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SubjectCount
occupations3
culture3
food3
food industry and trade2
meat2
english language - dialects2
folklore2
play1
plants1
well-being1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Simmons, Mr3
Simmons, Ivy2
Upton, Clive S2
Wharton, Colin S1
Roberts, Mrs1
Sutton, Mrs E1
Rimell, John1
Bury, Jack1
Adcock, Mr1
Gwinnett, Aubrey1

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Sound Recordings, Warwickshire

Wharton, Colin S

1967-1968

Jack Bury, recorded in Winderton; talks about harvesting methods - fagging, tying sheaves and leaving to stand for three bells (i.e. three Sundays); discusses a ?sheppick (hay fork); labour force on t...

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Sound Recording, Staffordshire

Upton, Clive S

[Mid-1970s]

[Collector announcement]; Ivy Simmons [Simmonds?], recorded with her husband [?at home in Tamworth]; answers questions about names given to pig meat, making brawn and pickling; names for chickens, tur...

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Sound Recording, Staffordshire

Upton, Clive S

[Mid-1970s]

Ivy Simmons/? Ivy Simmonds, recorded with her husband [?at home in Tamworth]. Conclusion of interview which starts on tape LAVC/SRE/A545r, concerning the language of the meat trade. Informant gives th...

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