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Derelict Mine Building
[1970s]
Copy of a photograph of a derelict stone building with large chimney at an unidentified location, probably in North Yorkshire. The building may have had an industrial use, possibly connected with lead...
Smelting Mill: Langthwaite
1966
Copy of photograph of the octagonal smelting mill at Langthwaite taken in 1910, with the great roof still partially intact. The mill was built for the Arkengarthdale lead mines around 1700. Mounted on...
Smelting Mill: Langthwaite
1966
Copy of a photograph of the interior of the octagonal smelting mill at Langthwaite taken in 1910. Massive roof timbers visible. Mr. Waller, the Arkengarthdale estate joiner, in foreground. The mill wa...
Peat Drying Shed: Old Gang Mines
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
1966
Remains of peat drying shed, Old Gang Mines, Swaledale. The building originally had a thatched roof. The series of pillars with spaces were designed to create maximum air circulation. Mounted on Photo...
Peat Drying Shed: Old Gang Mines
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
1966
Remains of peat drying shed, Old Gang Mines, Swaledale. The building originally had a thatched roof. The series of pillars with spaces were designed to create maximum air circulation. Mounted on Photo...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Eccleston, Lancashire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
Apr 1954
[Side 1] Tom talks about decline of local coal mining industry, comments mechanical coal-cutters too expensive and unsuitable for local pits as roofs too low and 'bracklesome' [= brittle], outlines va...
Sound Recordings, Salop
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Barry, Michael V (1935-)
[1966-1980]
Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Salop locations 11Sa1-8. The original recordings were made in 1955 and 1966. The date when this copy tape was made is not kn...
Sound Recordings, County Durham
Upton, Clive S
May 1974
[Collector announcement]; William Dodds, recorded at home in Ebchester on the 14 May 1974; examines and describes archaeological artefacts, excavated by him during the previous six years from the site...
Sound Recordings, Warwickshire
Barry, Michael V (1935-)
July 1966
[Collector announcement]; Arthur Humphries, recorded in Lighthorne on the 28 July 1966[Swiss male also present asks some questions, possibly Eduard Kolb, or Dieter Bothe]; Mr. Humphries talks about wo...
Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire
Houck, Charles L
[Mid 1960s-1970s]
Male and female informant responses to a questionnaire used by the collector as part of his sociolinguistic inquiry in Leeds. For the purposes of data collection, the city was divided into a number of...
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...