HINCKLEY ORAL HISTORY

Welcome to Hinckley Oral History

CONTENTS

BORN IN HINCKLEY
1. Working in the boot and Shoe Industry (3)
2. A brother and sister remember family life and work (4)
3.Memories of a home in Mansion Street and a formidable mother (3)
4. A childhood in Mill View and the outbreak of World War Two (2)
5. Hinckley was so small... (4)

OUT OF HINCKLEY
1. An army wife from South Africa and China (4)
2. Growing up in the potteries (1)
3. Hop picking in Kent (2)
4. A life in the hosiery trade (3)
5. Coming from Wales, looking for work during the depression (1)
6. Growing up in Earl Shilton (3)

DOWN ON THE FARM
1. Life on a farm near the A5

  

REMEMBERING HINCKLEY
1. Memories of World War One (1)
2. Memories of childhood (2)
3. Brimstone, treacle and nettle tea (1)
4. Schooldays (1)
5. Making a mess with inkwells (1)
6. Treats were highlight of the year (1)
7. New dresses, flowers and decorated prams (2)
8. People remember shops, cinemas and dance halls (1)
9. Half slices of pig hung up in a pub entrance (2)
10 Watching horses in Regents Street (1)
11. Watching silent films (1)
12. Taking my boyfriend to meet her parents (1)

WORLD WAR TWO
1. Outreak of World War Two
2. I was an evacuee (1)
3. Giving birth during an airraid
4. The night Coventry was blitzed
5. The Americans are coming
6. Training with the home guard

AND FINALLY...
A view of local people by people who came to live in Hinckley

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Back to HINCKLEY GOLD
Contents
1.Born in Hinckley
2.Out of Hinckley
3.Down on the Farm
4.Remembering Hinckley
5.World War Two
6.And Finally
7. Hinckley's Little Gem
 Compiled by Colin Hyde 1995
 Website and Research by Michael Skywood Clifford © 2003
 

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