Ep03: Her Little Butterfly

01/23/18 • 5 min

From toddlerhood onwards, Shirley was raised by her ‘beautiful’ grandmother in Dominica while her parents worked abroad. She talks about the values her grandmother gave her and the decisions she made about childcare when she had her own children in the UK.

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Credits:

Narrator: Shirley Peters

Interviews and editing: Rosa Schling

Music: Luke Christie

Photograph: Sophie Polyviou

Kindly funded by the Gilda Street Trust in memory of historian and author Gilda O'Neill.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Credits:

Narrator: Shirley Peters

Interviews and editing: Rosa Schling

Music: Luke Christie

Photograph: Sophie Polyviou

Kindly funded by the Gilda Street Trust in memory of historian and author Gilda O'Neill.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Ep02: That Was My Job

Sylvia was brought back from evacuation during the war as a ten-year-old to be the main carer for her baby brother while her mother was unwell.

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Credits:

Narrator: Sylvia Clarke

Interviews and editing: Rosa Schling

Music: Luke Christie

Photography: Sophie Polyviou

Kindly funded by the Gilda Street Trust in memory of historian and author Gilda O'Neill.

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Ep04: Right Next Door

Brenda unexpectedly became a single mum in the 1970s, after moving back home to the East End. She describes the ups and downs of bringing up her son with his grandparents living next door.

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Credits:

Narrator: Brenda Crew

Interviews and editing: Rosa Schling

Music: Luke Christie

Photograph: Sophie Polyviou

Kindly funded by the Gilda Street Trust in memory of historian and author Gilda O'Neill.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.