On this oral history interview you can hear memories of growing up in London in during the war years. Its surprising how little the war […]

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On this oral history interview you can hear Amy’s memories of growing up in mid-late 70s in the New Forest and into the 80s when she […]

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Graham grew up on edge of Dorchester in a rural area. Remembers spending time outside playing close to his home. He didn’t venture too far […]

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In this interview we hear Joan recollect about playing outside mostly as a young girl. They didn’t have many toys to play with. Occasionally her […]

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Memories of growing up in 1970s and 80s. Moving home a lot. Of being comfortable with playing on her own; that she liked her own […]

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During the second part of our interview with Eric and Doris, we continue to hear about their early lives, of playing with Meccano, of not having toys […]

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During this interview we talk about the difficulty in discussing leisure time pursuits; in separating something you enjoy doing as a job, but also follow […]

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Alan was always a bit of a loner rather joiner. He always messed about investigating things. His earlier this memory is riding his bike with […]

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We start with Margaret’s early childhood, the war was still one, she lived in communal block of flats with communal balcony outside. She’d play outside […]

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Fiona’s father was a priest and they lived in a large vicarage with a large garden, so she has many many memories of playing in […]

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