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Oral history project: Edward ('Tommy') Booker and Lilian Grace
Description
Interview with Edward ('Tommy') Booker, born 1902, and his wife Lilian Grace, born 1909; recalls early 20th century funerals (his grandfather was a funeral director); recalls his childhood in Percy Street; his brother's shoemaking business (Frank Booker); his work at first as a clerk, then in the order office and later as personnel manager, Flowers Brewery; his work as Conservative Party agent; the Flower family; Marie Corelli; the White Swan and Welcombe hotels used by the Treasury Solicitors' Department during World War II; wartime Stratford.