List of topics covered by the summaries

Personal details

  • Date of birth
  • Date came to Radley (if different)
  • Address in 1930s/1940s
  • Other family information

Education

  • School/colleges attended
  • Other information about education

Work

  • Occupation and place of work of father
  • Occupation and place of work of mother
  • Occupation and place of work of interviewee in 1930s/40s (if any)
  • Information about farm work and farms
  • Other information about what jobs people were doing

Travel

  • Mode of travel to school
  • Mode of travel to work (interviewee and parents)
  • Any comments about the station and use of the train
  • Any other comments about travel including, including car use and ownership

Buildings – location and characteristics

  • Location of interviewee’s home
  • Any comments on size and facilities of interviewee’s home
  • Any comments on location and characteristics of other buildings in Radley

Services and pastimes

  • Comments about shopping including retail deliveries
  • Comments on health and health services
  • Comments on play, pastimes and recreational activities
  • Comments on religion, church and choir

Miscellaneous

  • Any comments about Radley people not covered elsewhere
  • Comments about Radley College, its way of operating and relations with the village
  • Comments on Coronation and Jubilee events
  • Any information on impact of WW2 in Radley and about wartime activities
  • Other comments and general observations on life in those days