Angela Rawlinson
Angela (Anne) Rawlinson was born in Burwell in 1933, as were both her parents. ‘My first memory was of an ARP warden cycling along the Ness Road where I lived at the time, ringing a bell to announce that war had started. We had an air-raid shelter in the garden, and took evacuees, I don’t know how we managed in a two-up two-down. My father was an auxiliary firefighter and The Fox public house was the fire depot then. I don’t remember much about the bombing, but I do remember incendiary bombs landing on the railway line in the village …’
| Time | Topics described |
| 00:00:00 | Tape Introduction |
| 00:00:30 | Angela (Anne) Rawlinson born 1933 in Burwell Village |
| 00:00:45 | Earliest memory is outbreak of war being announced by ARP warden |
| 00:01:00 | First house in Ness Road then moved to North Street during war years |
| 00:01:30 | Air raid shelter in garden of two up two down house |
| 00:02:00 | Had evacuees during war |
| 00:02:15 | Father was a fire warden at depot in garage of Fox public house |
| 00:02:45 | Incendiary bombs along railway line |
| 00:03:15 | Father Bertram Goodchild who was a builder who worked on airfields during war |
| 00:03:45 | 10 aunts and uncles in village, no brother and sisters |
| 00:05:00 | Grandparents lived next door in North Street |
| 00:05:15 | Father worked on University Library in Cambridge and built several houses in Burwell |
| 00:07:00 | Memories of St Mary’s School, Burwell and then school in Cambridge when 11 |
| 00:08:45 | In Girl Guides |
| 00:09:45 | Mother and daughter evacuees provided a friend to play with during war |
| 00:10:30 | Visiting father at fire station |
| 00:11:45 | Cycling to Newmarket and getting into queue for sponge cakes |
| 00:12:30 | Learning German at school and enjoying science |
| 00:14:00 | Took civil service exam at 16 and went to work for ministry of labour |
| 00:16:00 | Typical day in Newmarket and Bury St Edmunds employment office |
| 00:17:00 | Married at 21. Husband, David, worked in his father’s garage in Burwell |
| 00:18:30 | Enjoyed dancing with husband at Athenaeum in Bury St Edmunds |
| 00:19:30 | Shared house with husband’s parents for 6 years and had two children, Davina and Robin |
| 00:20:30 | Husband worked as a drainage engineer in Upware during harsh winter of 1963 |
| 00:21:15 | Eventually returned to live with Anne’s parents in Burwell |
| 00:21:45 | Memories of village when father was alive |
| 00:22:00 | Grandson now lives next door and grand daughter also lives in village |
| 00:23:00 | Burwell shops |
| 00:24:00 | Memories of Steven’s windmill and mineral water works |
| 00:26:00 | When King and Queen came to Burwell village |
| 00:27:15 | Memories of uncle’s farm and great uncle’s threshing machines |
| 00:28:00 | Gleaning on farm (picking up corn for chickens) |
| 00:29:00 | Close family connections |
| 00:29:45 | Soldiers stationed at nearby Grange |
| 00:30:45 | Paying for health services before NHS |
| 00:32:15 | Spent a lot of time at church and walks in the meadows on Sundays |
| 00:33:00 | Holidays at Lowestoft and London |
| 00:34:00 | Had an allotment during war |
| 00:36:00 | Husband started a laundrette in village in 1973 and went on to have 7 laundrettes |
| 00:38:00 | Old photograph of parents at an unknown gathering |
| 00:39:30 | Photo of Anne (Goodchild) dressed as an aeroplane from page 73 of Heather Richardson book, Fancy Dress Victory Celebration |
| 00:40:28 | Finish |