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George Polley's life story (chapter five)

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Polley family

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

People

George Polley

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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