Oral history project: Dorothy Gertrude Savage (nee Chivers)

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Interview with Dorothy Gertrude Savage (nee Chivers), born 1908; recalls family life in Garden Row, Scholars Lane, during her childhood; the fire service; Guild Chapel curfew bell; the death of her father, Frederick Chivers, during the first World War; her schooldays at the Church of England school, where she later worked as a pupil teacher; teaching at Hampton Lucy, Binton, Alderminster; Charlecote House and the Lucy family; Salvation Army; visits to the Theatre; Marie Corelli; boating on the river; George Hewins (the Dillen); Canon Melville; the 'Girls Home' in College Street; Mop Fair; William Quatremain; her husband (Alfred's) motorcycle accident and treatment in Stratford Hospital; Holy Trinity Church. (see also DR764)