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community life9
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english language - dialects5
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Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)2
Shaw, David H2
Agar, Arthur1
Bell, George1
Clarke, William1
Claughton, Mr R. Mick1
Cloughton1
Cooper, Anthony John1
Cooper, Mary1
Cooper, William1

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Survey of English Dialects recording in York, Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

19 Aug 1953

[Side 1] Joe tells anecdote about getting lost when out with cart one night, describes changes to street in his lifetime, remembers regular cooperation with neighbour over waggons, briefly mentions mo...

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Rural Life Around Huddersfield

Walton, James

1933-1938

Articles written by James Walton for a series on rural life around Huddersfield, and local tales and sayings, published in the 'Huddersfield Weekly Examiner' in 1933 and 1938 respectively. The geograp...

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Sound Recordings, North Lincolnshire

Haldenby, Cynthia

August 1958

George Bell, recorded at Winteringham; talks about his working life; being in service, starting farm work at the age of fifteen; working with horses at Keelby Grange (second to the Waggoner); job of W...

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Sound Recordings, Bedfordshire

Shaw, David H

1955-1956

Harry Scott [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A746r], recorded in Billington; sings 'I Wish I was Single Again'; talks about Fred Henley. [Tr. 1] Fred Henley and his wife, Mrs. Fred Henley, recorded in ...

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Sound Recordings, Bedfordshire

Shaw, David H

1955

Will Clarke, recorded in Stanbridge; talks about his daughter's move from Stanbridge to Hertfordshire [his daughters, Mrs. W. Urquhartand Mary Cooper, and sons-in-law William Cooper and Mr. W. Urquhar...

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Sports and Athletic Games

1961-1974

This file contains items relating to sports and games of athletic ability, skill, strength and endurance. This includes a copy of 'The Ancient Haxey Hood Game (An Ancestor of Football?)', by J. W. ff....

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Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1960-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for North Yorkshire locations 6Y3-8. The majority of the original recordings were made by Stanley Ellis, in 1952 and 1955. Harol...

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Sheep Farming in the Dark Peak

Cooper, Anthony John

1979

M.A. dissertation on sheep farming practises in the Dark Peak area of the Peak District, Derbyshire. The study draws on both printed documentary sources and information gathered during three field tri...

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SED - Kolb

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1966-1974

The first file includes copy and original correspondence between Eduard Kolb, Stewart Sanderson, Harold Orton and others concerning Kolb's proposed use of Survey of English Dialects (SED) data to publ...

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