Z1205/005

Wife of brickyard worker. born 02.04. 1908

27 Mar 2001

From: 1908 To: 2001

SIDE A Tape 00 onwards - father made roofing tiles at Stewartby; (5 mins); - elementary schooling (10 mins) - leaving school; lace work checking; (15 mins); - working for Meltis (chocolate/sweet manufacture) in Bedford (25 mins); - Holidays; grandfather - well digger (32 mins) End of Side A SIDE B (Tape 00 onwards) Family background ; First World War munitions work; soldier brother in India; one brother went to America; both returned to fight in WW1; (15 mins); - Youngest brother tried to enrol, under-age; (20 mins); - Mother explains to her (as a child) what "war" is (25 mins); - Viewing bomb site in Elstow (German attack during WW1) Seeing R101 airship; friend's relative killed in R101 crash; viewing public funeral; seeing first aeroplane in field outside Kempston (32 mins) End of Side B END OF INTERVIEW original interview 60 mins.

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Meltis Limited, lace making, World War One, soldier, R101, air raids over UK, aeroplanes, deaths, brick worker, ELSTOW, STEWARTBY