Rebecca Bowman

Emigration - parents went to Scotland to work. Law and order - uncle had a daughter who was murdered by Irish lodger. Shops on Gateshead high street. House - sleeping arrangements, toilet, water and lighting. Schooldays. Father worked as painter and decorator. Mother did domestic work. Left school to work at employment agency. When at school did jobs for mother. Daughter a monitor. Knitting at school. Games. Horse and cart, funeral. Sunday school trips. Church. Marriage. Mother baked bread to sell. School bell, school building. Gas lighting, open fires. Caretaker, toilets. Reading books. Saltwell park.

Location: Gateshead
County: Tyne and Wear
AUD1992-37

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