Interview with James Hardy

Originally recorded using a dictaphone. Includes the following topics: (00:00) Birth, Childhood and family in Beverley, Fosters Yard (00:45) Mothers life in a barge family (02:30) Father’s work at Hodgson’s Tannery during the 1930s and 1940s (06:00) Breaking leg a Minster Boy’s School, Lurk Lane – Pre NHS healthcare (09:30) Second World War in Beverley: Bombing; crash landing of a Polish Pilot at Woodmansey; bombing of Flemingate, Beverley; evacuees from Hull; air raid shelter; rationing and allotments (18:20) National service c. 1950 (19:20) Work at Hodgson’s Tannery from aged 14, from 1945 (21:30) Work in Civil engineering (22:15) Development of Beverley: expansion of housing; loss of community; local retailers