Stamford Museum Oral History

Name

DOB

Taped

T’script

Content

ConsentSigned

Banks, Charles

1903

Y

Y

Work in Stamford

-

Boyfield, Gladys

1891

Y

N

Early life

-

Dolby, John

1910

Y

Y

Memories of Stamford

Y

Downes, Bernard

1925

Y

Y

Stamford wartime experiences

Y

Essex, Alice

1906

Y

Y

Early Life in Stamford; 
Arnold Leese

Y

Gibbs, Emily

1916

Y

N

?

-

Glover, Albert

1887

Y

Y

Memories of Stamford

-

Green, Mary

1910

Y

Y

Memories of Stamford

-

Griffins, Gordon

1893

Y

N

Work in Stamford

Y

Griffith, Elsie

1910

Y

N

Life in Stamford - bomb on house (Cornstall Buildings)

Y

Griffith, James (Bill or Jim)

1907

Y

N

Life in Stamford - Volunteer Fire Service

Y

Grimwood, Dick

1906

Y

Y

Life in Stamford

Y

Hawkins, Charles

1909

Y

Y

Life in Stamford

Y

Ingram, William

1908

Y

N

Memories of Stamford

Y

Ireson, Archie

1901

Y

Y

Memories of Stamford

-

Islip, David Harry

1909

Y

Y

Life in Stamford

Y

Miles, Sydney

1899

Y

Y

Miles Timber Yard, Station Rd

Y

 Packer, Bill

N

N

?Suspect not recorded

Y

Pauley, Bill

1908

Y

Y

Life in Stamford

Y

Rice, Frank

1895

Y

Y

Work in Stamford

-

Sensicle, Frank

1893

Y

N

Work experiences @ Martin’s Cultivator Company and Blackstone Engineering

Y

Starks, Mary

1913

Y

Y

Life in Stamford

Y

Till, Dr. Eric

1904

Y

Y

Stamford Slums; Medical care; life in the 20s & 30s; Social cliques; Burghley family

Y

Young, Horace

1896

Y

N

Early life; work at Stamford East Station; experience of WW1

Y

No.

Name

occupation

Photo

Tape

1

Marvin Alderman

plumber

Y

Y

2

Neville Dilks

architect

Y

Y

3

John Finnemore

stonemason

Y

Y

4

Alec Burt

Environmental officer

Y

Y

5

Glenda Parsley

Owner of 16 Barn Hill

Y, of house

Y

6

Alec Banks

Retired MD of Williamson Cliff

-

Y

7

David Espin

“Art in Glass”

-

Y

8

Andre Vrona

Ketton Architectural Stone

-

Y

9

Anthony Brown

Manager of Melbourn’s Brewery

Y

Y

10

Derek Harrison

Publicity officer, Stamford Shakespeare Company

Y

Y

11

Brian Robinson

Painter & decorator

Y

Y

12

Trevor Seymour

Carpenter & joiner

Y

Y

13

PC Brian Bonney

Police constable

-

Y

14

Geoff Fox

Retired Public Health officer

-

Y

15

Mervyn Thorpe

Blacksmith

-

Y

16

David Ellis

Collyweston slater

Y

Y

17

David Fenn

builder

Y

Y

18

John Moseley

MD, Creeton Quarry

Y

Y

19

Michael Lee

builder

Y

Y

20

Peter del Strother

Production Development Manager, Castle Cement

Y

Y

Name

DOB

MD

Tran-
script

Content

Consent
Signed

Francis Cooper

Y

Y

Employment at Stamford Electrical/Newage, 1948 -

Y

Alan Lambert

Y

Y

Employment at Gibson’s foundry

Y

Brian Sanders

Y

Y

Employment at Blackstone’s/Cascelloid’s

Y

William Savage

Y

Y

Employment at Blackstone’s

Y

Name

DOB

MD

Transcript

Content

Consent
Signed

Norman Scholes

y

no

Wartime experiences at Monte Cassino, Italy

y

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