Interview with Joyce and William 'Ted' Williamson

Joint interview originally recorded using a dictaphone. Includes the following topics: (00:00) Birth at Sunk Island in 1934 (Joyce) (00:34) Origins of the family farm at Sunk Island (02:08) Agricultural labour from East Hull used during potato picking season (Joyce) (03:50) Childhood leisure on the Humber Bank 1940s(Joyce) (04:30) World War II: Declaration of War; Issuing of children’s gas masks; the bombing of Hull, V1 Rockets (09:10) World War II: Buying Humber caught fish (Joyce) (09:58) World War II: Royal observer Corps on the Humber Bank (Joyce) (10:25) Horse drawn busses to School during the 1940s (Joyce) (11:34) Rarity of motor cars in the Holderness area during the 1940s (Joyce) (12:12) World War II: Evacuees at Patrington from Hull (Joyce) (14:10) Childhood disabilities, illnesses and healthcare; Ted’s removal of tonsils on kitchen table in 1941 (21:25) Birth at Halsham; Father’s work in Agriculture (Ted) (22:40) World War II: Women’s Land Army (Joyce] (24:21) World War II: Italian and German POWs; settlement of two former German POWs (Ted) (32:15) Industry in Hull: Priestman Brothers (Ted) (37:02) World War II: Crash landing of a RAF planes at Roos and Rimswell (43:25) Leisure: busses into Hull from Withernsea to watch Hull City (45:25) Withernsea: Shops and Retail (46:45) School: Lunchtimes (48:00) Withernsea as a holiday resort; caravans; closure of the railways