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| This is a largely unedited audio interview, in which a woman describes her experiences of the London bombing during the second World War, and life as an evacuee in Leicester. Prior to leaving london she recalls the family Anderson shelter, the bombing of the East End, and the 'dog fights' between Spitfires and enemy aircraft observed whilst working on the hop fields in Kent. She recounts the journey with her mother from London to Leicester with 500 other women and children and the entertainment and food when they arrived. She recalls the hospitality of their hosts and living in a large house with five other families before being moved several times to other homes. There are memories of wartime entertainment at DeMontford and Granby Halls, and the influence of American servicemen stationed in the area. There is also an account of the night Leicester was bombed. The original recording is held by the East Midlands Oral History Archive (EMOHA ref: 383, LO/003/C3), more information at http://www.le.ac.uk/emoha/. The recording lasts for 19 minutes and 17 seconds. |
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Interviewee - Manger, Mrs. C.
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Oral History
History
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East Midlands Oral History Archive - Other
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01 / 01 / 1989
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English
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United Kingdom
Leicester
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Community Media Association has non exclusive rights for the use of the work in The Showcase, but the overall copyright rests with East Midlands Oral History Archive. Copyright East Midlands Oral History Archive
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