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
- Lammas family – Mark William, Elizabeth, Thomas, William, Jessie, Edwin, John, Louisa, Minnie, Ellen, Sarah, Rose, Isobel, Fannie
- Blacksmiths Shop – Queen Street, Richmond (Blacksmith Mark Lammas)
- May’s Store, cnr Queen Street & Gladstone Road, Richmond
- Richmond School – Miss Papps, Miss Johnson, Mr Clark
- Hesseltine’s Grocers Shop – cnr Queen Street & Cambridge Street, Richmond
- Richmond Show Day
- Croucher family – Louise, Hayes
- Mr Saywell, Cobbler
- Mr Coleman, Butcher
- Christmas
- Depression (1930s)
- Cresswell family – Elsie
- Hart family – William
- Murchison earthquake
- Sampson family – Maudie, William, Phillip, George
- World War Two
- Richmond Fire Brigade
Interview Information
- Date of Interview: 31st May, 1984
- Interviewer: Louise Charters
- Length of Transcript: 25 pages
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