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Mrs Coates
First memory - soldier returning from Boer War. Early memories of Irish grandparents and other relations. Lady in the street made dresses for her to wear in a procession. Playing in waste ground near the brick works, lots of bricks. Mother's funeral in 1905, died of complications after childbirth. Father a stoker at the gas yard, taking his bait in. He used to walk a lot, hard hat and fussy about his shoes. Went to live with father's sister. Huge icicles one winter. Played near glassworks, lots of glass tubes around. Coffins lined up in undertakers windows, sister read plate for grandmother th...
First memory - soldier returning from Boer War. Early memories of Irish grandparents and other relations. Lady in the street made dresses for her to wear in a procession. Playing in waste ground near the brick works, lots of bricks. Mother's funeral in 1905, died of complications after childbirth. Father a stoker at the gas yard, taking his bait in. He used to walk a lot, hard hat and fussy about his shoes. Went to live with father's sister. Huge icicles one winter. Played near glassworks, lots of glass tubes around. Coffins lined up in undertakers windows, sister read plate for grandmother th...
Michael Hodgson
Evacuation - mistreated, eventually stole something to get policeman's attention, story came out in court. Diving into nettles when road machine gunned. Other people stayed with as evacuee, including undertaker. Vicar a German sympathiser. Communal air raid shelters, bombing of Middlesbrough. Was nearly on the ill fated Benares to America. Ration food, queuing. Later got lucky dip sweets. Magic tricks. Headmaster took to first job, at printers. In air force - won the drill cup. Later jobs. Long walks.
Evacuation - mistreated, eventually stole something to get policeman's attention, story came out in court. Diving into nettles when road machine gunned. Other people stayed with as evacuee, including undertaker. Vicar a German sympathiser. Communal air raid shelters, bombing of Middlesbrough. Was nearly on the ill fated Benares to America. Ration food, queuing. Later got lucky dip sweets. Magic tricks. Headmaster took to first job, at printers. In air force - won the drill cup. Later jobs. Long walks.
Mrs Young
Page 1 A housewife’s daily life: early morning breakfast, children to school or to work, daily shopping, dinner at 12 for the children and in the evening for working members of the family. Weekly rota of cleaning clothes, washing, bread baking, older widows cooked a few cakes for pence.Widows eked out pensions made toffee, knitted socks for miners; others helped her with coals and firewood, liked to stay in their own homes.
Houses two rooms and back yard, bungalows or one up one down, rooms let for half a crown a week. People were content, first pensions 10-- a week
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Page 1 A housewife’s daily life: early morning breakfast, children to school or to work, daily shopping, dinner at 12 for the children and in the evening for working members of the family. Weekly rota of cleaning clothes, washing, bread baking, older widows cooked a few cakes for pence.
Mrs Hindmarsh
Memories of school, the teacher was actually a dressmaker and they helped her make a trousseau. Work at 13 picking potatoes. Father was a farmer but also acted as undertaker. Worked in Leadgate Co-op aged 19-20 - getting the job, then went to work and live-in with a draper, got the job via a Jew who sold fabric locally. Stayed there seven years. Fetched beds downstairs while zeppelins flying over in world war one. Meeting husband, going to the cinema with him. Started own drapers shop - different goods for sale. Styles - hobble skirts, lad who was forward while she was wearing one, touched her...
Memories of school, the teacher was actually a dressmaker and they helped her make a trousseau. Work at 13 picking potatoes. Father was a farmer but also acted as undertaker. Worked in Leadgate Co-op aged 19-20 - getting the job, then went to work and live-in with a draper, got the job via a Jew who sold fabric locally. Stayed there seven years. Fetched beds downstairs while zeppelins flying over in world war one. Meeting husband, going to the cinema with him. Started own drapers shop - different goods for sale. Styles - hobble skirts, lad who was forward while she was wearing one, touched her...
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