Interview with Barbara Cowan

Originally recorded using a dictaphone. Includes the following topics: (00:00) Grandfather’s and father’s work as gamekeepers at Burton Constable (01:50) Family, one of eight siblings (02:47) Childhood at Norwood House, Burton Constable during 1940s and 1950s: Isolation from wider family; playing in the woods; basic living conditions with few amenities; food deliveries (09:00) Annual family holidays to Hornsea (09:40) Burton Constable and the Constable family (10:35) Childhood at Norwood House, Burton Constable during 1940s and 1950s: Mother catching rats; childhood illness and accidents (13:17) Marton School (14:15) Childhood at Norwood House, Burton Constable during 1940s and 1950s: Fathers work as a gamekeeper: keeping dogs; wildlife (15:38) Work at the sack works whitedale (17:08) Childhood at Norwood House, Burton Constable during 1940s and 1950s: childhood leisure (17:40) Siblings work: the forces, domestic and agricultural work (18:20) World War II: Air raids and bombing near estate (20:15) The Constable family late 1940s and 1950s (21:18) The Thirsk family on the Burton Constable estate during 1940s and 1950s (22:07) Father’s work as a gamekeeper at Burton Constable (22:39) Second family home at nearby Lodge during 1960s (24:25) Mother’s annual shopping trips to Hull (25:35) Family Christmases at Norwood House (26:38) Paranormal activity at Norwood House (27:40) Poaching on Burton Constable estate (28:08) Livestock at Burton Constable (30:30) ‘Walton’s Clump’ at Burton Constable

Includes: 1) Barbara on her wedding day with her father at Sproatley Church, 1966 2) Norwood House, Burton Constable, nd. [20th century] 3) Norwood House, Burton Constable, nd. [20th century] 4) Barbara in May 1961 5) Barbara in May 1961, reverse 6) Barbara with twin brother John Walton at Burton Constable in 1950 7) Barbara with twin brother John Walton at Burton Constable in 1950, reverse 8) Barbara's older brother Andrew Walton at Burton Constable, nd. [20th century] 9) Queen Mary at Burton Constable, nd. [20th century] 10) The 'Colonel' (right) at Burton Constable, nd. [20th century] 11) The Walton family including Barbara's father Herbert 3rd from left, nd. [20th century] 12) The Walton sisters including Barbara first on left, Jul 1988 13) Violet Walton Barbara's mother, nd. [1980s]