Joyce Paynter T1 [Tape One]

Contributors
Interviewer: Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Interviewee: Paynter (Andrews), Joyce
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
1998-03-03
Date Digitized
2010-09-01
Abstract
This is an interview with Joyce Paynter (nee Andrews) of Sutton, England and French River, P.E.I. In this interview Joyce talks about her family, growing up in England during the 1930s, WWII, Christmas, how she met her husband, the Canadian Women's Army Corps, her wedding during the war, and moving to PEI after the war.
Genre
Interview
Subject (Geographic)
Halifax, NS
Sutton, England
England
Subject (Temporal)
WWII
1930s
1940s
1943
1944
1939
1945
Rights
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:03:05
Member of
Dutch Thompson Audio Collection
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:02:03
Discussion about her family; Don Andrews.

SIDE A 00:02:03 -- 00:06:30
Discussion about growing up in England during the 1930s; 1930s, England, school, quiet Sundays.

SIDE A 00:06:30 -- 00:15:12
Discussion about living in England during WWII; WWII, Red Cross, 1939, air raids, gas masks, England, bomb shelters, blitzes, Neville Chamberlain, rationing, bananas.

SIDE A 00:15:12 -- 00:20:08
Discussion about Christmas and food during WWII; Christmas, fruitcake, food, peanut butter, Victory Gardens, beans, WWII.

SIDE A 00:20:08 -- 00:25:41
Discussion about how she met her husband during WWII; bomb raids, WWII, England, Arthur Paynter.

SIDE A 00:25:41 -- 00:31:12
Discussion about the Canadian Women's Army Corps and the end of WWII; WWII, Canadian Women's Army Corps, CWAC, Buckingham Palace, Winston Churchill.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:12.
SIDE B 00:31:16 -- 00:31:57
Discussion about the end of WWII continues; WWII, Winston Churchill.

SIDE B 00:31:57 -- 00:37:12
Discussion about joining the Canadian Army in 1944; Canadian Army, 1944, WWII, fire watching, fire watcher, Italy.

SIDE B 00:37:12 -- 00:42:15
Discussion about getting married during WWII; WWII, weddings, rationing, 1943, honeymoons, Frank Paynter, North Novas.

SIDE B 00:42:15 - 01:03:05
Discussion about moving to PEI at the end of the war; WWII, service pay, SS Isle de France, Canadian Women's Army Corps, CWAC, Halifax, Charlie Paynter, 1945.

Tape ends at 01:03:05