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Collection group	Count
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture	3358
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections	5
Brotherton Collection	5

Subject	Count
english language - dialects	30
education	30
culture	30
community life	30

Place	Count
England	3363
Yorkshire	371
Essex	165
Lancashire	154
Lincolnshire	148
Somerset	140
Norfolk	139
Devon	121
Salop (Shropshire)	121
Staffordshire	117

People and organisations	Count
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)	1258
Wright, John T	540
Wright, Peter	413
Sykes, Donald Richard	331
Barry, Michael V (1935-)	298
Francis, W Nelson (1910-2002)	139
Playford, Averil H	132
Gibson, Dr Peter H	117
Berntsen, Howard N	99
William	34

Archive Item:
BC MS ROM 1/4/1/15

Photograph of women outside wagon [caravan] at Appleby Hill Fair. 1939

1939

Photograph of women outside caravan with caption, "Appleby Hill fair. Summer 1939. Photo by NP."

Archive Item:
BC MS ROM 1/4/1/44

Photographs (2) the Hill, Appleby. 1939

Jun 1939

2 photographs of families outside caravans mounted on page (loose) from album. Labelled, " The Hill, Appleby June 1939. Photo by N.P."

Archive Item:
BC MS ROM 1/4/1/46

Photograph of girl at "Appleby Hill Fair."1939

1939

Black and white photgraph of girl outside caravan. Caption reads, "Appleby hill Fair. N.P." 1939

Archive Item:
BC MS ROM 2/A/1/2/7

"Operation Gipsies in Darenth Woods: Caravans are towed away."

20/Jan/1962 - 18/May/1963

Scene of eviction of Gypsy Travellers at Darenth Woods, Kent. Scene shows woman with two children, [modern] wagons, film crew in background. Also includes woman and two men in foreground which have be...

Archive Item:
BC MS ROM 2/A/1/2/5

"Travelling Bird of a Feather." [Eviction Darenth Woods]

20/Jan/1962 - 18/May/1963

Scene of eviction of Gypsy Travellers at Darenth Woods, Kent. Scene shows [modern] Gypsy Traveller wagon being towed by tractor; elderley man and young boy holding chicken, [he has been coloured roun...

Archive Item:
LAVC/SED/2/2/1/1

Lowick Response Book - 1Nb1

25/Mar/1953 - 1/Apr/1953