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Strutt, Joseph (1749-1802)3
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Bensley, Thomas (1760-1835)2
Cox, J Charles (1843-1919)1
Hughes, Mary C1
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Russell, June1
Sutton, Diane1
White, John1
White, John (1816-)1

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Archive File

Some Aspects of Nineteenth-Century Yorkshire Life: A Re-Examination of George Walker, The Costume of Yorkshire, 1814

Langhorne, Richard

1971

M.A. thesis which takes the activities, tools and equipment illustrated in George Walker's 'The Costume of Yorkshire' as the introduction for a study of such objects as they are represented in the mus...

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A Thesis on Children's Games Observed and Recorded in the London Area

Hughes, Mary C

1964

A collection of children's games, songs and rhymes collected in the London area. Classification is according to type, and the items recorded are presented in fourteen sections. Each section is precede...

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Fifty Years of Wragby Life

Sutton, Diane

1980

A dissertation which looks at life in the Lincolnshire village of Wragby during the first fifty years of the twentieth century. The information it presents is based on the memories and printed ephemer...

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Children's Games and Lore. Leeds and Liverpool

Russell, June

1978

A descriptive account of children's games and lore, based on items collected during the summer of 1977 from children at play in the street in Kirkby, Merseyside, and during September of the same year ...

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Decorative Arts

1970-1979

This file contains items relating generally to the decorative arts, including carving and the decoration of items. The file includes a photocopy of Carson I. A. Ritchie's article, 'Art of the Northern...

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