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Dry Stone Wall over Stream
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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.

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The Dwelling House: Rooms, Fittings, Utilities, Etc.

1969-1979

This file contains items on various aspects of the dwelling house, with a focus on fittings and equipment and domestic utilities. This includes an article by Marie Hartley and Joan Ingilby on farm kit...

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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;...

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Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire

Tammivaara, Irmeli

July 1975

[Collector announcement]; Sidney Dewsbury, recorded in Pymore on 19 July 1975; talks about his working life; local floods in 1937 and 1940; work for river authority; strengthening/building river banks...

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Swaledale Boundary Dispute and Other Papers

1859-1869

Original ms. papers, in multiple hands. The principle manuscript in this file (23 leaves) relates to a 19th century boundary dispute in Swaledale. The dispute relates to the enclosure of lands in the ...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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Sound Recording, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

9 September 1974

Bob Hart, recorded at home in Snape, sings 'Eat More Fruit'; talks about Jack Harland and learning 'Bold General Wolfe' from him; sings fragment of 'Up She Went Like a Rocket', also sung by Harland; s...

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Sound Recording, Somerset

Ihalainen, Ossi

July 1972

Jack Spencer, recorded at home in Westhay on 15 July 1972; describes haymaking, including raking, work breaks, harnessing horses, loading waggons, drink, rick making, dinner time, food, tea, evening w...

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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...

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Village and Farm

1960-1973

This subseries, comprising one file only, contains items on village and farm life, and related topics. This includes W. E. Tate's paper, 'Parish Records and the English Village Community', extracted f...

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