Title
Memories of gas masks
Subject
Leicester in WW2
Description
An oral history extract about using gas masks in WW2
Creator
EMOHA
Source
Connie Tebbutt Ref: EMOHA70/125
Publisher
EMOHA
Format
.mp3
Language
English
Type
Oral history
Original Format
Tape
Duration
56 sec
Transcription
We had to go to the, the St Paul's school room at the corner of Kirby Rd for one demonstration for gas masks, and I had to put my gas mask down and I've got my baby son, he was three months old, and they asked me would I demonstrate this baby gas mask to all the other mothers. So, I had to put the baby in this gas mask, and it was quite a large thing, that enveloped the whole of the baby, and it was Perspex window, and you had to keep pumping the, the bottom of the gas mask to keep the air flowing in. Although I'd got a gas mask as well, and I went round and demonstrated to all the other mothers to put their mind at rest that babies would be safe if you put them in the gas mask.
Interviewer
Tom Simpson
Interviewee
Connie Tebbutt
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