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Photograph of a mural depicting farming activities. It shows a man leaning on a tractor with fields of hay and cows in the background; the foreground shows a farm cart, milk churn etc. The artwork decorated the inside of the baffle walls protecting university buildings during the Second World War. It was painted by students of the evacuated Goldsmiths College, under the tuition of the artist and teacher Evelyn Gibbs. This may be the only surviving record, as the walls were taken down after the war.
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Exhibition

Folk Custom and Rural Communities

The Making and Remaking of the Randwick Wap

Wed 25 Jun 2025

Djanogly Theatre

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A talk exploring ideas and lived experiences relating to health and the countryside in the 1800s.

In this talk, Jessica Lloyd-May explores what a case study of the Randwick Wap, a May custom that takes place in the village of Randwick, Gloucestershire, tells us about different aspects of folk customs. Using a variety of sources, connections between rural community, folk custom and wider interest in folklore studies will be made.

A painting of Highland Cattle with farm buildings in the background
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Country Lives

Exploring the English Countryside from 1800. Thursday 10 April – Sunday 21 September.

A free exhibition featuring photographs, sketches, books, letters and maps from University of Nottingham collections.

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