Freda & Jack Treherne

Part 1

Part 2

Transcript

Main themes covered: Childhood; Rationing; Churchill; The role of women; Wireless telegraphy; Posting in the Mull of Kintyre; American Air Force; Air-raids; Weddings; Pre-fab housing.

00:00-6:09 Freda’s early life.

6:09-9:55 Rationing, shelters, radio broadcasts, Churchill and Priestly.

9:55-13:15 Story of joining the Women’s Royal Naval Service, from university to service.

13:15-17:20 Wireless Telegraphy training.

17:30-20:30 Posting in the Mull of Kintyre.

20:30-25:00 Jack talks about his childhood in Rotherham, Sheffield study of engineering, signals officer in the RAF.

25:00-35:00 Contact with American air force, service in West Africa and writing to family.

TEA BREAK

35:08-43:38 Freda talking about evacuations, air raids, a bomb in the front garden.

43:40-53:00 Coming home from the Wrens, Jack talks about returning to Rotherham too, and his father’s shelter. Food supplies and christmas.

53:05-57:37 Wartime wedding, talk about pre-fab housing

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