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Blaby Oral History

The following links will take you to sound clips of Mrs Everitt (b.1914) who was recorded by the Leicester Oral History Archive in 1987 talking about growing up in Blaby in the 1920s and 1930s.

  • Blaby

    A flavour of the village as it used to be.

  • School/Poverty

    Describing the poverty of some families after World War I.

  • Means Test

    If you had no money and applied for the dole, there was the 'means test'.

  • Fairs

    Local fairs remembered.

  • Medicine

    ‘Pink pills for pale people’ from the local doctor.

  • Women and Work

    Earning money after World War I.

  • Neighbours

    The pros and cons of a tight knit community.

The full interview these clips were taken from is available to listen to at the Records Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland. Quote reference number 979 LO/334/285.

You can find all the audio clips on the Leicestershire Villages website by clicking on the box which says 'This Site' at top right of this page. Choose the 'Multimedia Browser' and press Search. This takes you to the Multimedia Browser where you should search 'All Sites' for 'Audio'.

Last Updated Fri, 19 Aug, 2005.

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