Tape 2 Mrs Ireland was born in 1894, and was interviewed on 25 November 1976. when she lived at 12 Chalks Road, Witham. She also appears on tapes 1, 3, 7, 33, 86, 90 and 97. For more information about her, see the the notes in the people category headed Ireland, Mrs Dorothy (Dolly), nee … Continue reading “Tape 002. Mrs Dorothy Ireland (nee Goss), sides 3 and 4”
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17. Christmas
This piece is about Christmas in Witham a hundred years ago, and I am going to pass on to you what three people were once kind enough to tell me in their reminiscences. Miss May King, born 1898 May was talking about Mr Pinkham’s glove factory, where she worked for forty-two years. “Oh yes and … Continue reading “17. Christmas”