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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 |
| '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 |
| Sound recordings |
| First World War (1914-1918) |
| Second World War (1939-1945) |