Muddle, Jean (Oral history)

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Description

Object description

British school child in Deptford, London, GB, 1939-1945; evacuated to Tunbridge Wells, Kent and Lancashire, 1939-1940.

Content description

Recording contains racist and discriminatory language, including the n-word, and describes racially-motivated violence Aspects of period in Deptford, London, Tunbridge Wells, Kent and Lancashire, GB, 1939-1945: description of conditions in Anderson shelter and mother cooking porridge; means of passing time while in shelter; kept chickens and rabbits to supplement rations; food including corned beef and spam fritters; collected wood from bombed out houses for fuel; problem of attending different schools; opinion of Catholic School; evacuated with sister to Tunbridge Wells, 1939; story of contracting impetigo and wearing face mask for three months; evacuated to Lancashire for six months; description of accommodation and living conditions in house; returned to home in Deptford; further description of conditions in Anderson shelter; story of brother's evacuation; story of explosion from land mine blowing door off shelter; reaction to news of V2 rocket dropping on New Cross while mother out shopping; story of low-flying German aircraft strafing teachers and children and death of two friends; summary of different schools attended during war and effect on education; problem of sleepwalking; story of being knocked out by blackboard in classroom; use of corporal punishment in school; story of lying about death of uncle in North Africa to play truant; attitude to school and teachers; story of helping school friends bombed out of houses; effect of food rationing on mother's health; story of doctor giving mother US emergency ration tablets as dietary supplement; story about mother's American cousin supplying extra food; attitude to queuing and rationing; preferred powdered egg to real eggs; father served as chef in RAF and advised on cooking; REEL 2 Continues: childhood games and recreational activities; problem of sister not using Anderson shelter due to claustrophobia; story of mother using roof of Anderson to grow tomatoes and flowers; story of mother being reprimanded by ARP warden for whitewashing garden wall; comparison of children's lives during war and now; methods of making own entertainment; story of picking roses from garden of family killed in air raid; attitude to war; story of going hop-picking; attitude to V2 raids; description of blackout precautions; opinion of conditions in public air raid shelter under laundry shop; story of German woman not being allowed into shelter; attitude to bomb damage and casualties; reaction to seeing dead baby caught in privet bush; story of white US soldiers writing racist slogan on wall; story of Black US soldier killed for dating white woman; story of argument between publican and US Military Police about Black soldiers using pub. Aspects of post-war life in Deptford, London, GB: comparison of community spirit during and after war; played on bomb sites; amusing story about former German Luftwaffe pilot in Greenwich; further comments on changes in Deptford.

Object Details

Category: Sound
Related period: 1990 to the present day (production), Second World War (content), Second World War (association)
Creator: London Bubble Theatre Company (Production Company)
Muddle, Jean (Interviewee/Speaker)
Hughes, Marigold (Recorder)
Production date: 2010-10-22
Dimensions: whole: Duration 53, Number Of Items 2
Catalogue number: 26789

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Muddle, Jean
Associated places

London, England, United Kingdom
Associated keywords

Black Americans in Britain
Black Americans

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