Reference WWA EP3 - Rosalind Hargreave
- Reference Number: DX-1043/22
- Date: Jul 2013
- Level: Item
- Extent: 1 item
- Format: CD-ROM
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Description: 00:27 Fathers occupation
00:48 Mothers occupation- worked for very little of interviewees life
01:06 Life of a housewife- had a house keeper
02:00 Where she lived as a child
03:48 School uniform
04:00 School life
05:26 Her father, how he learnt to drive. The car they had
06:30 Other schools she went to, final school; wellington Girls High School. She wanted to be a doctor- didn't accept her application because they didn't accept girls. Refused to go to university
07:45 First job. Part time degree in London
08:33 First job at a school
09:42 Taught at various other schools, including Wolverhampton Girls high school
10:14 Married in 1970, how she met her husband
10:37 First house
11:14 Weekly shopping
12:00 Children born
12:00 Dates of when her sons were born
12:30 Information about expectations of women's roles
13:10 The effect of ww2 on lives of family
13:30 Talks about how family was badly affected by the war
14:00 Talks about housing and shops when she was young
14:55 What parents were like
15:19 Evidence of a class divide
15:57 Talks being an outsider
17:45 First encounters with immigrants
18:25 Realisation about immigration when working in Wolverhampton
18:45 Incidents of prejudice against different races
19:39 Strikes: winter of discontent.
20:25 Strike where she was working, broke the strike
21:18 Feeling caused by strikes
22:30 Attitude towards Margaret Thatcher becoming prime minister - Access Status: Open
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