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Oral History Recordings

Oral history captures personal stories and memories, offering unique insights into the past. This section explores diverse experiences, bringing history to life through individual voices. If you have recordings to share, or would like to share your memories, please email clerk@gawsworthpc.org.uk

Ernest Bayley, 1993

This recording is of John Richards interviewing Ernest Bayley in 1993. Ernest, of the Warren Cottage, was 87 when this was recorded. In the recording, Ernest talks of Gawsworth in the early 1900s.

Topics covered: Gawsworth Hall, Village Characters, Gawsworth Church, the New Hall, Harrington Arms, the Old Rectory, the pond emptying and more.

Ernest Bailey