| Summary: |
Audio recording of oral history interview with Lady Sylvia Corfield, wife of Charles O'Brien Daunt and Sir Conrad Laurence Corfield, covering the period 1900-1947.
Cassette side OA1/17/1: Childhood recollections. Social life at Shillong hill station. Relationship as officer's wife with Indian soldiers. Duties of household servants. Managing the household. Types of meat. Description of clothes. Recollections of Indian princes. Evocative sounds of India; sings ayah's songs. Indian sweetmeats. Description of Indian dinner. Indian festivals.
Cassette side OA1/17/2: Gurkhas sacrificing bullocks. Christmas celebrations. Indian visitors to bungalows; snake charmers. Description of Simla social life. Recollections of Simla riots 1947; leaving by escorted convoy of lorries. Pride in role of British Raj. Childhood recollections of Shillong and local tribes. Description of social life in Shillong; dances. Important role of wives of army officers. Horse riding; polo; hunting.
Cassette side OA1/17/3: Description of tent pegging. Recollections of Simla riots 1947; rescue by convoy; feeling of helplessness. Previous security in contacts with Indians. Support given to husbands in their work by means of these contacts. Story of curtseying at Viceregal Lodge.
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| Main author: |
Corfield; Lady; Sylvia Phyllis Mary (d 1977); née Hadow, wife of Charles O'Brien Daunt and Sir Conrad Laurence Corfield |
| Other authors: |
Allen; Charles (b 1940); historian and interviewer |
| Extent: |
1 hr. 10 min.
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| Admin history: |
British wife of Colonel Daunt in Simla. |
| Access status: |
Closed
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| Access conditions: |
Access to sound recording of this interview is currently unavailable at SOAS Library. The transcript can be consulted. Researchers can access a copy of this sound recording at the British Library Listening & Viewing Service. Reference: C1510/17/01-03. For more details see www.bl.uk/listening or contact listening@bl.uk / 020 7412 7418.
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| Copyright: |
Copyright held by British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) |
| User restrictions: |
Private study only. For publication or broadcast please refer to Archivist |
| Language: |
English
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| Copies: |
Copy available at British Library Listening & Viewing Service. Reference: C1510/17/01-03
Copy available at Imperial War Museum. Reference: 004916/03 |
| Related material: |
Transcript available at SOAS Library. Reference: OA1/17/T |
| Format: |
Archive
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