| Description | An interview with Madeline DICKSON, a widow woman with one daughter, who is a retired Maintenance worker, born in Birmingham and now living in Birmingham. Madeline DICKSON’s father was a Foreman, born in England and her mother a Housewife born in England. In the interview, she talks about …
'MADELINE DICKSON MS2255/2/065 Logged by Lorraine Blakemore
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I was born in Milk Street….January 29th,1921….taken to Manchester….Eventually returned to Birmingham to Bartholomew Street. Lived with aunt.
1.43 Contracted rheumatic fever when 8 or 9 and had to go to an open school. Went to Haseley Hall. Description of the school.
3.28 I was there for 2 years from 1928-9. Too expensive to remain there.
Remembers feeling confused about how to get home.
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Story about first meal at home.
1.44 Story about visit from nit nurse at school.
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Italian family background.
Grandmother was English, grandfather was Italian. Worked on building sites.
3.47 Story about visit to the pawn shop.
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Problems at school with reading and writing.
34” Worked for a clothes shop when she first left school.
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We went to live in Lawley Street but my aunt still lived in Bartholemew Street in the Italian Quarter….Recalls the Italian Quarter.
1.13 Not forced to attend church.
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Continues to describe the Italian Quarter.
2.21 Close-knit community.
3.45 Story about posh aunt.
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Continues story.
1.26 Describes the house.
2.19 Mum and dad never had a house of their own until I was 13 and we lived in Banbury Street…..Health of siblings.
3.33 Moved into a council house in the centre of town. Describes the house.
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Lists jobs after leaving school.
57” Family didn’t discuss sexual issues.
1.44 Story about her sister Rita.
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More stories about siblings.
1.05 Social life. Story about being disciplined for being late home from a evening out.
3.00 Visits from the insurance man.
4.01 Father’s background and character.
4.32 Story about meeting husband.
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Continues story.
2.20 Moving into new home and having her baby.
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Worked at a café in Moor Street for 7 years.
4.46 Husband’s work after the war.
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I left the café about 1952….got a flat in Northfield….Describes the area.
1.52 Moved again to Kellet Street.
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I started to work at George Brown’s the factory…
Visiting Ireland.
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I moved to Castle Bromwich about 1958….
Made redundant at Browns. Became a cleaner at Aston University, retired when 60.
1.55 We didn’t have holidays…I only went to Wales once…
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Story about first holiday abroad to Spain. Followed by several other foreign holidays.
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Retells story about visiting Russia.
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Continues story.
1.02 Life after retirement.
Story about finding a flat in Sutton Coldfield.
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Continues to express feelings about living in the flat.
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I’m now living in Grange Lane which started off as sheltered accommodation….Describes the accommodation.
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