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Crafts, Trades and Industries
1951-1981
This subseries contains items on traditional crafts, trades and industries. The subjects represented include crafts in Warwickshire and Ireland, terminology relating to wheelwrighting, Sam Hanna's fil...
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...
The Farmer Cider-Maker in North and Central Somerset
Coleman, D N
1966
A thesis concerned with those Somerset cider-makers who combine cider-making with farming activities. The core of the study is the description of processes and equipment based on fieldwork carried out...
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...
Thatching in Warwickshire
Green, K R
1966
An investigation into the practice of thatching in 1966 in the rural areas of south Warwickshire and the Oxfordshire border, based on fieldwork visits and interviews with four working thatchers made d...
Sheep Farming in Eskdale, Cumberland
Harrison, Keith
1966
A thesis which concentrates on aspects of sheep farming in Eskdale, with particular reference to one farming family in the area. Fieldwork was carried out between 1965 and 1966.
Rope and Rope-Making
McNay, Ian
1966
A study which records the development and place in society of rope making. Its ten chapters provide a history of rope making, descriptions of machinery and types of rope, rope manufacture (including i...
The Shrimping Industry in the Southport Area of Lancashire
Stringfellow, Jonathan
1966
A study of the local shrimping industry to the north and south of Southport, based on fieldwork carried out during the months of April, August and September 1965. The study's sections present an intro...
Dry Stone Walls and Wall Building in West Yorkshire
Brooks, Margaret
1973
M.A. dissertation in five parts, with a separate volume of photographs. Part One discusses the practical aspects of the project, and outlines the research methods employed (letters to newspapers, corr...
The Welsh Love Spoon
Thomas, Barbara J
1966
A study which examines the custom of making and giving carved spoons as love tokens in Wales. Consideration is given to the custom, the spoon itself (shape and form, decoration and how and where it wa...
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...