Interview with Matilda Hopkins
- Interview with Matilda Hopkins
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Title |
Interview with Matilda Hopkins |
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Interviewee |
Hopkins, Matilda |
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Summary |
Describes childhood in travelling family, father dealing in scrap iron, caravan, horses. Relates meeting husband in Leicester, marrying. Recalls hiding under table during air raids [Second World War], not liking rationing, Americans buying women drinks in pubs. Talks about mother helping at childbirth as well as midwife, Bond Street Hospital; mentions complications at last birth, speculates heavy work on scrap metal round the cause. Mentions parents didn't agree with her marriage, celebrations at Christmas, discrimination against travellers, burning someone's caravan when they die. Talks briefly about her stillborn baby not being allowed a proper funeral. |
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Subject |
Childhood & Youth
Death
Health
Work
World War II
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Duration |
00:45:00 |
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Location |
United Kingdom -- England -- Leicester
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Place name |
Leicester
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Type |
Audio |
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Date created |
1989 |
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Periods covered |
1930-1939
1940-1949
1950-1959
1960-1969
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Town of birth |
Northampton |
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Father's occupation |
Scrap iron dealer |
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Mother's occupation |
Scrap iron dealer, housewife |
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Interviewee's Education |
No formal schooling |
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Interviewee's occupation |
Traveller |
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Interviewee's marital status |
Married |
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Interviewer |
Johnson, R |
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Recording date |
19/04/1989 |
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Recording location |
Interviewee's home |
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Language |
English |
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Original format |
Tape |
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Collection |
East Midlands Oral History Archive (EMOHA)
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EMOHA collection No. |
LO/537/487 |
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Rights |
You may use this recording in accordance with our licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/ |
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Metadata Licence |
You can re-use this metadata record under a Creative Commons Zero ‘no rights reserved’ licence: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
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Download available |
No |
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Contact us |
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Themes |
Childhood
Death
Health
Work
World War II
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