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Interview
1182, LO/529/479
Leicester Oral History Archive Collection

Speaker: Bradshaw, William Ernest, 1911 - , Interviewee, Male,
Speaker: Johnson, R, Interviewer, Female

Summary of interview item: Breif family background in Coalville area, Leicestershire. Describes how grandmother laid out corpses, obtained death certificates, arranged church services, prepared funeral meal. Mentions local communities' attitudes to grandmother's work, briefly describes horse drawn hearses. Talks about local undertakers and changes in service, difficulties of removing bodies from upstairs rooms. Mentions arrangements for stillborn babies, suicides, non-conformists. Recalls Independent Order of Racobites providing bearers for funerals, people sometimes going into debt to pay for funeral.
Place of birth: Coalville, Leicestershire
Education:
Marital Status: , Children:
Father's Occupation: Blacksmith
Mother's Occupation:
Location: County: Leicestershire
Location: Town/Place: Coalville
Periods Covered: 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s
Language: English

Recording Date: 15/2/1989
Playing time: 45 mins
Access Restrictions: Full clearance Item Copyright: EMOHA
Summary: Yes
Transcription: No
Copies: yes
Cross Reference:

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