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Interview
567, LM/010
Leicester City Museums Collection

Speaker: Tunnicliffe, Batina, - , Interviewee, Female, Headmistress, teacher;
Speaker: Shepherd, N., Interviewer, Female

Summary of interview item: Recalls visiting the New Walk Museum as a child with her father in 1926 and her father's donation of a mummy specimen. Talks about taking her own children to the museum and how the museum has changed over the years. Gives her reaction to some of the objects in the museum including a tiger killed by King George V, and the museum clock. Also mentions the canons outside the museum, the giraffe and the iron staircase.
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Marital Status: Married, Children:
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Location: County: Leicestershire
Location: Town/Place: Leicester
Periods Covered: 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s
Language: English

Recording Date: 20/4/1998
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Access Restrictions: Full clearance Item Copyright: LCMS
Summary: Yes
Transcription: No
Copies: yes
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