Identity area
Reference code
AR769
Title
Date(s)
- c.1973 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
6 items
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Administrative:
Dorothy Lowe (nee Copsey) died in 1988, aged 83. Following the death of her husband Arthur in 1973 she handwrote and then typed her memories of the war years for her children. Her eldest daughter Evelyn then retyped and edited them in 2004.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
1) Memories of the Second World War, 1939 - 1945 recorded by Dorothy Lowe and typed by her daughter Evelyn Houghton. Contains descriptions of ARP work, domestic air raid precautions (including Morrison shelters), the flying bomb of June 1944 which destoyed their house in Norbury and the experience of being rehoused.
2) Memories of 1944 recorded and typed by Evelyn Houghton.
3) Four photographs:
a) 12 Acacia Road, Norbury following bombing of June 1944.
b) Morrison Shelter with Evelyn Lowe and Hilary Lowe.
c) Norbury ARP including Arthur Lowe.
d) Montage of contemporary newspapers with revolver.