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Miscellaneous documents

Reference: D/X 1692 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Jack Collingwood of Tow Law

Covering Dates: 1930s-1991

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Catalogue Description

Records deposited on long-term loan:

4 February 2009 Acc: 7301

Catalogue Contents

Ref: D/X 1692/1

Sound recording of scripted oral history reminiscences of Jack Collingwood concerning his childhood in Tow Law, working at the Tow Law Co-operative Store in the 1930s, serving in the Royal Navy during World War Two (including being stationed at Orkney), and returning to Orkney in his later years, original recorded December 1991 Recorded in 4 chapters: 1) Roots and characters 2) A Glimpse of the Store 3) More Store! 4) War and its Aftermath 5) Pilgrimage to Orkney
(1 audio cassette tape)



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