Z1205/058

Female. Brickworks. Irish immigrant. b. 06.3.1936 Side A (00 mins)Upbringing in rural Ireland. Convent school. Moved to Dublin aged 10. (05 mins)5 children. Father a carpenter, often working away. Mother had three cleaning jobs. (10 mins)Loved her time at convent school. Still re-visits there. (15 mins)Life in Dublin as a children's nanny. (20 mins)Invited by friend to join her in England, working at Cranfield college. Evenings spent at Dublin dances. (25 mins)Social habits of the young at dances. Girl / boy contact. (30 mins)Loved being with people. (32 mins)End of Side A Side B (00 mins)Life and work at Cranfield college, serving meals to students. (05 mins)Visits to Bedford on Saturdays. Ritz cinema at Cranfield. Sending money home. Moved to work at teacher training college in Bedford. (10mins)Met husband to be at Corn Exchange, Bedford. Married. Both worked for Marston Valley Co. at brickworks. She in canteen. (15 mins)Had four children. First husband died. Hardship of brick workers. (20 mins)Hard times alone with 4 children. (25 mins)Joined London Brick Co. at Stewartby. Redundancy. End of Side B.End of interview Original interview 60 mins

15 October 2001

From: 1930 To: 2001

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Marston Valley Brick Company Limited,
London Brick Company

brick worker, immigration, Irish, religious orders, carpenter, cleaner, nursery, dancing, cinema, corn exchanges, unemployment, Cranfield University, Dublin, CRANFIELD, STEWARTBY