SIDE A 00:00:03 -- 00:03:17
Discussion about Gwen's birth and her family; New Radnor, Edith, London, cancer, parents, family.
SIDE A 00:03:18 -- 00:05:11
Discussion about her sister Annie who was on the Titanic, and Sundays growing up; Sunday, Titanic, Annie, newspaper, church.
SIDE A 00:05:11 -- 00:07:10
Discussion about chores on the farm and walking to school; milk, milking, school, New Radnor, Kington, cheese, bread, train.
SIDE A 00:07:10 -- 00:07:54
Discussion about her father; quarry, farming, father.
SIDE A 00:07:54 -- 00:09:30
Discussion about World War I and jobs; WWI, Armistice Day, jobs, Edith, Queen Victoria, sewing.
SIDE A 00:09:30 -- 00:12:04
Discussion about her sister Annie and the Titanic; Annie, Titanic, Atlantic Ocean.
SIDE A 00:12:04 -- 00:12:31
Brief mention of the Gentry Brothers; wealthy, Gentry Brothers, father, farmer.
SIDE A 00:12:31 -- 00:17:55
Discussion about her sisters and brothers while looking at a photo album; Jack, Edith, Johnny Powell, Canada, army, Cecil, Evalynne, New Radnor, Bill, gold rush, Sid, WWI, WWII, Malcolm, Walter, Chelsea.
SIDE A 00:17:56 -- 00:18:40
Brief mention of rationing during WWI and WWII; rationing, food rations.
SIDE A 00:18:40 -- 00:21:19
Discussion about her family continues; gold mine, Alaska, foreman, Bill, Kington, Annie, mother, Alice, Fred, 1952, Ken, New Radnor.
SIDE A 00:21:19 -- 00:26:56
Discussion about her sister Alice, with a story of her broken ankle; Alice, Canada, religious, New Radnor, accident, broken bone, home remedy.
SIDE A 00:26:57 -- 00:29:15
Discussion about living in London; nanny, London, wages, nurse, MacIntosh, bicycle, Chelsea, fog.
SIDE A 00:29:16 -- 00:31:49
Discussion about the armistice of WWI and a comparison of the two world wars; Armistice Day, WWI, celebrations, WWII, rationing, 1951, bananas, oranges, food, food rations, ration book, sugar.
Side A ends at 00:31:49.
SIDE B 00:31:58 -- 00:35:37
Discussion about life on the farm and trapping animals; farmers, New Radnor, farming, tedder, haul rakes, trapping, rabbits, moles, mole skin, skunks, pole cats.
SIDE B 00:35:38 -- 00:44:57
Discussion about biking and working in WWII; factory, Kington, bus, owls, shells, bombs, trench mortars, warheads, explosion, safety precautions, work shifts, Hereford, New Radnor, TNT, women's rights.
SIDE B 00:44:58 -- 00:46:52
Discussion about getting in trouble working at the factory, and how noisy the factory was; factory, trouble, factory, noise, train.
SIDE B 00:46:53 -- 00:48:44
Discussion about soldiers stationed in New Radnor and Kington; soldiers, American soldiers, New Radnor, army hospital, Kington, Americans, African American soldiers.
SIDE B 00:48:45 -- 00:50:55
Discussion about German bombing in the area; bombing, German bombers, WWII.
SIDE B 00:50:55 -- 00:51:35
Discussion about Vera Lynn; Vera Lynn, singer, radio, Glen Miller.
SIDE B 00:51:35 -- 00:53:44
Discussion about raising a family in WWII and her siblings; Ray, WWII, Megan, Prestine Grammar School, Edith, Annie, Alice, Jim, Sid, Walter, Fred, Jack.
SIDE B 00:53:44 -- 00:58:23
Discussion about her last day of work and her love for the outdoors; retirement, black currants, berry picking, tree climbing, hiking.
SIDE B 00:58:23 -- 01:01:43
Discussion about working indoors and her childhood; cooking, open fire cooking, pigs, rabbits, stew, milk.
SIDE B 01:01:43 -- 01:03:31
Discussion about making butter at home; churn, butter, milk, water, well.
SIDE B 01:03:31 -- 01:03:55
Very brief mention of life then versus now; quality of life.
Tape ends at 01:03:55.
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