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Interview with female from brickmaking family and land girl in women's land army during Second World War.
- Format:
- Sound recording
- Series:
- Women's voices and life writing, 1600-1968.
- Women's voices and life writing, 1600-1968
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women's Land Army (Great Britain).
- Agriculture.
- Air defenses.
- Armed Forces.
- Children.
- Dance.
- Death.
- Families.
- Games.
- Labor.
- Leisure.
- Prisoners of war.
- Work environment.
- England--Elstow.
- England--Peterborough.
- Genre:
- Oral histories.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 audio file (40 minutes))
- Production:
- [England? : producer not identified], 2001.
- Summary:
- (00 mins)Childhood in Peterborough. All family work in brick industry. Move to Marston Moretaine when aged 8. Father was Works Manger for Marston Valley brick company. (05 mins)Father cycled from Marston to Peterborough and back each weekend, prior to moving home. Father and Grandfather each were brickworks Mangers. Grandfather retired from Marston Valley Co. in 1939. (10 mins)Brickworks house in Marston had view of numerous chimneys. Village hall dances. Magic lantern slide shows. Jubilee (community) Hall built by Marston Valley Co. in 1930s. (15 mins)Wartime us of Marston Valley brickworks as storage depot for Royal Army Service Corp. Met husband-to-be there at village dance. Brief periods working at brickworks in Ridgmont canteen, then Elstow munitions factory, and then joined Women's Land Army, based at Hulcote Moors (farm) Hostel. Mobile gang of women workers for Woburn area. (20 mins)Land girls' work pattern - transported to local farms where work was needed. Lack of training. Lancaster bomber crash. (25 mins)Small brick production maintained during work and bricks stockpiled. End of Side A SIDE B(00 mins)Extended family involvement in Peterborough brickworks. (05 mins)Childhood slides in clay pits. (10 mins)End of interview
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's website.
- Archive reference: Z1205/044
- From collection: Marston Vale Oral History Project 2001-2005
- Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : AM, 2024. Digitized from a copy held by Bedfordshire Archives and made available by AM.
- Description based on publisher metadata (viewed March 18, 2024).
- OCLC:
- 1427703205
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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