Oral History
The UWALS Oral History Group was created as part of the Presenting the Past project, an ambitious project designed to draw in members of the community via a number of different channels. Generously supported by a grant from the Heritage Fund, the group was trained by the Oral History Society which allowed them to use their newly acquired skills and "best practice" when recording oral histories.
The aim of the Oral History group was to capture the memories and stories not recorded in writing and to make them available to all interested parties. This collection will preserve some of the authentic voices of Upper Wharfedale and stories which would otherwise be lost. It will also help to capture the dialect and accent of the area.
Listen to all the interviews below.
Derek Tennant
Peter Rymer
Cynthia Rymer
Cynthia’s birth, very early life and starting at school
Being at infant school and gas masks
laying in the street and seeing the zeppelin
Cycling to school and father’s employment
Teacher training college
Getting married
Living in cracoe, children and the arrival of electricity
Teaching in cracoe and post war rationing
Brother’s TB treatment
Returning to teaching, retirement and local history
Clifford Lambert
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Dr Andrew Jackson
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Bill Foster
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Jeremy Daggett
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Kath Carlisle
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Malcolm Campbell
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John Buxton
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