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D8048 - 'Buxton's Present from the Past': Oral History Archive - Nov 2015-Apr 2021
- 2 - Interviews carried out by members of the Buxton U3A Oral History Group - Nov 2015-Oct 2019

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8048/2/14
Former Reference	PFTP_OH_38-39
Title	Oral History Interviews with Joan Holme, nee Lomas (b. 1926) discussing Buxton and Fairfield in the 1930s and 1940s, particularly in relation to the Second World War
Date	16 Nov 2016
Description	Both interviews conducted by Vivien Doyle, discussing (1) Buxton and Fairfield in the 1930s, and Prisoners of War and Conscientious Objectors during the Second World War (2) family life in Fairfield in 1930s, Fairfield Infant School and Silverlands secondary school, swimming in Buxton, choosing girls for the Wells Dressings, Buxton Dancing school and performing for the troops, entertainment in Buxton, Air Raid Precautions (ARP) in Buxton, working in the Post Office, being enlisted in the Army in 1942 Including partial timeline summary, and digital copies of photographs and other items perhaps used as aid memoirs - Buxton Fountain floral fete, 1906 - Buxton Lime Firms, First World War - Carnival characters in park bicycle parade - Procession for Carnival Queen, by J. R. Board of Cavendish Circus, Buxton - Cycle parade - Interviewee's ancestors 'Gran and uncle Bob with her second husband (Goodwin), c1910s - Start of Well dressing cycle parade, Fairfield Common
Extent	18 files (0.745 GB)
Level	File
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Buxton and District U3A Oral History Group
Archive Creator	'Buxton's Present from the Past': Oral History Archive
Access Category	OPEN
Access Conditions	These digital records can be viewed on the public computers at the record office in the Digital Repository, Born-Digital Archives folder.
Format	Digital
Dimensions	Interview length: (1) 4 minutes 11seconds (2) 18 minutes 15 seconds
Term	Oral history
Term	Sound recordings

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