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dwellings14
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english language - dialects5
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Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)2
Morris, Patricia M2
Beckford, William, 1760-18441
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)1
Edwards, Susan1
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)1
English, Edmund Francis1
Hartley, Dorothy1
Higgenbottom1
Higginbottom, Mr Bernard1

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Miner's Cottage
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Miner's Cottage

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1965

Back of miner's cottage, Castle Bolton ( Wensleydale). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1674. With ms. note.

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Demolition at Virginia Road, Leeds
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Demolition at Virginia Road, Leeds

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

18 June 1964

Demolition work in progress in the area around Virginia Road, Leeds (West Yorkshire). The spired building in the centre of the image is the Clothworkers' Centenary Concert Hall, University of Leeds; a...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Houck, Charles L

[Mid 1960s-1970s]

Interview with male informant in his home in Leeds, recorded as part of the collector's sociolinguistic inquiry in the city. The recording was made using a radio transmitter in the informant's house, ...

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"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.

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Townhouse in Thirsk

[1960s]

Board-mounted photograph of the rear of a brick-built 18th-century town house in Thirsk (North Yorkshire). The view shows the outbuildings at the back of the house.

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Couple Reading
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Couple Reading

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph dating to the early-20th century, of a man and woman sitting on wooden chairs in a dwelling house at an unidentified location. The woman has her back to the camera and is reading ...

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Dales Farmstead
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Dales Farmstead

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

June 1962

Back of Dales farmstead with house and barn adjoining in one long building, at Marrick Moor ( Arkengarthdale). A wall divides the house and barns/cowshed. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P017...

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Student Traditions at Leeds University

Edwards, Susan

1967

A study of student traditions at the University of Leeds, based on information collected from back copies of Leeds University's Students Union newspaper, 'Union News', and interviews with a former stu...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Morris, Patricia M

17 September 1981

[Collector announcement]; Olive Metcalf, recorded at home in the Kirkstall area of Leeds; talks about living in back-to-back housing, Greenhow Walk; housework, including cleaning, gas lamps, cooking, ...

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Sound Recordings, Lancashire

Taylor, Monica

[1970-1972]

Female informant [possibly the collector's mother], recorded in Haslingden ; talks about and recites a poem with the first line, At number one Bolton yard; sings 'Where oh where is my Norah?' [first l...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Liman, Ingemar (1938-)

October 1967

[Collector announcement]; Charles Horner, recorded at home in Conistone; talks about cow barns; hay and haymaking; livestock; milking and the use of back cans; skimming cream; butter and cheese; restr...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Morris, Patricia M

October 1981

Dorothy Ibbotson, recorded at home in the Kirkstall area of Leeds; sings 'The Warrior's Little Boy' (learned from her grandmother), and talks about her attempts to trace the song's origins; gives biog...

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