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Sampson, Elizabeth Maude (Maudie)

Transcript of the Oral History Interview with Mrs Elizabeth Maude Sampson (Maudie)

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Transcript of the Oral History Interview with Mrs Elizabeth Maude Sampson (Maudie)

Abstract

Mrs Elizabeth Maude Sampson (Maudie) of 165 Whitby Road, Wakefield was adopted by Mark and Elizabeth Lammas at the age of three years. Mark Lammas was a blacksmith in Richmond. Mrs Sampson was born in January 1895 and was brought up in Richmond until the end of her schooling years.

Points of Interest

1. Lammas family – Mark William, Elizabeth, Thomas, William, Jessie, Edwin, John, Louisa, Minnie, Ellen, Sarah,     Rose, Isobel, Fannie
2. Blacksmiths Shop – Queen Street, Richmond (Blacksmith Mark Lammas)
3. May’s Store, cnr Queen Street & Gladstone Road, Richmond
4. Richmond School – Miss Papps, Miss Johnson, Mr Clark
5. Hesseltine’s Grocers Shop – cnr Queen Street & Cambridge Street, Richmond
6. Richmond Show Day
7. Croucher family – Louise, Hayes
8. Mr Saywell, Cobbler
9. Mr Coleman, Butcher
10. Christmas
11. Depression (1930s)
12. Cresswell family – Elsie
13. Hart family – William
14. Murchison earthquake
15. Sampson family – Maudie, William, Phillip, George
16. World War Two
17. Richmond Fire Brigade

Interview Information

• Date of Interview:      31^st May, 1984
• Interviewer:            Louise Charters
• Length of Transcript:  25 pages

Copyright Statement

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