Catalogue

Interview
954, LO/309/260
Leicester Oral History Archive Collection

Speaker: Anderson, Fanny, 1910 - , Interviewee, Female, Domestic Service;
Speaker: Kiranne, S, Interviewer, Female

Summary of interview item: Recalls childhood in Hoby, Leicestershire. Describes schooling briefly and details of the family moving due to father' s work as farming foreman. Describes remedies given to her as a child. Recalls starting work in domestic service at 14 with a family in Hoby, then at Ragdale, Leicestershire. Describes the work housework she did, mainly in farmhouse. Recalls how she meet her husband. Mentions the birth of her first child and giving up work. Compares her children's childhood with her own. Recalls blackouts and air-raid shelters during the Second World War.
Place of birth: Rutland
Education:
Marital Status: Married, Children:
Father's Occupation: Farm worker
Mother's Occupation:
Location: County: Leicestershire
Location: Town/Place: Hoby, Ragdale
Periods Covered: 1910s,1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s
Language: English

Recording Date: 11/9/1986
Playing time: 20 mins
Access Restrictions: Full clearance Item Copyright: EMOHA
Summary: Yes
Transcription: No
Copies: yes
Cross Reference:

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