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Res.5.22 Female resident, age unknown, married, corporation tenant, female interviewer, 19 December 1961

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S3/4/2/5/22

Scope and Contents

This interview was conducted at the SERU's office, the INTVEE had previously been interviewed in her home. INTVER explains she wanted a more in depth interview to map INTVEE's social environment with its changes during her life and although INTVEE seemed to understand did not in fact manage to do this, INTVER has yet to find anyone who has been able to. INTVEE enjoyed her daughters' social lives during their adolescence, she liked to regard their friends as hers as she had been denied such pleasures at the comparable time of life through poverty. INTVER notes that the tape was a dud and she only took meagre notes of much of the interview was lost. INTVEE talked about the tenement stair she used to live in and was at pains to say it wasn’t a slum, the occupations of the residents were policeman, compositor, waiter. They were friendly but kept a suitable distance. She is concerned about the provision for old people, she is worried her husband will die before her and her house will be too big for her to keep so she will be moved to an old persons flat away from everyone she knows. She mainly goes to Stockbridge for shopping.

Dates

  • Other: 19 December 1961

Conditions Governing Access

Public access to these records is governed by UK data protection legislation. Whilst some records may be accessed freely by researchers, the aforementioned legislation means that records conveying personal information on named individuals may be closed to the public for a set time. Where records relate to named deceased adults, they will be open 75 years after the latest date referenced in the record, on the next 1 January. Records relating to individuals below 18 years of age or adults not proven to be deceased will be open 100 years after the latest date recorded in the record, on the next 1 January.

Extent

4 Sheets

Creator

Repository Details

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