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animals15
woodworking industries15
nature14
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community life11
culture10
buildings9
food9
education7

Top 10: People and organisations

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Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)4
Barry, Michael V (1935-)3
Jackson, Mr2
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)2
Siporin, Rae Lee2
Annett, Mr Reuben1
Applett, Stanley1
Bartle, Billy1
Brimm, Joe1
Brimm, Mrs Joe1

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Paxton, N Sally

7 June 1976

Walter Greaves (of Cross Hills) talks about blacksmithing and farriery; definitions; wheelwrighting; work techniques; family history; learning the trade; the Rural Industries Bureau; drop forging; sho...

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Horse-Head Carvings
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Horse-Head Carvings

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

December 1974

Wooden horse-head carvings by the door of a house from the Danube Delta, exhibited at the open-air Village Museum in Bucharest. The house is made of timber, with a thatched roof. Mounted on Photo File...

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Horse-Head Carvings
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Horse-Head Carvings

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

December 1974

Wooden horse-head carvings on the front of a wooden store shed, exhibited at the open-air Village Museum in Bucharest. The store shed is a small construction, set into the ground, with a sloped rood a...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Chirbury, Shropshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

Jan 1955

[Side 1] Joe recalls childhood pastimes, compares village school now and in past, talks about father's work as woodman, reflects on wages to bring up nine children, describes killing and curing pig, r...

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Miscellaneous Contact Prints
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Miscellaneous Contact Prints

[1960s]

Sheet of contact prints with images of shepherds' crooks and their manufacture (14); a fish on a chopping board (1); and a ruined stone church and old churchyard, including LAVC/PHO/P2141-2142 (3). Th...

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Sound Recording, Lancashire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1963

Male informant [two women also present, ?wife and ?daughter], recorded in White Coppice; talks about his work for the Ministry catching moles and other pests; breeding/handling ferrets; rook shooting ...

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Sound Recordings, Berkshire

Barry, Michael V (1935-)

March 1959

[Collector announcement]; Mr. Stiff, recorded in Swallowfield; makes reference to working at the residence of the Duke of Wellington, at Farley Hill; talks of his interest in the kitchen there and its...

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Sound Recordings, Derbyshire, Cheshire and Nottingamshire

Siporin, Rae Lee

1965

Charles Swindles, recorded in Bamford; introduces himself and his wife and daughters; talks about Bamford; the River Derwent and the Howden Reservoir, Derwent Reservoir and Ladybower Reservoir; local ...

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Sound Recordings, Suffolk

Pasanen, Leena

August 1971

[Collector announcement]; Stanley Applett, a retired butcher, recorded in his home in Framsdenon the 3 August 1971; talks about his working life as a butcher; his apprenticeship and wages; joining the...

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Sound Recordings, Yorkshire, Isle of Man and Cheshire

Dyson, B Ronald; Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Barry, Michael V (1935-); Siporin, Rae Lee

[1965-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Yorkshire locations 6Y30-31, 33-34; Isle of Man 6aMan1-2; and Cheshire 7Ch1-2. The original recordings were made between 195...

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Some Warwickshire Crafts

Wharton, Colin S

1969

This file contains a copy of a typed paper by Colin Wharton, on Warwickshire crafts. The paper is in two parts: Part I includes ms. illustrations and accompanying text; Part II consists of Wharton's i...

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Wooden Industries

1959-1974

This file contains extracts and cuttings on boat-building, hurdle-making and other industries centred on wood, including D. Phillips Birt's article, 'Last Days of the Wooden Boat', extracted from 'Cou...

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