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Sound Recording, Oxfordshire

Pickering, Michael J

September/October 1973

Winnie Wyatt, recorded at home in Adderbury, talks about the Blunt family; book rescued from house following Janet Blunt's death; JB's family members and location of living members; Janet Blunt and ev...

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Sound Recordings, Hampshire and Wiltshire

Kylstra, Henk E; Wright, John T

1960-1961

William Blake, recorded in Hambledon by Henk Kylstra; talks about his work as a shepherd during the years 1919-1958; the village of Hambledon past and present; schooling; work as a shepherd boy on lea...

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An Account of the Home Life, Leisure-Time Activities and Community Traditions of the Northumbrian Coal Miner, Dealing Mainly with the Period 1900 to 1930

Fryer, Sheila

1964

A dissertation based on interviews with seven miners and ex-miners from Northumberland and Newcastle upon Tyne. The first of its three chapters contains a biographical note on, and the recollections o...

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Sound Recording, Redcar and Cleveland

Sullivan, Keith Frederick; Green, Anthony E (1943-)

29 November 1975

William Hart, recorded at home in Wilton by Tony Green [?daughter and son-in-law, Ray Bennett and Mrs. Ray Bennett, also present]. Conclusion of interview which starts on tape LAVC/SRE/A424r. WH sin...

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Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire

Tammivaara, Irmeli

July 1975

[Collector announcement]; Alice Baker, recorded at Pymore on the 17 July 1975 [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A673r]; talks about March dust storms; floods of 1912 and 1950s; the condition of local (dro...

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Sound Recordings, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

10 September 1974

George Bennett, recorded at home in Snape; sings 'Bring Back My Bonny', 'Dab a Little Powder On It, Father', 'The Laughing Policeman' [laughing only]; conversation, including GB's ?wife/?sister; talk ...

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West Country Folklore Pamphlets

1969-1975

This file contains pamphlets from the 'West Country Folklore Series', edited by Theo Brown. The pamphlets in this file relate to the folklore of Dorset and Devon, although the series covers all counti...

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Sound Recordings, Cornwall

Wright, John T

24 November 1958

[Collector announcement]; William Rickards, recorded in Egloshayle; talks about farmwork on leaving school; wages; quarry work after World War One; working with his father in his flour mill, and then ...

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Sound Recordings, Cornwall

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wakelin, Martyn F

March 1963

[Collector announcement]; John Galsworthy, recorded at home in Gwinear on the 28 March 1963; answers a selection of questions from the Dieth-Orton dialect survey Questionnaire [various Books]; talks o...

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Sound Recording, Oxfordshire

Pickering, Michael J

September 1973

Harry Austin, recorded at home in Adderbury, talks about local people listed on an unidentified manuscript; comments on a number of local families, including the Welsh family, the Walton family, Marth...

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Sound Recording, Oxfordshire

Pickering, Michael J

September/October 1973

Winnie Wyatt, recorded at home in Adderbury, talks about Janet Blunt's folk song collecting, and people's perceptions of her in Adderbury; musical afternoons/evenings at her house; singing in the loca...

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Sound Recording, Redcar and Cleveland

Sullivan, Keith Frederick

8 February 1976

[Collector announcement]; William Hart, recorded at home in Wilton; sings [ 'Mary Ann Malone']; talks about his song repertoire; sings 'The Day I Left Old Ireland', 'Patsy Fagan' and 'Where Did You Ge...

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