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Originally deposited as an audio cassette. Contains reminiscences of life in North Ferriby in the late 19th and early 20th century. Timing: Audio on tape (00:32) Misses Penson's grandparents came to Ferriby in 1882. Their grandfather was to be the bailiff for Mrs Turner. (00:41) They moved into a new cottage. (00:59) As a bailiff their grandfather looked after Mrs Turner's land. (02:09) At that time Mrs Turner lived in Ferriby House. She owned the whole village and was a very stern woman. (02:30) The Misses Penson came to the village in 1910 when they were 6 and 10 years old. They lived at no 7 Marine Avenue, which had just been built. (03:19) A lot of the area was still just fields. Miss Penson describes the village in 1910. (04:18) The Brick Yard Cottages were already there and the kiln often had bricks baking in it. (04:45) There was a proper landing stage at the end of Humberside Road. The water there was about 6 feet deep. Bricks, sand and coal were landed there. (06:18) The railway station had a bridge built over the line in 1904. The station had a general waiting room and a ladies' waiting room. You could order your coal from the station master as there were coal yards by the station. (07:09) The railway cottages were nearby. (07:49) It cost 1/3d to get to Hull by train. (08:25) There were three teachers at the school. Mr [Hornby] was the headmaster, Miss Denton and Miss [McCarthy] were teachers. (09:05) The big boys and girls had separate playgrounds. (09:35) There was a great difference between the social classes in those days. (11:13) Rich people had their shopping sent back on the train from Hull. The maids picked up the parcels from the station. (12:15) The Miss Jacksons had their groom trained to drive a car for them. (12:48) Miss Penson lists the gentry and which houses they lived in. (13:56) Sir Thomas [Talbot ]of Ashton Hall lived with someone he was not married to. (14:16) The Misses Penson have their Mother's notebook which has recipes and shopping bills from 1911. (14:52) Miss Penson describes the shops on the High Street. A grocer used to do deliveries from a cart. He knew, for example, what kind of butter a particular housewife preferred. He wore a straw hat, and would take orders for groceries. Sacks of flour were purchased from a local mill for 3 shillings. (16:53) The notebook shows that their rent was 5/3d. (17:16) There is an entry for coals which were ordered from the station master. These would be delivered by horse and cart. (17:49 The butcher also came around occasionally and milk was also delivered. (18:42) Their father got up early, at about 6 o'clock to cycle to his job on Victoria Dock in Hull. In later years he caught the train. (19:50) They remember wash days with the copper, the dolly tub and the mangle. (20:21) Another entry in the notebook mentions Lily getting her boots mended for about 1/3d. (22:36) Soldiers from the East Yorkshire Regiment were billeted in the village during First World War. They stayed in houses which had not yet been occupied. (23:36) Miss Penson remembers going to the soldiers' concerts in the Estate (Village) Hall. (24: 02) On a Friday they used to wave off the soldiers who were leaving at the railway station for the Front. The band played and the Misses Penson had tears in their eyes. (24:49) The officers' mess was one of the houses in Parkfield Avenue. Once a week the regimental band played outside the officers' mess while they ate their dinner. The Misses Penson could hear it in their bedroom. (25:25) The solders were trained to do things like digging trenches while they were in Ferriby. (25:47) When peace was declared the school master told the children that they would have a holiday and they cheered. (27:06) Their father was the equivalent on an ARP warden in the First World War. (27:20) After they left school at 14, most of the girls went into service. Boys worked at the railway station or at the big houses. (28:37) The Pensons seldom went into Hull as their mother preferred the countryside. (29:08) As children they played games like Klondike and hop skotch. (34:48) The brickyard ponds were where they dug the clay from. (35:10) In the evenings they played ludo, simple card games, tiddlywinks and had sing-songs and played out in the street. (38:00) At Christmas they did not have big presents. There was always a Christmas tree and they went to their grandfather's on Christmas Day. They had a Christmas stocking. (30:04) The children went up to the Robinsons to sing carols at Christmas and they all got an orange and a 3d bit. (40:11) They were taken for a walk on a Sunday evening in their best clothes. (41:12) They attended Sunday School twice, morning and afternoon. (46:42) Although the village was quite small, there were some people (i.e. the gentry) that they had very little to do with. (47:47) The girls who went into service at that time were daily maids. They did not 'live in'. Public access copy available on Preservica: https://eastriding.access.preservica.com/ (Search 'DDX1178/2/4')