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Oral History
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- Guide to recording memories
This is a guide to recording oral history interviews developed by the East Midlands Oral History Archive (EMOHA)
The following links will take you to sound clips from an interview between Mr Owen Bentley and Mrs Jennifer Baines (her great grandson informs us that her name was actually Jane and she was referred to as "Jinny"). The interview was conducted in the 1970s and is about Mrs Baines' childhood in Barkby during the 1880s.
According to Barker's Directory, in 1875 Barkby parish had a population of 440 with 107 inhabited houses. Many of the inhabitants were farmers. Thomas Sewards ran the Malt Shovel Inn.
- Bricks
Mrs Baines' father worked at a local brick yard.
- Childhood
The children slept on sacks.
- Cooking
Using the local bakehouse.
- Pub
Father would sometimes work at the local pub, the Malt Shovel.
- School and Games
Sometimes not being able to afford to go to school, and playing with battledores and shuttlecocks on pancake day.
- Toffee and Wine
Buying toffee and making wine.
The full interview these clips were taken from is available to listen to at the Records Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland. Quote the reference numbers under the sound clips.
You can find all the audio clips on the Leicestershire Villages website by clicking in the drop down box in the 'Search' section at the top right of this page. Choose 'Multimedia' and press Search. This takes you to the Multimedia Browser where you should search 'All Villages' for 'Audio'
Last Updated Thu, 21 Sep, 2006.