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Dublin Core
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Title
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The Post War History of Leicester 1945-1962
Subject
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The Post War History of Leicester 1945-1962
Description
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Items relating to the Post War History of Leicester 1945-1962
Creator
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Colin Hyde
Source
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East Midlands Oral History Archive
Publisher
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Colin Hyde
Date
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23/05/2018
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Colin Hyde
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Creative Commons
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Multimedia
Language
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English
Type
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Multimedia
Oral History
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Interviewer
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Jenny Escritt
Interviewee
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Dennis O'Brien
Location
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Leicester
Transcription
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Towards the end of 1946, on Christmas Eve really, it started to snow. It was the worst winter I’ve ever seen and it was also extremely cold. We were still suffering from the privations of the war, coal was very short. It was difficult to get fuel. Coal in those days was delivered by horse and cart and there were little coal depots all over the city but the problem was getting the coals out to the coal man. Industry was prioritised. Electricity was very short, we used to get about two hours of electricity a day and then it was cut, gas the pressure was very low, it would take long time to boil a kettle of water and people took to burning whatever they could. I’ve known houses where they’ve taken the doors off and burnt them for fuel. Occasionally the gas works on Aylestone Road would sell of coke in quite small bags or you’d have to take your own bags and you had to get up very early to get near to the front of the queue to get any otherwise you could wait four or five hours and still get nothing. I was lucky because my friend Terry’s father worked at the gas board, he had been a stoker, and he always managed to save us a bag [laughs] if we hung about long enough. So we survived. We all slept in the same bed to keep warm. It was so cold that the chamber pots by the side of the bed were frozen rock solid in the morning. Life was very difficult.
Duration
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2min 18sec
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Title
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Dennis O'Brien talks about the winter of 1947
Subject
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Winter of 1947
Description
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Dennis O'Brien talks about his experience of the winter of 1947 living in the city
Creator
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East Midlands Oral History Archive
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EMOHA
Publisher
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East Midlands Oral History Archive
Date
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1947
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You may use this item in accordance with the licence <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/" title="Link to Creative Commons license" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/</a>
Language
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.mp3
Type
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Oral History
O'Brien
Winter
Winter of 1947