Mavis Thompson

Transcript

Main themes covered: WWII, rationing, air raids, housing, slum clearance, religion, health.

00:00-03:30 General introduction and early life

03:30-05:00 Air raid shelter in the cellars

05:00-08:00 Return of father, discussion of family

08:00-10:30 Memories of the Children’s Hospital

10:30-12:00 Discussion of air raids

12:00-13:45 Changing relationship with father upon his return

13:45-19:00 Food during the war, rationing and deliveries from abroad. Discussion of family memories.

19:00-20:30 Grandfather’s profession as a cobbler

20:30-25:15 Gifts from abroad from father, and his experiences in the RAF

25:15-28:00 Playing cards, Walkley Reform Club, role of father after the war

28:00-29:15 Travelling to the Isle of Man

29:15-30:00 Scarcity of clothing during WWII

30:00-32:00 Discussion of school and then young working life

32:00-37:00 Time at nursery, and role of church within education and wider life

37:00-38:30 Father’s health and working life post WWII

38:30-53:30 Life in Walkley and the community spirit. Independent shops. Use of public transport. Palladium, and its closure

53:30-58:50 Walkley through the slum clearances

58:50-1:06:30 Walkley and changes to the suburb

1:06:30-1:08:30 Damage to the city center during WWII

1:08:30-1:09:30 Memories of family

1:09:30 End of the war, celebrations, return of the men, end of rationing