Margaret Crowe

Margaret Crowe - Training for Secretarial Work

Margaret recalls training in shorthand and typing during the Second World War in Lincoln until she joined the Royal Navy as a Wren in 1944. Audio starts after short delay.

2277 Views

0 Comments

2277 Views

0 Comments

Margaret Crowe - My First Paid Job

Campbelltown Library Life Story Circle

Margaret recalls her first real paid job - at the age of 48!

1780 Views

0 Comments

1780 Views

0 Comments

My First Job

Margaret Crowe

Margaret talks about her first job in the 1940's.

1828 Views

0 Comments

1828 Views

0 Comments

Margaret Crowe - My First Job

Campbelltown Library Life Story Circle

In this story Margaret recalls her first job which was becoming a Wren as it was wartime.

2112 Views

0 Comments

2112 Views

0 Comments

Getting Rescued on Our Golden Wedding Anniversary

Margaret Crowe

Margaret recall her Golden Wedding anniverary weekend in the Barossa Valley, South Australia. During the walk Margaret fell faint and Ted went for help ...... they were finally reunited in hospital early the next morning after a major search by Police and SES. A unique anniversary.

1682 Views

0 Comments

1682 Views

0 Comments

Fashions of My Youth

Margaret Crowe

Margaret recalls the fashions of the 1930's both in terms of clothes and hair. With a sister who was training to be a hairdresser Margaret soon became her model. Margaret also recalls the tunes of the time and going to the cinema where all the films were in black and white...

1721 Views

0 Comments

1721 Views

0 Comments

Youth and Adolesence

Margaret Crowe

Margaret recalls the physical changes of her youth and it affected her life.

1967 Views

0 Comments

1967 Views

0 Comments

Household Routines I Remember

Margaret Crowe

Margaret was born in 1925 and her she recalls the household routines of her childhood in Lincoln, England.

1824 Views

0 Comments

1824 Views

0 Comments

My Friends and the Games We Played

Margaret Crowe

Margaret recalls her friends and the games they played. Her brothers loved hammering nails into planks amongst other things!

1634 Views

0 Comments

1634 Views

0 Comments

My Extended Family

Margaret Crowe

Margaret talks about her extended family - from the past aand extending into the future.

1870 Views

0 Comments

1870 Views

0 Comments

My Siblings

Margaret Crowe

Margaret recalls her brothers and sister and her happy childhood.

1762 Views

0 Comments

1762 Views

0 Comments

My Parents

Margaret Crowe

Margaret talks about her parents and says she could not have wished for better or more caring parents.

1773 Views

0 Comments

1773 Views

0 Comments

Our Honeymoon

Margaret Crowe

Margaret was married on January 31st 1945 and spent her honeymoon in London staying at the Union Jack Club - a hotel for service personnel and their familes at Kings Cross. Immediately after the honeymoon Ted and Margaret rejoined their units and did not see each other again for over a...

1996 Views

0 Comments

1996 Views

0 Comments

How my wedding was planned

Margaret Crowe

Margaret talks about how her family hurriedly arranged her wedding to Ted before he was transferred overseas during World War II. Margaret was 19 years old and Ted was 20.

2072 Views

0 Comments

2072 Views

0 Comments

My Twenty First

Margaret Crowe

This week's topic is "What happened when you you turned 21?" As Margaret said, when she turned 21 she had been married for two years and her twin boys were six months old!