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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture37
Cookery Collection1

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food38
occupations29
community life19
agriculture18
culture17
english language - dialects16
nature15
animals14
meat12
food industry and trade11

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Upton, Clive S11
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)9
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)3
Scott, Mrs M. E.3
Hartshorne, Brian2
Horner, Will2
Morgan, Wilf2
Morris, Patricia M2
Bainbridge, Jack1
Bennett, George1
Back Can
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Back Can

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

May 1962

Back can used for carrying milk at a farm in Kettlewell ( Wharfedale). The can is flattened on one side, and has ropes attached which act as straps for carrying. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/P...

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Back Can
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Back Can

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

May 1962

Male (probably a farmer) wearing back can for carrying milk, at a farm in Kettlewell ( Wharfedale). The can is flattened on one side, and has ropes attached which act as straps. Mounted on Photo File ...

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Back Can
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Back Can

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

May 1962

Male (probably a farmer) wearing back can for carrying milk, and carrying a metal (milk) pail over his arm, at a farm in Kettlewell ( Wharfedale). The can is flattened on one side, and has ropes attac...

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Milking by Hand / Back Can
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Milking by Hand / Back Can

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

September 1967

Mr. Will Horner wearing a back can for carrying milk, on his farm, Redmire ( Wensleydale). Mr. Horner's son can be seen in the background, milking a cow by hand underneath an open shelter. Mounted on ...

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Milking by Hand / Back Can
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Milking by Hand / Back Can

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

September 1967

Mr. Will Horner wearing a back can for carrying milk, on his farm, Redmire ( Wensleydale). Mr. Horner's son can be seen in the background, milking a cow by hand underneath an open shelter. Mounted on ...

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Yorkshire Harvest Cart

[1970s]

View from the front of a Yorkshire harvest cart, with open front and back, at an unidentified location, probably in Yorkshire.

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Cornish Harvest Cart

[1970s]

Cornish harvest cart, Stratton (Cornwall). The cart is open at the front and back. Mounted on Photo File card.

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Sound Recording, West Midlands

Upton, Clive S

[Mid-1970s]

Brian Hartshorne, a butcher recorded in Wolverhampton [continued from tapes LAVC/SRE/A716r and LAVC/SRE/A717r]; talks about butchers' back slang (for animal names/meat cuts and other terms); explains ...

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Sound Recording, [Location not given]

Upton, Clive S

[Mid-1970s]

Collector's father talks about the names given to people involved in the butchering and meat trade; and explains the butchers' use of back slang (a form of communication between butchers and their sta...

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Yorkshire Harvest Cart

[1970s]

Side view of a Yorkshire harvest cart at an unidentified location (possibly in Yorkshire). The cart is open at the front and back. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1226. With ms. note.

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Sound Recording, Staffordshire

Upton, Clive S

[Mid-1970s]

Ivy Simmons/? Ivy Simmonds, recorded with her husband [?at home in Tamworth]. Conclusion of interview which starts on tape LAVC/SRE/A545r, concerning the language of the meat trade. Informant gives th...

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