| Ref No | WIN/093 |
| Collection | Winstanley Oral History Collection |
| Title | Miss . A. Knight interviewed by Michael Winstanley |
| Name of creator | Winstanley, Michael |
| Date | 13/11/1975 |
| Duration | 48 min. 39 sec. |
| Extent | 1 sound tape reel |
| 1 audio file Waveform Audio |
| Description | Miss. A. Knight, born 1890, interviewed in Deal. Her father was a builder (self employed) and was the fourth of six children (youngest girl). Her job was stayed at home to look after parents.
[Track 1] [00:48:39] [00:00:01] Introduction: interviewee is Miss Amy Knight [AK] of 8 North Barrack Road, Walmer, Deal, Kent. [00:00:38] Description on school and village celebrations of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria; bands, tea, games. [00:03:29] Discussion on Barham church school and Sunday School, including patriotism, scripture, prayer and history lessons, teachers. [00:07:05] Discussion on Sunday School trips to Whitstable; travelling via ‘Elham Valley’ train, shrimp tea and winkles. Remarks on swimming lessons. [00:09:55] Details on railways and holidays; trips to Canterbury, Folkestone and exchanging weekends. Anecdotes on a trip on two horse wagonettes to/from Whitstable with cousins. Mention of trip to Fordwich. [00:15:41] Description of village workers holidays and travel to hop picking. Comments on own hop picking at Bridge for enjoyment rather than money, and people spending hop picking money on winter clothes. [00:20:57] Discussion on AK’s fathers work as a builder; schedules, wages and eldest brother following footsteps. Mention of consequences of First World War. [00:22:46] Details life staying at home and cooking after finishing school; story of AK’s mother having ‘whitlow’ from blood poisoning from gooseberry thorn. [00:25:26] Discussion on cookery classes and boarding school in Bromley. [00:27:09] Discussion on AK’s sisters careers in offices. [00:28:23] Story about of the relief of Mafeking; AK’s brother lashing up a union jack flag and anecdotes on friendship between AK’s brother and schoolboy friend. [00:30:46] Description of ‘Captain Meakin’ and his wife who had lived in wartime South Africa. Remarks on politics in East Kent as Conservative before story of Captain Meakin’s festive reception from the village at his return from South African war. [00:33:39] Discussion of gentry and house let by the ‘Oxenden’ family called ‘Broome’; let to ‘Elmer Speed’ and details of his staff and the increase to the census. [00:36:45] Details on Barham church pews and seats allotted for families. Story on governess and ‘needlework afternoons’ knitting at school. [00:40:09] Details on where village people sat on pews; according to houses, blacksmith, tailor and lack of working families attending church, mention of Wesleyans. [00:43:03] Mention of Barham church restoration and story of AK’s father as an apprentice under ‘Wiltshire’; travelled from Canterbury. [00:44:54] Description of ‘Nailbourne’ river; AK’s mother concerned with lighting, lighting in the village and education about the river.
Summary created by Holly Faulkes, volunteer, 2025. |
| PhysicalDescription | 1 sound tape reel : analogue, 5 inch reel, 9,5 cm/sec, 2 track, mono |
| Waveform Audio |
| Related Organisation | University of Kent |
| Related Place | Barham, Kent |
| Access filename | WIN-093-001A-A.mp3 |
| Category | Audio recordings |
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