Mae Ames T1 [Tape One]

Contributors
Interviewer: Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Interviewee: Ames, Mae
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
1998-01-30
Date Digitized
2010-07-27
Abstract
This is an interview with Mae Ames of Manchester, England. In this interview Mae talks about growing up in Manchester during WWII, working as a nurse during the war, rationing, her wedding, blitzes and bombings, air raids and shelters, Christmas, working at a munitions and airplane factory, gas masks, how she met her husband, courting and dances, American soldiers, her wedding and immigration to Nova Scotia, and what it was like on V-E Day and D-Day.
Genre
Interview
Subject (Geographic)
Manchester, England
Subject (Temporal)
WWII
1946
Rights
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:03:41
Member of
Dutch Thompson Audio Collection
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:09:00
Discussion about growing up in Manchester, England during WWII with stories about blitzes and air raids; Manchester, slaves, England, slave trade, blitzes, WWII, German bombing, blackouts, air raids, doodlebugs.

SIDE A 00:09:00 -- 00:11:08
Discussion about working as a nurse during WWII; WWII, nurses, bombing, Manchester, Palace Theatre.

SIDE A 00:11:08 -- 00:16:58
Discussion about rationing during WWII, with a story about buying her wedding dress on the black market; WWII, rationing, tea, chocolate, black market, wedding.

SIDE A 00:16:58 -- 00:24:14
Discussion about working as a nurse during WWII, with mention of her wedding and POWs; WWII, nursing, war hospitals, wedding, German POWs, Dunkirk, POWs.

SIDE A 00:24:14 -- 00:26:42
Discussion about rationing and Christmas during WWII; WWII, rationing, Christmas, Christmas dinner, presents, Christmas trees.

SIDE A 00:26:42 -- 00:29:37
Discussion about working in a munitions factory during WWII; WWII, munitions factory, munitions, airplanes, airplane factories, pilots.

SIDE A 00:29:37 -- 00:31:46
Discussion about air raid shelters, with a story about gas masks; air raid shelters, air raids, WWII, gas masks.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:46.
SIDE B 00:31:56 -- 00:32:48
Discussion about gas masks continues; gas masks, WWII.

SIDE B 00:32:48 -- 00:41:47
Discussion about how she met her husband, courting, and dances; WWII, courting, dances, Frank Ames, Cape Bretoner.

SIDE B 00:41:47 -- 00:56:07
Discussion about American soldiers in England during WWII, her marriage, and moving to Canada; American soldiers, England, WWII, marriage, trains, religion, Roman Catholic, Anglican, immigration, 1946, RMS Queen Mary, religious feuds, war brides, diapers, immigrants.

SIDE B 00:56:07 -- 00:58:14
Discussion about the start of her life in Nova Scotia and meeting her husband's family; immigrants, rationing.

SIDE B 00:58:14 -- 01:00:07
Discussion about V-E Day in Manchester and Winston Churchill; Manchester, V-E Day, WWII, Winston Churchill.

SIDE B 01:00:07 -- 01:03:41
Discussion about D-Day, the sinking of the HMS Hood, and being conscripted into nursing; D-Day, WWII, HMS Hood, nursing, conscription, war hospitals, nurses.

Tape ends at 01:03:41.