Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    Z1205/020
  • Title
    Female from a long-standing Cranfield family; father a Brickworker b. 25.04.1943 SIDE A (00 mins)Family background; grandfather working in Lovell's bakery, Cranfield (5 mins)Grandfather working at Stewartby brickworks (10 mins)Second World war ammunition work at Elstow; grandfather's Royal Navy service on Russian convoys; Cranfield Lower School (15 mins)Cranfield shops in 1940/50s - groceries, newsagent, Amstey's, chemists, Ritz cinema. Cinema ticket prices & management (20 mins)Cranfield Football Club, barn dances, Stewartby Secondary school, swimming lessons with coach at Stewartby swimming pool (25 mins)Father's accident at Stewartby, permanent disability, financial hardship, subsequent work in "disabled shop" at brickworks. British Legion standard carrying in family. Her first work at Crysalco, Kempston, then Dagnal Electronics, Cranfield. (30 mins)Saving for what you wanted (no hire purchase available); Saturday night cinema & dances; hourly bus service to Bedford; Saturday afternoon shopping (32 mins)END OF SIDE A SIDE B (00 mins)School visit to brickyard; Christmas children's parties for brickyard employee's children (5 mins)Meeting husband-to-be; working conditions at Dagnell's electronics factory (10 mins)Father's 51 years working at brickyard; active in Cranfield village life: ran village Tote for 25 years, funding charitable treats for pensioners and widows; trainer for football club (15 mins)Cranfield Chrysanthemum & Dahlia Society; growth of village "outsiders"; growth of car ownership and decline in public transport; local pubs; local medical centre; middle school (20 mins) Closure of Ridgmont brickworks; development of Millennium Country Park Original interview 50 mins
  • Date free text
    12 June 2001
  • Production date
    From: 1940 To: 2001
  • Level of description
    item
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