Recordings archive

WFOHW has been collecting its own material since 1983 and has recordings made by others from the 1970s; there are now more than 1000 recordings. Though the Workshop is an independent voluntary group, since its inception it has had a close relationship with Waltham Forest Archives and Local Studies Library based at Chingford Assembly Hall, next to Chingford Library.

If you have recordings – perhaps from a project you ran, or from family or friends about aspects of life in Waltham Forest – we would be happy to take them into our archive and make them available for others to share. Contact us with details of what you have.

When we began we used some of the best and worst equipment available at the time, there are more than 400 audio cassettes in the archive which are of varying quality. We now record digitally and quality has certainly improved since 1983; most recent recordings have been digital on accession to the collection.

We have transcribed a lot of our recordings by AI transcription software: on good recordings with clear speech it is very accurate; on poor recordings much less so. In particular proper names are often wrong. Transcripts produced this way have NOT been proofed or checked for spelling or accuracy. You should check the AI transcript against the original audio and WFOHW accepts no liability for any errors, omissions or inaccuracies in these transcripts. Please let us know of any issues so we can correct them.
 
#
Comments
Interviewer
Interview date
 
585
Joyce Casey, John Cowley, John Curtis, Beryl Eccleston, Joyce Bennett, Paul Diamond, Peggy Johnson, Sriya Gunasekera – General talk, Education, School, Work, Sayings
10/9/97, 01/08/2010
Interviewer:
Interview date: 10/9/97, 01/08/2010
586
Joyce Mellor, Sheila Quadling, John Curtis, - education school sayings
4/4/2004, 16/4/2010
Interviewer:
Interview date: 4/4/2004, 16/4/2010
587
Joyce Bennet, Helena Richards, Joyce Mellor – edicaion school, parents
01/08/2004
Interviewer:
Interview date: 01/08/2004
588
Joyce Bennett, Peggy Johnson, Sheila Quadling, - education, school, family, inflation prices
1/8/04, 10/9/04, 1/8/2010,
Interviewer:
Interview date: 1/8/04, 10/9/04, 1/8/2010,
589
education school, family
10/09/1997
Interviewer:
Interview date: 10/09/1997
590
John Curtis, Joyce Mellor – family, [parents
10/09/1997
Interviewer:
Interview date: 10/09/1997
591/1
28/04/2006
Interviewer:
Interview date: 28/04/2006
591/2
parents
10/09/2004
Interviewer:
Interview date: 10/09/2004
592
Peggy Johnson, Paul Diamond, Joyce Bennett, Barbara Booth, Helena Richards – work, first job, inflation prices
1/8/2010, Aug 2006
Interviewer:
Interview date: 1/8/2010, Aug 2006
593
Joyce Bennett, Eileen Avis, - home, work, first job
01/09/2006
Interviewer:
Interview date: 01/09/2006
594
Joyce Bennett, Barbara Boot, John Curtis, Helena Richards – work, first Job, army, services
20/07/2006
Interviewer:
Interview date: 20/07/2006
595
Joyce Casey, Jihn Cowley, Joyce Mellor, Barbara Booth, Janet Carter, Peggy Johnson, Helena Richards – family, grandma
8/10/1997. 5/9/07
Interviewer:
Interview date: 8/10/1997. 5/9/07
596
Sheila Quadling, Barbara Booth, Paul Daniles – youth hostelling, shops and markets, sayings, wartime
28/3/2011 21/1/11, 16/9/06
Interviewer:
Interview date: 28/3/2011 21/1/11, 16/9/06
597
general talk
24/02/2007
Interviewer:
Interview date: 24/02/2007
598
John Curtis, Peggy Johnson, Helena Richards, Joyce Bennett, Barbara Booth, Sheila Quadling – homes
12/6/09, 24/6/09
Interviewer:
Interview date: 12/6/09, 24/6/09
599
homes
07/08/2009
Interviewer:
Interview date: 07/08/2009
600
Peggy Jihnson, Sriya Gunasekera, Helenla Richards, Paul Diamond, Sheila Quadling – ambition, hopes, likes, hospitals
10/10/???
Interviewer:
Interview date: 10/10/???
601
Joyce Bennett, Barbara Booth, John Curstis, Sheila Quadling, Paul Diamond – aims, likes, clothes
13/11/09, 22/7/2011
Interviewer:
Interview date: 13/11/09, 22/7/2011
602
Joyce Bennett, Helena Richards, Barabara Baron, Peggy Johnson, Barbara Booth, Paul Diamoind, Sriya Gunasekera, John Curtis – incidents
14/5/10, 28/5/10
Interviewer:
Interview date: 14/5/10, 28/5/10
603
Paul Diamond, Sheila Quadling, Sriya Gunasekera, - disappointment, treasures
11/06/2010
Interviewer:
Interview date: 11/06/2010
604
Sheila Quadling, Paul Diamond – family, reading
21/01/2011, 27/6/05
Interviewer:
Interview date: 21/01/2011, 27/6/05
605
Barbara booth, Sheila Quadling, Joyce Bennett, Sriya Gunasekera, Paul Diamond, Helena Richards, John Curtis – teenage years
23/7/10, 6/8/10
Interviewer:
Interview date: 23/7/10, 6/8/10
606
Sriya Gunasekera, Paul Diamond, John Curtis – working life
24/08/2010
Interviewer:
Interview date: 24/08/2010
607
Barbara booth, Sheila Quadling, Peggy Johnson – clothes
17/10/2008
Interviewer:
Interview date: 17/10/2008
608
group and Kathleen Miller – edication, school
01/10/2004
Interviewer:
Interview date: 01/10/2004

« First ‹ Previous 1 17 25 26 27 28 29 37 48 Next › Last »

This is a regularly updated database of recordings made by WFOHW since 1983, and including some other recordings made by Vestry House Museum since 1970.

If you would like to find out more about specific recordings, listen to them, or consult the paper records then contact us.

Use of our recordings is regulated by our Condition of Use; you can check these here.

0:00
0:00