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Interview
1185, LO/532/482
Leicester Oral History Archive Collection

Speaker: Anon., 1908 - , Interviewee, Male, Engineer
Speaker: Johnson, R, Interviewer, Female

Summary of interview item: Briefly recalls childhood in mixed Catholic/Protestant village near Belfast, Northern Ireland, parents being Catholic/Protestant; comments that arrival of tram system may have brought in outsiders who changed atmosphere. Briefly mentions family move to Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, then bringing own family to Leicester in 1959. Notes that people don't chat after church as they used to; mentions missing Irish community, gives example of insulting comment about Irish. States that worked in Leicester at Carlton Hayes as engineer, travelled around country, worked for Leicester City Engineering. Reflects on recent visit to home village in Ireland where community now split in two, uncle driven from home, people not talking.
Place of birth: Belfast, Northern Ireland
Education:
Marital Status: Married, Children: Daughter: 1
Father's Occupation: Plasterer
Mother's Occupation:
Location: County: Leicestershire
Location: Town/Place: Leicester
Periods Covered: 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s
Language: English

Recording Date: 23/3/1989
Playing time: 45 mins
Access Restrictions: Name withheld Item Copyright: EMOHA
Summary: Yes
Transcription: No
Copies: yes
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