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The Domestic Sewing Needle: An Enquiry into the Vocabulary and Folklore Associated with its Manufacturing Processes
Hawley, Elizabeth K
1962
A dissertation in four parts, based on fieldwork carried out in Redditch and Studley. The first part provides a general history of needle-making and a history of the trade in the Redditch area. Part T...
The Hand-Made Nail Industry of Birmingham and the Midlands
Penny, E John
1964
A dissertation focussing on the nail making industry of Birmingham and the Midlands. Its five chapters cover the early history of the industry (mineral deposits and early iron industry, slitting mills...
The Handforging of Spring Knife Blades in Sheffield
Atkin, K
1966
A thesis on the handforging branch of the Sheffield cutlery trades, based primarily on fieldwork carried out in the workshop of Tom Merrill, one of only three men still forging pen and pocket blades b...
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...
Some Techniques and Traditions in a Midlands Iron Foundry
Short, Ian W
1968
A dissertation in two parts, based on the collector's own experience of working in Messrs. Rood End Foundries Limited of Oldbury in the West Midlands. As well being involved in various parts of the ma...
Custom and Tradition in the Black Country
Smith, Carolyn Margaret
1972
A study comprising introductory sections on the industrial history of the Black Country, its steel, coal mining, nail making and chain making industries and associated communities. Further sections de...
Blacksmiths and Farriers
Paxton, N Sally
1977
A dissertation which gives an account of the work of blacksmiths and farriers, including some historical background but mainly concentrating on their methods and practices and the state of the two cra...
Bewdley Brass Foundry: A Description of its History and the Techniques Used There
Holloway, Charles
1980
A dissertation comprising five chapters. The first presents a history of H. J. Exley Limited, Bewdley brass founders, followed by a description of the foundry building (including a map and side and pl...
The Goldsmith or Jeweller and Associated Customs in the Tamil Speaking Community of South Africa
Pather, Ranjeni
1980
A dissertation which considers the origins of the goldsmithing trade, looks at the manufacture of jewellery in South Africa by the Tamil speaking community of that country, and describes some of the c...
The Puck Fair of Killorglin
Smith, Camilla
1982
A study of the Puck Fair, held in Killorglin, County Kerry, and based on fieldwork interviews undertaken in August and December 1981. The Introduction presents background information on the town, whil...
A Grammar of the Dialect of Addingham in the West Riding of Yorkshire
Moody, Frederick William
1950
A study of the dialect spoken in Addingham and its immediate neighbourhood in the late 1940s, based on fieldwork data collected from eight principal informants. An Introduction presents information on...
The Black Country Dialect in the Cradley Heath Area
Manley, Sandra
1971
M.A. dissertation on the Black Country dialect as it is spoken in and around Cradley Heath, with particular focus on the vocabularies of the hand-made nail and chain trades. Three chapters describe th...