DULCIE HILL |
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With husband
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Surname
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Hill
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Forename
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Dulcie
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Date of recording
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Jan 2012
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Year of birth
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1922
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Place of Birth
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Knodishall
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Occupation
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Fathers occupation
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Brass moulder
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Present Address
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Knodishall
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Location Interview
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Knodishall
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Interviewer
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Colin Fletcher
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Duration
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147 Mins
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No of tracks: 14
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This recording consists of 14 tracks.
Track 1 Introduction. Track 2. Born in Burrell's Cottages, Knodishall, 1922. 1920's cottage. The soil pit - burying human excrement. The 'Bumby Man' and the soil cart. Disposal of waste on Knodishall Common. Water from the well. Hot water from the copper. Bath night. Dulcie's family, the Barbers. Brothers and sisters. Electricity comes to Burrell's Cottages. Aladdin paraffin oil lamps. Sleeping arrangements. Cooking in the kitchen. The Dutch oven. Bread-making. Her mother a cook for the Garrett family. Her father a brass moulder at Richard Garrett's. Mother from Aldeburgh. Father brought up at 'the pit', next to the Mission Rooms, Knodishall. Mother's family (Newmans) kept the Mill Inn, Aldeburgh. Mother went to a private school in Aldeburgh. Her Barber grandparents. Discipline as a child. Track 3 Knodishall children, 1920's. Bonfire Night as a child. Facilities for Knodishall children. Going to Thorpeness beach. Will Cook, blind basket-maker. Her toys, dolls and teddy bear. Christmas in the 1920's. Sunday School. Outings in a 'horse-and-tumble'. 'Sticking' on Knodishall Common. Watching 'Wid' Bloomfield killing pigs. 'Wid' Bloomfield lost in the fog. Incest in the village. 'Rubby' Bloomfield caddying at Aldeburgh. Neighbours at Burrell's Cottages. Track 4 Children hunting for pennies in Chapel Lane. Soft water from the well. Baking bread at the Post Office. 'Handy' Balls, the baker. Delivering in the horse and cart. The stable behind the Post Office. Knodishall shops: Mrs Moore, Tim Colman the butcher, Polly Miller's sweet shop. Knodishall roads. Walking to school. To Ipswich on the train. Leiston shops. Ives's shoe shop, Leiston. A circus at Leiston. Track 5 The circus and funfair in Victory Road, Leiston. Walking to Aldeburgh Carnival. Visiting Grandmother Newman in Aldeburgh. Mother's cooking. Beef pudding. Funerals. Knodishall School in the 1920's. Miss Parker and Mrs Blowers. Harsh punishments. Keeping warm by the classroom stove. Walking to Leiston School. School lessons. Scripture every morning. Arithmetic. Track 6 School playtime. Home deliveries - the milkman - Nichols the coalman. The only car in Knodishall. Alf Moore's garage. Fred Moore's garage. Knodishal Common - Fires - Gypsies. Grand funeral of a gypsy princess. The Gascoignes' gypsy caravan. Gypsies cooking hedgehogs on an open fire. Track 7 River Hundred flood. Rabbits from the harvest field. The first tractor. Harvesting. The binder. Knodishall farms. Her father - his work - a teetotaller. The Butcher's Arms pub. 'Tinker' Burroughs and Ivy Burroughs. Richard Garrett's Leiston Works. Making armaments in World War Two. Leiston bombing. Women workers at Richard Garrett's. Renovating Knodishall Village Hall. Knodishall Working Men's Club. The Mission Rooms. Building the council houses. Track 8 The nice Council houses. Sorrel Hill in School Road. Teenage years. Adams' clothes shop, Leiston. First job. World War Two declared. Her brothers and sisters. Soldiers camping on Knodishall Common. Air raids. The table shelter. Meeting Fred, her husband in the war. Leiston air raid. Courtship. Visiting in-laws near Wakefield, Yorkshire. Dulcie and Fred's war-time wedding by special licence. Track 9 Wedding at Knodishall Church, February 1942. Fred in the army. Censored letters. D-Day. Wartime train journey to Surrey. Birth of her daughter at home. Army pay. Post-war prefabs. Allocating the council houses. Stanley Cockerel, the butcher, on Knodishall Council. Servicemen returning from war. Disagreement with neighbours. Fred working on the land at Billy Smith's farm. Farm-workers' poor wages. Track 10 Travelling abroad with Fred's work - Ireland - Jamaica - Race relations - Wales. Coming home. Buying their house, 5 Burrell's Cottages. Mr Matthieson, landlord of Burrell's Cottages. Knodishall Post Office keepers -Terry Day, Handy Balls, Mr Matthieson. Baking bread. Track 11 Post Office Road. Buying sweets from Mrs Thorpe's sweetshop. Old 'Gargie' Morley. The sandpit. Granny Cooper. Kids today. Bonfire on November 5th. 'Polly Miller Ebeneezer'. Knodishall Methodist Chapel. Great grandmother. Family birthdays. Daughter and grandchildren. A tailoress at Leiston. Home-made clothes. Her daughter, Stephanie, and 'Miss Eva'. Dulcie's sisters. A long marriage. Meeting her husband, Fred, of the Scots Regiment. Track 12 A happy marriage. War-time train journey. Fred's work away from home. Living with Fred away from home - Bournemouth, Brighton - Alan and Wendy - Wales - Dot and Bert. Fred a good worker. Making ends meet. Smythe's furniture shop, Leiston. Saving up for three-piece suite. Never been in debt. Grandparents Newman kept the Mill Inn, Aldeburgh. Granny Barber in 'the pit'. Church on Sundays. Disagreement with Mr Redding, a Suffolk country class conflict. The Family seat in Church. School Road - the flints - tarmaccing the road. Johnny Gascoigne, the gypsy boy. Track 13 River Hundred flood. Horses in Knodishall. Dulcie's jobs - munitions - house cleaning. Reflection -childhood her happiest days - children today. Biking to Woodbridge with George, her brother. Neighbours caring for each other. 'Wid' Bloomfield. Incest in the village. Reflection - a good life - no regrets. Great grandchildren. Track 14 Granddaughter Sarah's seven children. Importance of family. |