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George Polley's life story (chapter five)

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Item

George Polley's life story (chapter five)

Object type
Oral history recording
Date

1918-2015

Description

George Polley’s life history, read by George Polley. Chapter five (4137a), 1935
Highlights in this oral history recording include:

0.00 Jubilee celebrations
1.00 Bringing home 2 non moving tractors from west of London takes a week
15.00 Went to Aldershot tattoo
15.30 Purchase of ex army horse Jacko
17.10 washing out traction engine boilers
18.50 1936 Double family wedding, third sister marries a bit later
21.00 Marks Tey Hall Farm Barn Fire
21.55 Affected by lightning when riding a bike
22.30 Join tour od WW1 battlefields
25.50 Miscellaneous – pieces of Wigborough Zeppelin in workshop
27.20 Sunday school teacher Miss Allan daughter of Dobbies manager
28.30 Father knocked off on bike by lorry that fails to stop

Credit

© Marks Tey Archive

Usage

CC-4.0, view usage statement

Provenance

Polley family

Archive code

MTHP.7.20.1.5

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