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Dry Stone Wall over Stream
Langhorne, Richard
November 1970
Close-up view of dry stone wall construction over a stream, at Alston (Cumbria). A gap has been left in the wall to leave the flow of the stream uninterrupted. No. 2 in a series of 5.
Irish Crafts
[1970s]
This file contains items relating to Irish crafts, and includes a photocopy of Ireland Information Sheet, no. 20 'Irish Crafts' (1974), listing crafts still undertaken in Ireland at the time (weaving,...
Sound Recordings, Cornwall
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wakelin, Martyn F
29 March 1963
Thomas Stephens, recorded at home in Altarnun; answers a selection of questions, put by Martyn Wakelin, from the Dieth-Orton dialect survey questionnaire; talks with Stanley Ellis about his first job;...
Sound Recordings, Lincolnshire and Suffolk
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
1959-1960
William Brothwell and Florence Greenwood, recorded in Wragby in April 1960; talk about foxes and shooting them; Mr. Brothwell's farming career; setting a field for ploughing; livestock; thatching and ...
Sound Recordings, Kent
Barry, Michael V (1935-)
1958-1959
[Collector announcement]; Charles Joiner, recorded in Staple in December 1958; talks about storing apples in earth; first thatching job, aged fifteen/sixteen; describes thatch sewn onto barn roofs; hi...
Sound Recordings, London, Huntingdonshire and Buckinghamshire
Tilling, Philip M (1938-); Barry, Michael V (1935-)
1967
Mr. H. J. Kent, recorded in Hackney (London); talks about bus fares in London, compared with fifty years ago; journey times compared with horse trams; thoughts on the present bus service; horse drawn ...
Basket, Straw and Rope-Work
1960-1973
This file includes a photocopy of typed notes made by Rodney Cousins on basket-making, collected from H. Summers, basketmaker, Sutton-on-Trent (November 1969) and from Herbert Lloyd Johnes' 'The Baske...
Sound Recordings, Bedfordshire
Shaw, David H
1960
Joe Brimm and his wife, Mrs. Joe Brimm, recorded in Dunton; talk about a local road to Dunton Lodge; thatching a haystack and a wheatcock, the clothing (knee pads) worn and implements used; using a te...
Sound Recordings, [Devon]
Panheinen, Ossi
[1970]
Mr. Collins [location not given] talks about flour milling; flour mill and working conditions; milling machinery and processes; cider; wages and working conditions; wages on leaving school; Christmas;...
Sound Recordings, Wiltshire and Hampshire
Wright, John T; Kylstra, Henk E
1957-1961
[Announcement by Henk Kylstra]; Ernest Packer, recorded in Ashton Keynes in July 1957, by John Wright; talks about work with horses and waggon, on leaving school aged eleven; agricultural wages; ploug...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Brooks, Margaret
16 February 1973
Myers Johnson, recorded [?at home] in Kettlesing [daughter also present]; gives biographical information and talks about the Dacre parish (his birthplace); closure of local chapels; wartime recollecti...
Sound Recordings, Wiltshire
Wright, John T; Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
1957
Ernest Packer, recorded in Ashton Keynes in July 1957; talks about his first job, driving a farm waggon at the age of ten; stable work harnessing horses; wages; thoughts on modern farming methods (plo...