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TitleOral history interview with Connie Billings, former Assistant Matron at the Huntingdon Public Assistance Institution in the 1930s
DescriptionConnie Billings describes her responsibilities as Assistant Matron at the workhouse. She talks about inmates daily duties and meal times. Discusses vagrancy and unmarried mothers. Briefly mentions her time working at Edison Bell in the 1920s.
Speakers: Billings, Connie (speaker, female;| interviewee); Keane, Jane (speaker, female; | interviewer)
Recording duration: 15 min. 43 sec.
Recording location: Hemingford Abbots, Huntingdonshire, England, UK

UOSH reference: UNRO063/1
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DateMar 1993
CreatorNameJane Keane in conversation with Connie Billings (1909-1997)
RepositoryHuntingdonshire Archives
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