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Cruck-Framed Building
[1970s]
Derelict stone, cruck-framed farm building with a thatched roof, at a unidentified location. The roof has largely collapsed, leaving the cruck timbers exposed.
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.
The Irish Crofter
Lloyd Weedon, Trevor
[1970s]
This file contains a photocopy of an ms. paper ([8] leaves) on the life and work of Irish crofters in Donegal. This includes descriptions of a crofter's cottage, crops and cultivation, the animals and...
Origin of Fairs - Ireland
Lloyd Weedon, Trevor
1974
This file contains a photocopy of an ms. paper by Lloyd Weedon on the origin of fairs in Ireland ([15] leaves). As well as explaining the background to the origin of fairs, and listing examples of Iri...
Barn at Wadworth
[1960s]
Board-mounted photograph of a stone barn at Wadworth (near Doncaster, South Yorkshire). The roof slates are incomplete, leaving the timber frame of the roof exposed.
Woodworkers' Tools
1972-1973
This file contains typed correspondence from W. L. Goodman to Stewart Sanderson and Tony Green on the terminology of woodworkers' tools from the 16th and 17th centuries (23 December 1972 - 6 April 197...
Appleby Horse Fair
Caunce, Stephen
1972
This file contains a photocopy of an ms. paper by Stephen Caunce, consisting of an account of a visit to the last day of Appleby Horse Fair in June 1972 ([5] leaves). The account includes descriptions...
Technical Terms from a Wheelwright's Ledger
Wilkinson, Karl V
1972
This file contains a typed alphabetical list ([7] leaves) of terms relating to wheelwrighting, woodwork and agricultural tools, with definitions, compiled from a ledger belonging to Edward Packhamof t...
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,...
The Living Dialect of Queensbury, Near Bradford, Yorkshire West Riding
Ambler, Pamela J
1954
A study of the dialect spoken in Queensbury in West Yorkshire. An introduction to the town is followed by a chapter which gives a descriptive account of the dialect in 1954 (with sections on vowels ...
Sound Recordings, Essex and West Yorkshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
[1960s]
Martin Baynes, recorded in Henham (Essex); talks about his working life; jobs on leaving school, scaring birds, riding the chain horse at harvest time; working with horses from the age of 14/15; worki...
Papers on Newfoundland Dialect
[1960s]
This file contains papers relating chiefly to Newfoundland English. It includes a printed [proof] copy of an article by John Widdowson, 'Some Items of a Central Newfoundland Dialect' published in an u...