Interview with Lady Deborah Dring [sound recording]

Audio recording of oral history interview with Lady Deborah Dring, covering the period 1904-1946. Cassette side OA1/28/1: Advantages and disadvantages of life in India. Methods of alleviating heat. Family connections with India. Arrival in India. Childhood recollections of India: family bungalow; f...

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Archive & Special Collections OA1/28/1-3 Closed

Date(s) of creation: 1972-1974
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Dring; Lady; Alice Deborah (1904-1974)); née Marshell, wife of Sir Arthur John Dring
Other authors: Allen; Charles (b 1940); historian and interviewer

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scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber OA1/28/1-3
callnumber_txt OA1/28/1-3
callnumber-sort OA1/28/1-3
prefix_number 1-3
title Interview with Lady Deborah Dring [sound recording]
scb_date_creation 1972-1974
scb_level Item
level_sort 8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item
scb_extent 1 hr. 16 min.
author Dring; Lady; Alice Deborah (1904-1974)); née Marshell, wife of Sir Arthur John Dring
author_facet Dring; Lady; Alice Deborah (1904-1974)); née Marshell, wife of Sir Arthur John Dring
Allen; Charles (b 1940); historian and interviewer
authorStr Dring; Lady; Alice Deborah (1904-1974)); née Marshell, wife of Sir Arthur John Dring
author_letter Dring; Lady; Alice Deborah (1904-1974)); née Marshell, wife of Sir Arthur John Dring
author2 Allen; Charles (b 1940); historian and interviewer
author2Str Allen; Charles (b 1940); historian and interviewer
format Archive
scb_admin_history British civilian wife of Major-General in Indian Army.
description Audio recording of oral history interview with Lady Deborah Dring, covering the period 1904-1946. Cassette side OA1/28/1: Advantages and disadvantages of life in India. Methods of alleviating heat. Family connections with India. Arrival in India. Childhood recollections of India: family bungalow; father's bearer; ayahs; governesses; Indian languages. Muharram and Dipavali Indian festivals. Fascination of Indian bazaars. Indian food. Contacts with Indian children and other English children. Recreations. Cassette side OA1/28/2: Relaxation of social customs after First World War. Influence of motor car. Return to India at age of 19; shipboard romances; 'Fishing Fleet' girls. Social life in Calcutta. Marriage and honeymoon. Aspects of life as officer's wife: separations; cantonments; bungalows; gardens and gardening; constant moves; hiring furniture. Indian carpenters and tailors. Itinerant visitors. Cassette side OA1/28/3: Breaking of monsoon. Description of childhood clothes and topees. Indian magicians. Recollections of travelling in India. Indian cooks and cookery. Visits to jungle; camping. Christmas camps. Evocative sounds of India; scent of flowers.
scb_access_status Closed
scb_conditions_gov_access 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: C1510/28/01-03. For more details see www.bl.uk/listening or contact listening@bl.uk / 020 7412 7418.
scb_copyright Copyright held by British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
scb_use_restrictions Refer to curator.
language English
language_search English
scb_copies Copy available at British Library Listening & Viewing Service. Reference: C1510/28/01-03 Copy available at Imperial War Museum. Reference: 004927/03
scb_related_material Transcript available at SOAS Library. Reference: OA1/28/T
hierarchy_top_id_raw OA1
hierarchy_sequence OA1.0028.001-3

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