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Total number of records: 53

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community life53
woodworking industries53
occupations52
vehicles37
transportation23
textile industry22
culture19
retail trade18
agriculture17
implements, utensils etc17

Top 10: People and organisations

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Taylor, Harry18
Witton, Lesley A18
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)6
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)4
Barry, Michael V (1935-)3
John3
Lynas, Jack3
Shaw, David H3
Ivall, Roderick2
Jackson, Mr2

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Heddon-on-the-Wall, Northumberland

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

21 Mar 1953

[Side 1] Thomas describes in detail how to make cartwheel, explains components, incl. 'nave' [= wooden block at centre of wheel to which spokes are attached and through which axle runs], spokes, 'fell...

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Cart Diagrams

Brears, Peter C D

[1970s]

Printed scale illustrations of the Halifax Heck Cart and the Lister Chaise (made for James Lister of Shibden Hall), shaded in coloured pencil to match the descriptions of the carts printed on the vers...

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Wagon Wheel
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Wagon Wheel

[1970s]

Old wagon wheel in use as a part of a partition in a pub at an unidentified location.

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Four-Wheel Horse Brake

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

Summer 1968

Demonstration of iron brake, or slipper, used with four-wheeled horse wagons, Swinithwaite ( Wensleydale). The slipper would have hung from the wagon itself, and would be lowered to the ground in such...

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Four-Wheel Horse Brake

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

Summer 1968

Demonstration of iron brake, or slipper, used with four-wheeled horse wagons, Swinithwaite ( Wensleydale). The slipper would have hung from the wagon itself, and would be lowered to the ground in such...

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Four-Wheel Horse Brake

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

Summer 1968

Demonstration of iron brake, or slipper, used with four-wheeled horse wagons, Swinithwaite ( Wensleydale). The slipper would have hung from the wagon itself, and would be lowered to the ground in such...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Baines, H

1960

Albert Baines [?wife also present; with male and female questioners], recorded in Ripon; describes his work as a wheelwright in Great Ayton and Stockton [?on Tees]; apprenticeship in Ripon, c. 1900; d...

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Wheelwright's Shop
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Wheelwright's Shop

[1970s]

Interior of wheelwright's shop with two males working. The shop forms part of the exhibits at the West Yorkshire Folk Museum, Shibden Hall, Halifax. Mounted on Photo File card.

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Cart Body-Board
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Cart Body-Board

Witton, Lesley A

1971

Body-board of a rag-and-bone cart, propped up on boxes in Harry Taylor's workshop in Leeds (West Yorkshire). Slide 3 in a series of 19.

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Rag-and-Bone Cart: Wheels
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Rag-and-Bone Cart: Wheels

Witton, Lesley A

1971

Old wheels from a rag-and-bone cart, in Harry Taylor's workshop in Leeds (West Yorkshire). Slide 5 in a series of 19.

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Show Cart Undercarriage
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Show Cart Undercarriage

Witton, Lesley A

1971

Highly-decorated undercarriage of a rag-and-bone show cart, in Harry Taylor's workshop in Leeds (West Yorkshire). Slide 7 in a series of 19.

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Show Cart Undercarriage
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Show Cart Undercarriage

Witton, Lesley A

1971

Side view of the highly-decorated undercarriage of a rag-and-bone show cart, in Harry Taylor's workshop in Leeds (West Yorkshire). Shows detail including a pony/horse head just above the wheel. Slid...

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