Ten Bells Pub, Woodchester
(from www.gloucestershirepubs.co.uk)

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Dad going to WWI
Dad's pranks: shaft cannon etc
Bert Mallett's motor bikes: hand operated starter etc
About my grandfather's workplace and also Grandma
Early radios
Making a ladder
Erinoid plastic factory
25 mins. Explaination of first section - this was recorded around 1990. Now I continue with this early part of the Memoirs.
27 mins. Detailed description of Woodchester
29 mins. Industries in the Stroud Valley (waterwheels, clothmaking, Chaimberlain's leather board manufacture and 120 Volt steam generator
36 mins. Village of Dunkirk (walking sticks, furniture and flock bedding manufacture)
42 mins. Pin factory where Dad worked
43 mins. Sawmill (foden steam tractors for timber getting)
47 mins. Stroud piano factory
50 mins. Rooksmoor mill
50 mins. Pubs in the valley: Bath road to Stroud. Fleece Inn
53 mins. Village of Lightpill (Erinoid plastics)
55 mins. Fleece Inn
57 mins. Hampton cars, Reddler's conveyer belts, Stroud cloth factories
59 mins. A few notes from the present (1990): knee operation, Robyn's overseas trip.

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John's Mother

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Village life in Woodchester
Our houses at Arcombe
3 mins. Shared toilets and wash-house
4 mins. Description of our house in Woodchester
7 mins. Dad's pigeons
10 mins. Village Social life, religion, Roman pavement, Domican's Church
12 mins. Pubs in village, Ten Bells
15 mins. Cidar press
17 mins. Ram Inn, Sid Burt - slaughtered pigs
19 mins. Woodchester park, monks
23 mins. School, violin lessons
30 mins. choir
32 mins. poverty, give and take
35 mins. milkman, baker, cabbage rolls, village shops
43 mins. walks, Beech woods, wild flowers, watercress, nuts
49 mins. Entertainment: village hall, pubs, soccer, brass band, fetes, skittles
54 mins. Revenge of carol singers
58 mins. Dad's practical jokes as an apprentice

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John with Early Radio next to bed

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* Rendcombe, board, description, stables, village, church, school setup
* Working day times
* School houses
* Duties
* Times off
* Diet restrictions
* Pocket money and finances
* Table servers
* Financial responsibilities
* Athletics and punishments
* Food and starving
* Music - Mr Shimain
* Woodworking shop
* The wilderness, box bushes, tools in workshop
* Wild life in the park, rabbits etc, mushrooms, drying room
* Snow activity, river churn, toboggons
* Radio activities, crystal sets, old WWI airfield, cable for antenna, caught out one evening - all confiscated!
* Valve amps! School 100Volts DC for high tension! Extension to next dorm
* All forgiven and given use of a room in the tower, music for tennis, antenna to fir tree
* Introduction to Mr Edwards and departure from Rendcomb for apprent

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John's on Trombone

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Introduction to Elee Eugvia apprenticeship at Edwards Armstrong
4 mins. Move to Stroud branch, all manner of work
5 mins. Bernard Shaw and Maurice Woods. Visits to Arlington and fun around Bernard's house
6 mins. Installation of servant bells, phones, pumping, power, engine/dynamo/battery, costing, farm installations, very rewarding, components mostly made by local craftsmen, radio in it's infancy
12 mins. Frampton: canals, motorbikes and cars
16 mins. Painting Bernard's bullnose and disaster!
18 mins. Fireworks in roof
20 mins. Wessex Electricity staff: Nutty Davis, Bill White, Eric Renolds, Alan Maxfield
22 mins. Old Village power supply
23 mins. Brewery electrical contract - free beer! Cat pulling cables
25 mins. Reg Latham, playing violin in a band, trombone in window
27 mins. Rodboro school social - trombone in action with the Apperleys group 1931 31 mins. Salmon springs Brewery, Lighting at Balls (with name bands 1930-34)
34 mins. Apprenticeship finished. Worked for J and M Stone, Parson's, Mitchells, big job for Sir Russell Kerr at Newnham
36 mins. 1936-38 West Gloster Electrical Company - Elsworth, Electric van - travelling power showroom, power to consumers, sales and commision arrangements
44 mins. 1922 Citroen, Bert Canton - cars and steam traction engines in orchard
48 mins. Steam roller at 2am! Ralph Dee - motor bike trial, two 1926 racing Amilcars
50 mins. Practical jokes with Ralph in Elsworth: fire brigade hoax

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Notes for Part B
0 mins. Continuation of Ralph Dee's practical jokes: Benny Weager's wheels
3 mins. 1938 Went to work at Westinghouse Chippenham, Phil and Keith Newman, well equiped lab
5 mins. Declaration of war (WWII)
6 mins. Motorbike: G90 Matchless, "The Johny Evans Jazztet", carrying double bass on bike, playing in Bath
10 mins. 1939 - Volunteered for Air Crew

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