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english language - dialects7
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woodworking industries2
animals1
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Ambler, Pamela J3
Russell, Ian2
Brierly, Steve1
Danson, John1
O'Neill, G M1
Yeardley, Margaret1

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The Living Dialect of Queensbury, Near Bradford, Yorkshire West Riding

Ambler, Pamela J

1954

A study of the dialect spoken in Queensbury in West Yorkshire. An introduction to the town is followed by a chapter which gives a descriptive account of the dialect in 1954 (with sections on vowels ...

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SED Phonological Map: Chickens
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SED Phonological Map: Chickens

[1960s-mid-1970s]

Experimental printed phonological map for SED question IV.6.11, Chickens (i.e. young hens) mapping responses with unstressed vowel forms. The map is labelled as a draft.

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Sound Recording, South Yorkshire

Russell, Ian

25 December 1974

Assembled company singing carols in the Black Bull pub, Ecclesfield. Concludes on tape LAVC/SRE/A208r.

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Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire

Russell, Ian

December 1974

Assembled company singing carols in the Black Bull pub, Ecclesfield, on the 25 December 1974. [Tr. 3]. Conclusion of session which starts on tape LAVC/SRE/A207r. Grenoside Sword Dancers, performing ...

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Terminology of the Beer Barrel at Queensbury Diagram
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Terminology of the Beer Barrel at Queensbury Diagram

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Ms. line diagram of a beer barrel, labelled in ms. according to the terminology used in Queensbury (West Yorkshire). The diagram was drawn by Pamela Ambler for use in her thesis on the dialect of Quee...

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Terminology of the Beer Barrel at Queensbury Diagram
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Terminology of the Beer Barrel at Queensbury Diagram

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Ms. line diagram of a beer barrel, labelled according to the terminology used in Queensbury (West Yorkshire). The labelling and title of the diagram is in typescript. The diagram was drawn by Pamela A...

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The Coopers' Company, the Craft, and Gauging Casks

O'Neill, G M

1967

A thesis examining the history and practise of coopering, including a section outlining the history of the Coopers Company of London , and a description of hand coopering based on interviews with coop...

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