the Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum (formerly the Waterways Museum) on the Grand Union Canal at Stoke Bruerne (Northamptonshire). These are solid bolls made of cotton ...

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Rope Bolls for Canal Boats
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Rope Bolls for Canal Boats

McNay, Ian

1966

Rope bolls of various shapes and sizes for use on canal boats, at the Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum (formerly the Waterways Museum) on the Grand Union Canal at Stoke Bruerne (Northamptonshire). The bolls...

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