Description
Object description
British civilian in Twickenham, London and Aberystwyth, GB, 1939-1945 including work for Library Association in British Museum and National Library of Wales during Second World War
Content description
REEL 1 Background in Twickenham, GB, 1912-1939: memories of parents including background to father's incarceration in a mental hospital; memories and lives of siblings; education; gaining of work with Library Association; memories of Boer War veteran and First World War; work undertaken for Library Association in the Reading Room and North Library of the British Museum including librarianship training gained at University College and story of meeting future husband, Jimmy Hines; details of relatives of Jimmy Hines in Austria; story of visit to Austria, 1938, including sudden departure.
REEL 2 Continues: further details of visit to Austria, 1938, including signs of Nazism and anti-Semitism; search for documentation to help relatives; contact with relatives during and after war; scenes of Nazis marching and in Aachen during journey home. Aspects of period as civilian in Twickenham and Aberystwyth, GB, 1939-1945: outbreak of war; story of marriage and honeymoon, 1940, including first home and rations arrangements during honeymoon; call-up and posting abroad of husband; story of letter received from South African civilian, Kate Alger; later contact with Kate Alger during and after war; war service of Jimmy Hines including fear of posting to Burma.
REEL 3 Continues: preparations for war at and closure of British Museum; journeys to work during evacuation of children; opening of Reading Room during war from 18/9/1939; details of indexing work undertaken including description of photolithography; shelter taken from air raids; details of incendiary bomb in King's Library; demands for Reading Room during war; details of evacuation to National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth; methods of protection of items in British Museum during Second World War; scenes within British Museum; description of bicycle journeys to work; experiences of air raids in Twickenham including shelter taken and items for extinguishing fires; story of bombing of home, 1943; problems from landlady after departure of husband; replacement accommodation; details of compensation received for bombing; rationing; further details of replacement accommodation; accommodation and rationing in Aberystwyth including shopping in NAAFI; visits to Twickenham; details of work undertaken in National Library of Wales.
REEL 4 Continues: resources available during war; contact with husband including items received from India; leisure activities; further details of NAAFI; details of pay; suffragettes met at British Museum; memories of female colleagues; sightings of Prince Charles and Queen Mary in British Museum after war; return to Twickenham; VE Day celebrations in Brickhouse. Aspects of period as civilian in GB from 1945: rationing after war; return of husband including leave and reunion at London Euston station; finances of family while child; civilian work in British Museum; effect of war on position of women in society; family.
