I am very pleased to say that the West Yorkshire Archive service have accepted the Back-Chat Collection interviews into their permanent archives thus ensuring their accessibility to the public for many generations to come.

You can hear this interview by simply clicking the West Yorkshire Archive Link where you will find all of the Back-Chat Collection interviews listed in alphabetical order along with captioned photographs.

If you would like to contact The Back-Chat Collection please do email me at carloharrison1947@gmail.com.

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Judith Penny

Born

May 1946 at the Four Gable Nursing Home, Horsforth

Background

Grew up and lives in Carlton.

Date of Interview

1st April 2020

“Yes I am happy for you to include my interview. I can’t imagine it will be as good as the ones I have listened to, but do go ahead.”

Judith Penny (24th June 2021)

I was so pleased when Judith Penny agreed to be interviewed for The Back-Chat Collection. Judith was in the year above me at school, but I had known her name and that of the family’s farm in Carlton, (Penny’s Farm) from way back.
Judi moved from Church Garth in Carlton to Carlton Hall – a rather grand establishment. She now lives in the hall’s mistle (cow shed), but I suspect that it has been extensively renovated from its original days.
Family life on the farm when she was younger included milking the cows on freezing Yorkshire winter mornings. 
Judi has had sadness in her life her brother died tragically, but she is a lady with spirit. 
Hairdressing, modelling and teaching form the backbone of her working life as well as becoming a verifier for BTec/Edexcel and then, at 64, she went off back packing across the globe with a friend. 
She has interesting stories to tell including the army camp at Carlton and the AVRO so there is a lot to listen to.

Interviewer: Carlo Harrison

Cataloguer: Fiona Quinton


HTML5 Audio Player

You can listen to the entire recording by clicking the start arrow or, you can move the slider to one of times shown for the headings opposite, they are a guide to the many things we chatted about.
Coronavirus
01.25
Penny’s Farm – Carlton
05.05
Family Life
07.50
AVRO
08.15
Army Camp – Yeadon
13.45
Family Life
17.55
Kennels – Carlton
18.40
Brother
21.10
Carlton Hall
22.30
South View School
24.20
Farm & Dairy
25.15
Moons Mill
27.00
South View & Benton Park Schools
29.05
Working Life – Hairdressing – Modelling
31.45
Married Life
34.50
Working Life – Hairdressing – FE Teaching
39.05
Back Packing At 64 Years Old
42.45
Brexit
49.00
Coronavirus
50.15

 

Please take into consideration when listening to these interviews that the meaning of language changes over time and that interviewees have not intended to cause offence by anything said which now may be thought to be unacceptable.

Recording this social history, chatting to different people about a whole host of subjects has been a real pleasure, such an interesting and I think worthwhile project for people to listen to both now and in years to come.

Thank you for visiting this website.

Carlo Harrison