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Haddenham Railway Station. Closed in 1962

George Amory

George Amory Interviews

George Amory

Interviewer Kevin Delanoy c1978

GEORGE AMORY (Wooler). Topsy Story (What’s she had two?). Vets horse struck by lightening. Saddlers, horse breeding stallions to serve mares. Brick works near Haddenham Station. Rail to St Ives. Over half an hour of very good conversation of life before WWII.

Haddenham Railway Station. Closed in 1962

G Amory tape 1 Side A.mp3 (MP3 28,1Mb)

 

Interviewer Kevin Delanoy. Harvesting with scythes. Pete Day mowing 14 acres in a week. Bog oaks. Leaving school at 13. Tooting and trandling. Chatting with George and Fred Woolstenholmes

Sketch Map of the area around Ely showing rivers and the Grunty Fen Rail Line

G Amory tape 1 Side B.mp3 (MP3 25.5Mb)

G Amory tape 2 Side A.mp3 (MP3 19.1Mb)

G Amory tape 3 Side A.mp3 (MP3 24.5Mb)

G Amory tape 3 Side B.mp3 (MP3 24.5Mb)

Hill Row. George Amory and Fred Woolstanholmes. Drainage rates story. Left school at 12. Both worked as Agricultural Labourers at 3 shillings per week. Story of goat and mole catching.

Drainage Story A.mp3 (MP3 28.6Mb)

Drainage Story B.mp3 (MP3 29Mb)

All audio and photographic material Copyright © 1970-2016 Lorna Delanoy

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  • Sound Recording

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