Oral history project: Beryl Smith (nee Bailey)

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Interview with Beryl Smith (nee Bailey), born 1902; recalls the explosion at the Gasworks, 1912; King's High School, Warwick; controversy surrounding the building of N.C. Joseph's factory, 1920s; her job as a clerk at the NFU; Girl Guides and picnics at The Hill; Canon Melville; the first film show in Stratford in a tent off Holtom Street; Meer Street; Marie Corelli; the public library; her childhood playmates; the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre; shopping during World War II; George Hewins.