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Social Questions
[1960s-1970s]
This subseries, comprising one file only, contains items relating to labour and industrial unrest. This includes an ms. account, compiled from an original ms. source, of a Luddite attack on Cartwright...
Quarry Bank Mill: The Development of a Folk Museum
Price, Sarah M
1978
A dissertation describing the development of Quarry Bank Mill as a museum, tracing the history of the village of Styal where it is situated, the mill and, briefly, the Lancashire cotton industry. In d...
A Study of the Hat-Making Craft
Bell, M W
1964
A study describing the history of, and contemporary manufacturing processes within, the hat-making industry. Particular reference is made to the Offerton branch of the Battersby Hat Company . Sixteen ...
Lace: An Enquiry into the Art of Making Lace Either by Hand or Machine with Particular Reference to the Vocabulary and Folklore of both Industries
Slinn, Gillian A
1964
A dissertation on lacemaking, with particular reference to the industry in Nottingham. The first chapter presents a general history of lacemaking, whilst the second focusses on pillow lace, with secti...
Commercial Basketmaking in the West Riding: A Study of the Craft of Basketmaking with Especial Reference to the Present-Day Basketmaking Industry in the West Riding of Yorkshire
Aston, Michael Geoffrey
1965
A study concerned with the past and present state of the basketmaking industry in the West Riding, and the manner in which the craft is practiced. The collector's observations are based largely on a s...
Wood-Turning in the West Pennines
Earnshaw, David R
1966
A dissertation covering the development of three Lancashire family and village trades on the edge of the West Pennines. The three wood-turning firms studied are H. J. Berry and Sons Limited of Chippin...
Some Aspects of Nineteenth-Century Yorkshire Life: A Re-Examination of George Walker, The Costume of Yorkshire, 1814
Langhorne, Richard
1971
M.A. thesis which takes the activities, tools and equipment illustrated in George Walker's 'The Costume of Yorkshire' as the introduction for a study of such objects as they are represented in the mus...
Clogs and Clog Making. With Reference to the Aire and Calder Valleys of the West Riding of Yorkshire
Moore, Vivienne E
1972
M.A. dissertation which provides a survey of clogs and clogmaking in the West Riding of Yorkshire (focussing on the industry in Airedale and the Calder Valley), both setting the trade and the article ...
Hand-Knitting in the Yorkshire Dales
Marsh, Penny
1977
M.A. dissertation on hand-knitting in Yorkshire, written in two parts. The first, The Knitting Process, contains chapters on materials (wool: provenance and type; wool: processing - carding and combin...
The Craft of Hand Bookbinding: A Short History and Account of the Present State of the Craft. Its Traditions and Prospects Together with a Glossary of Terms Used by Binders
Brownridge, A N
1967
A study which charts the decline of the hand-made bookbinding craft since the beginning of the twentieth century, and records attitudes and beliefs disappearing in the face of fully mechanised Trade B...
Willow-Growing and Basket-Making in Mawdesley, Lancashire
Blackburn, Margaret
1978
M.A. study of the willow-growing and basket-making industry in Mawdesley, Lancashire. Volume One outlines the history and organisation of the industry, and details working conditions, the training of ...
Saddles and Horse Collars: A Study of Selected Craftsmen
Wynne, Victoria
1979
M.A. study on the manufacture of saddles and horse collars, based on fieldwork undertaken in Walsall. Firms visited include G. T. Palmer and Son and J. C. Huskisson and Son. Chapters cover the informa...