B.E. Jackson

Transcript:

Main themes covered: Blitz, women at work, rationing, community, education.

00:00 – 01:00 General introduction and recollection of start of war being declared

01:00 – 04:00 Shift work and memories of air raids in the factory

04:00 – 05:30 Marples Hotel being bombed and Sheffield Blitz

05:30 – 08:00 Rationing. Lack of sugar and sweets

08:00 – 14:00 Working conditions and anecdote about injury in the workplace

14:00 – 16:30 Recollections of Sheffield Blitz

16:30 – 22:00 General memories of the war and feeling about Hitler and Churchill

22:00 – 26:30 Community spirit and getting married during the war

26:30 – 30:00 Memories of frequency of air raid sirens

30:00 – 38:00 Bad working conditions and role of women changing in the war

38:00 – 49:00 Keeping up with household work during the war. Medical conditions- whooping cough

49:00 – 57:00 Community spirit. Christmas during the war.

57:00 - Education and schooling

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