| Description | Interview with John Crossley and his wife, in Calcutta. John Crossley discusses aspects of his army career, training saboteurs and his discovery of a potential gold mine in India which was never exploited. He tries to describe his experience of life in India and his reluctance to return to England, and talks about his sons' education and army careers and their feelings about India. Mrs Crossley talks about their children being able to speak Hindi and Bengali, and having Indian friends. John Crossley and Mrs Crossley go on to discuss the ways in which social life and their own hobbies have changed since 1945, their quality of life in India and the different experiences and interests that have been possible for them, and the greater sense of spiritualism and fatalism that exists. Mrs Crossley talks about her father and first husband meeting Gandhi, her interest in painting and mysticism, and her husband's interest in hypnotherapy. John Crossley discusses his interest in poetry and recites some of his poems (tracks 1-8).
Track 9: silence 12.54 mins
Total: 32.41 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA Kf565D0565580 |