Oral history project: Susan Buggins (nee Booth)

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Interview with Susan Buggins (nee Booth), born 1922; recalls John Wilson of Welford-on-Avon, carrier; her childhood in Welford-on-Avon, education at the Church of England school, Stratford-upon-Avon; road transport; Stratford shops (J.C. Smith's, Dudleys); domestic life in the 1930s; education at Kingsley School, Leamington; life in post-war Stratford (boating, cinema, dancing classes); Girls' Orphanage in College Street; the 'fever hospital' in Birmingham Road; 'maternity home' in Rother Street during World War II; Flower family and The Hill; ballroom dancing; Phoenix Players; visit of Duke of Kent to Welford, c.1934.