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Title	Interview with Ernest Hunt
Interviewee	Hunt, Ernest
Summary	Recalls early life and childhood in the Wharf Street area of Leicester. Mentions shops in Wharf Street and the different sporting clubs in the area. Recalls first job in meat market at 14 years of age and becoming a hat and cap maker before working in engineering at Jones and Shipman's. Mentions Basque refugees at Mantle Road school. Recalls catching rabbits and picking mushrooms and eggs. Describes the family home and his living with his aunt and uncle due to his mother's ill health. Recalls the hunger marches and using the pawn shop. Talks about his interest in Road walking, walks he went on, games played as a child and street gangs. Sketches his wartime service in the Royal Marines during the Second World War and treatment for Tuberculosis (TB) in Switzerland after the war. Lists shops and restaurants in Leicester city centre such as Lewis's. Mentions the Holy Bones area, areas of prostitution. Recalls briefly Christmas presents, missing school to watch football and the local police.
Subject	Work Shopping Health Urban Sport Childhood Food
Duration	43 mins
Location	United Kingdom -- England -- Leicester
Place name	Leicester
Type	Audio
Date created	1986
Periods covered	1920-1929 1930-1939 1940-1949 1950-1959
Father's occupation	Boot and Shoe Artist
Interviewer	Flawith, J
Recording date	18/06/1986
Recording location	Interviewee's home
Language	English
Original format	Tape
Collection	East Midlands Oral History Archive (EMOHA)
EMOHA collection No.	LO/287/238
Rights	You may use this recording in accordance with our licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk
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/
Download available	No
Contact us	Please contact EMOHA http://www.le.ac.uk/emoha/ for enquiries about this item or to seek permission to use it