Object Type: Folder
In Folder: TR/2
Originally recorded using a dictaphone. Includes the following topics: (01:12) Birth and childhood in Harland Way, Cottingham in 1929; Father’s work as a Merchant tailor in Hull (03:10) Education: Kindergarten in Cottingham, Beverley High School; Rural nature of Cottingham and Beverley; Teachers (05:55) Father’s Military service during the First World War and in Ireland (07:30) Horses in Beverley during WWI (08:30) Leisure in Cottingham during 1930s: dancing (09:30) St Mary’s Church, Cottingham 1930s (10:25) Sailors’ Orphans’ homes on Cottingham Road Hull during inter war years (11:00) Pre NHS Healthcare in Cottingham (11:45) Retail in Cottingham: Family owned businesses (12:45) World War II in Cottingham 1: Jewish refugees from Europe in Hull and Beverley (14:10) Cinemas in Hull 1930s (14:30) Docks in Hull: First time seeing a black sailor near Hull docks 1930s; Filling in of Queen’s Dock in Hull (17:30) Father’s service in the balloon barrage at Sutton, North Africa and Middle East during World War II (22:30) World War II in Cottingham 2: brick air raid shelter; Travel to North Lincolnshire during blitz; land mines dropped; Women’s junior air corps; air raids; dog fight over village (26:00) RAF airbases and bombers during WWII (27:20) World War II in Cottingham 3: anti-aircraft trenches; Nissan huts; Black American troops; black outs; shop work: rationing and shortages (36:15) Hessle Road (Sellars) Chemists during 1940s (37:30) Beverley during the 1960s: Destruction and redevelopment of historic properties (38:50) Beverley races and hunt meeting in Market place (39:25) Picture Playhouse, Beverley: Mr and Mrs Simmons (owners) (42:00) Meeting husband in 1947– Gerald Barton creator of Humbrol Paints, Hull (47:42) Regal Ballroom and Cinema, Beverley 1930s and 1940s
19 Apr 2017
