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Interview with Ernest Hunt
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Interview with Ernest Hunt
Description
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/
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