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Local Tales
Oral History


Listen to a variety of Woking people talking about their lives.




Here we present a mixed selection of other interview extracts. They might be tales from taxi drivers or doctors, from employees of the Sorbo or the old Boots library. They may be memories of playing in the sandpits or of nights out at the Atalanta, of shopping in Robinsons and or of doing the daily commute. You might hear stories of people coming to Sheerwater from the East End or to Maybury from Kashmir. The collection gives a remarkable insight into the lives of people here within living memory.


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Selected recordings

Barbara Beaumont

Barbara talks about working at Boots
Barbara Beaumont
01:41min

Derek Haycroft

Derek talks about his childhood in Woking
Derek Haycroft
03:23min

Janet Hicks

Janet talks about moving to Sheerwater
Janet Hicks
02:15min

Pamela Peachey

Pamela talks about playing by the canal
Pamela Peachey
01:00min

Pino Aina

Pino talks about coming from Sicily to Woking
Aina Pino
03:58min

Ghazala Waheed

Ghazala talks about some cultural differences
Ghazala Waheed
02:13min