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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 of people talking about life in Oadby in the 1930s and 1940s.
- Work
Working at stables in Oadby.
- Americans arriving in Oadby
Remembering soldiers from the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division during World War II.
- Blackout
In World War II a blackout was imposed during the hours of darkness to avoid aiding enemy aircraft.
- Prisoners of War
German prisoners were in a local camp during World War II.
- Crime
A former policeman remembers patrolling big houses and the effect of the blackout on crime.
- Americans leaving Oadby
The local policemen could look at, but couldn't touch, the stock of food left behind by the Americans.
The full interviews these clips were taken from are 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 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, 2 Nov, 2007.