Interview with Jean Greenwood
- Interview with Jean Greenwood
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Title |
Interview with Jean Greenwood |
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Interviewee |
Greenwood, Jean |
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Summary |
Recalls career in telegraph office in Bishop Street, Leicester, including describing training as a telegraphist and other jobs in the department. Describes different sections in the telegraph office. Details different users of telegrams and different. Recalls periods when many telegrams were sent, such as Leicester Holiday Fortnight and during the Second World War. Details timekeeping, pay, hours, holidays, etiquette. Anecdote of taking her first telephone call and it being royalty. Briefly mentions unions and talks about working on the counters at the Post Office. Remembers that VE and VJ days were too chaotic to celebrate. Mentions protocol for different situations, for example the death of a soldier. |
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Subject |
Communications
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World War II
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Duration |
38 mins |
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Location |
United Kingdom -- England -- Leicester
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Place name |
Leicester
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Type |
Audio
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Date created |
1986 |
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Periods covered |
1940-1949
1950-1959
1960-1969
1970-1979
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Interviewee's occupation |
Post Office Telecommunications
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Interviewee's marital status |
Married; |
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Interviewer |
Flawith, Janet |
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Recording date |
11/04/1986 |
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Recording location |
Interviewee's home |
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Language |
English |
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Original format |
Tape |
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Collection |
East Midlands Oral History Archive (EMOHA)
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EMOHA collection No. |
LO/269/220 |
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Rights |
You may use this recording in accordance with our licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/ |
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Metadata Licence |
You can re-use this metadata record under a Creative Commons Zero ‘no rights reserved’ licence: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
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Download available |
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