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Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)119
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Miner's Cottage at Castle Bolton
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Miner's Cottage at Castle Bolton

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

1964

Stone miner's cottage at Castle Bolton ( Wensleydale). The village was once largely inhabited by lead miners. Mounted on Photo File card. With typed note.

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Miner's Cottage at Castle Bolton
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Miner's Cottage at Castle Bolton

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

1965

Stone miner's cottage at Castle Bolton ( Wensleydale). The village was once largely inhabited by lead miners. Mounted on Photo File card.

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Miner's Cottage at Castle Bolton
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Miner's Cottage at Castle Bolton

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

1965

Stone miner's cottage at Castle Bolton ( Wensleydale). The village was once largely inhabited by lead miners. Mounted on Photo File card.

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Miner's Cottage at Castle Bolton
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Miner's Cottage at Castle Bolton

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

1964

Stone miner's cottage at Castle Bolton ( Wensleydale). The village was once largely inhabited by lead miners. Mounted on Photo File card.

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Stone Cottages at West Scrafton
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Stone Cottages at West Scrafton

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

1964

Stone cottages at West Scrafton ( Coverdale), formerly inhabited by quarrymen and colliers. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0328.

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Stone Cottages at West Scrafton
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Stone Cottages at West Scrafton

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

1964

Stone cottages at West Scrafton ( Coverdale), formerly inhabited by quarrymen and colliers. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0327.

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Sound Recording, Glamorgan

Crook, Rosemary

10 April 1980

May Jenkins (born Treorchy) talks about her family origins, childhood recollections of domestic routines - washing, describes fireplace and oven, order of washing, ironing, starch, order of hanging wa...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Ellington, Northumberland. Survey of English Dialects recording in Binfield Heath, Oxfordshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

Feb 1953

Side 1 is Ellington recording (12 Feb 1953). Side 2 is Binfield Heath recording (24 Feb 1953).[Side 1]Bob Levison describes working as farm worker aged 12 to 17, then working in mine for 40 years, com...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Wark, Northumberland

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

12 Feb 1953

[Side 1] Anty talks about reserves of limestone, ironstone and coal locally despite lack of mining, extolls virtue of fresh lime straight from 'kill' [= kiln] for farming, recalls Consett man praising...

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Cobscar Smelting Mill
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Cobscar Smelting Mill

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

August 1964

View of the ruins of Cobscar Smelting Mill, Redmire Moor ( Wensleydale). The mill dates from 1848 and ceased working around 1890. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0816. With ms. note. Card 1 ...

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Cobscar Smelting Mill
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Cobscar Smelting Mill

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

August 1964

View of the ruins of Cobscar Smelting Mill, Redmire Moor ( Wensleydale). The mill dates from 1848 and ceased working around 1890. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0815. With ms. note. Card 1 ...

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Cobscar Smelting Mill
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Cobscar Smelting Mill

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

August 1964

View of the ruins of Cobscar Smelting Mill, Redmire Moor ( Wensleydale), showing the remains of one of the ore hearths. The mill dates from 1848 and ceased working around 1890. Mounted on Photo File c...

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