| Summary: |
Audio recording of oral history interview with Dorothy Crichton, covering the period 1920-1945.
Cassette side OA1/21/1: Prior knowledge and first impressions of India. Running the household: duties of servants; description of kitchen; duties of cook. Recollections of bearer and ayahs. Description of servants' uniform. Efforts to respect servants' customs. Active social life in Quetta. Hearing news of Quetta earthquake; previous small earthquakes in Quetta. Advantages of being stationed in frontier hill regions; effects of heat. Attack on husband in Parachinar.
Cassette side OA1/21/2: Description of husband's treatment after attack. Separation from family. Simla dramatic society; social life. Improvements on conditions in India: electricity; bathrooms; sanitation; iceboxes. Fear of snakes. Evocative sights and smells of India. Reading habits. Story of bearer's delight on birth of Mrs Crichton's son.
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| Main author: |
Crichton; Dorothy (fl 1920-1972); wife of Walter Hugh Crichton |
| Other authors: |
Allen; Charles (b 1940); historian and interviewer |
| Extent: |
0 hr. 47 min.
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| Admin history: |
British wife of Chief Medical Officer in Indian Medical Service in Quetta and 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: C1510/21/01-02. 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: C1510/21/01-02
Copy available at Imperial War Museum. Reference: 004920/02 |
| Related material: |
Transcript available at SOAS Library. Reference: OA1/21/T |
| Format: |
Archive
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