Stories

The Farm Manager (1954-2001)

Jim went to agricultural college and then worked on farms throughout the country before moving to Norfolk to work as a farm manager. He tells

The SRN (2008)

I was born in 1935, the youngest of three girls-so the war broke out when I was four. We lived in a large rented house

In the Health Service – Nursing and Ambulance (1940s-1971))

Ramus tells us about her nursing training and career in Berlin and after meeting her husband in England working for the London Ambulance Service. Starting

The Trail Blazer (1940s-2008)

Helen describes her impressively varied and successful working life from nursing to running a restaurant and, latterly, devising training courses. The start of a burgeoning

The Mechanised Farmer (1930s-2007)

George farmed at Aldborough Norfolk, and talks about changes brought by mechanisation to the farming world. I left school at the age of 14 and

Three Fakenham Sisters – Iris and Diane (1940s and 1950s)

The story of three sisters who lived and worked on their family farm in Norfolk, during the Second World War.

Interviewed by students from Fakenham College.

The Three Sisters – Diane and Iris, Diane and Hazel, Hazel and Iris

Stories

The Farm Manager (1954-2001)

The SRN (2008)

In the Health Service – Nursing and Ambulance (1940s-1971))

The Trail Blazer (1940s-2008)

The Mechanised Farmer (1930s-2007)

Three Fakenham Sisters – Iris and Diane (1940s and 1950s)

The land of lost content (1927-1950)

The Essex Shop Assistant (1921-1950s)

The Auxiliary Nurse (1952-1960s)

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