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Archive Item:
LAVC/PHO/P1614

24 August 1967

Mr. James Ward of West Witton ( Wensleydale) with a young boy, putting the finishing touches to the Bartle for the West Witton Bartle Fair. The Bartle is a guy that will be burned on a bonfire as part...

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LAVC/PHO/P1615

24 August 1967

Mr. James Ward of West Witton ( Wensleydale) putting the finishing touches to the Bartle for the West Witton Bartle Fair. The Bartle is a guy that will be burned on a bonfire as part of the fair celeb...

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LAVC/PHO/P1622

July 1964

Hornblower blowing a horn at Bainbridge ( Wensleydale). Bainbridge once served as a foresters' headquarters in the Wensleydale forest, a hunting district owned by the Lord of Middleham. The horn was b...

Archive Item:
LAVC/PHO/P1623

July 1964

Hornblower blowing a horn at Bainbridge ( Wensleydale). Bainbridge once served as a foresters' headquarters in the Wensleydale forest, a hunting district owned by the Lord of Middleham. The horn was b...

Archive Item:
LAVC/PHO/P1625

1964

Maypole on the village green at Aldeburgh (Suffolk). Mounted on Photo File card.

Archive Item:
LAVC/PHO/P1625A

1964

Maypole on the village green at Aldeburgh (Suffolk). Unmounted.

Archive Item:
LAVC/PHO/P2162

[1960s]

Copy of a photograph, printed on paper, of crow dancers performing a crow dance in a field in Moulton (Cheshire). The dancers wear black trousers, black winged tunics and black face masks. All have th...

Archive Item:
LAVC/PHO/P2163

[1960s]

Copy of a photograph, printed on paper, of crow dancers performing a crow dance in a field in Moulton (Cheshire). The dancer in the centre of the picture is dressed as a scarecrow, and wears an old ma...

Archive Item:
LAVC/PHO/S375

December 1974

Room decorated for Christmas, at a dwelling house in Vänersborg (Alvsborgs Lan, Sweden). The decorations include a Christmas tree decorated with candles, glass balls and tinsel. Under the tree are Ch...

Archive Item:
LAVC/PHO/S451

April 1965

Young girl dressed up as an Easter Witch, Hög (Varmlands Lan, Sweden). Her costume consists of a head scarf, skirt and apron, boots, yellow embroidered shawl, and a basket. Many Swedish children dr...

Archive Item:
LAVC/PHO/S452

April 1965

Young boy dressed up as an Easter Witch, Vastra Bon (Varmlands Lan, Sweden). His costume consists of a head scarf, brightly patterned apron, and boots. Many Swedish children dress up as witches on E...

Archive Item:
LAVC/PHO/S558

October 1965

Boy with a guy made for Guy Fawkes Night, outside the Packhorse pub on Woodhouse Lane, Leeds (West Yorkshire). This picture was taken during pub opening hours, the boy collecting money (Penny for the ...