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Leonora Nelson - Sweet Rationing in World War 2
Leonora notes how she had a quarter of sweets every day during the war, with her father swapping their cheese coupons for sweet coupons.
Leonora Nelson - Husband working at Burnage Station
Leonora describes meeting her husband, who was in charge of rebuilding stations on railway line, and the shrimp sandwiches her mother prepared for him.
Leonora Nelson - Father's Voluntary Work and Manchester City
Leonora describes her father’s additional voluntary work in the city’s League of Health- similar to CAB now. He had many friends who were JPs [Justices of the Peace], including her future in-laws, and he also visited prisoners.
In addition, he was…
In addition, he was…
Leonora Nelson - Travel
Leonora describes her family making use of their father’s free railway passes, with frequent Saturday trips to Southport; holidays on the south coast and in Scotland; frequent trips to London for shopping; and journeys to exhibitions and festivals…
Leonora Neson - Schooling, Typing and Shorthand
Leonora passed her 11+ for Levenshulme High, but wanted to write shorthand so instead attended Ardwick Central School. Her father taught her the shorthand alphabet, which she enjoyed, but she did not enjoy typing.
She ends by describing the…
She ends by describing the…
Leonora Nelson - Working Life: First Jobs, Working in the War and VE Day
Leonora tells us how she eventually joined the civil service, but worked in a solicitor’s office after leaving school, taking shorthand notes. She moved down the road to John Dalton Street, working for the ‘Fine Cotton Spinners and Dobblers…
Leonora - Working Life: Job Description
Leonora talks about her job taking minutes at Council meetings, traveling all across north-west, with locations ranging from south Cheshire to Barrow in Furness. She would take 200 pages of shorthand each meeting recording all the sanitary…
Ted Morgan - Walking
We hear about people's attitude to transport, and a long walk to the colliery for a bag of coke.
In the second clip, Ted describes walking to school and the area around Burnage Library.
In the second clip, Ted describes walking to school and the area around Burnage Library.
Ted Morgan - Mother's Work
After Ted’s father died, he describes his mother’s income and her job cleaning for a local doctor at his surgery on Burnage Lane.
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Bevan Taylor - The Bombing of Burnage High School and Leaving Education.
Bevan Taylor tells us about the wartime bombing of Burnage High School and how this prompted him to leave.