'Barbara Cowan Interview' (audio recording)

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'Barbara Cowan Interview' (audio recording)

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

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Finding Aid: TR/3/1/1

Title: 'Barbara Cowan Interview' (audio recording)

Repository: East Riding of Yorkshire Archives and Local Studies (UK47)

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Description: 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

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TR-3-1-1 Barbara Cowan Interview