Jack McKay – Born in 1923, Jack’s memories of Dartmouth are as clear now as when a lad

Jack McKay – Born in 1923, Jack’s memories of Dartmouth are as clear now as when a lad
Social History       Audio Memories       Jack McKay        20thC
Category Descriptions
Social History:Audio memories, historic events and important people, and family and everyday life in Dartmouth over the centuries.
Audio Memories:Oral History collection: recordings of interviews with local residents (audio files (.mp3)) covering their memories of life and work, also major events particularly the Second World War.
Jack McKay:Jack was born at Sandquay in 1923. In an interview with Wally Fleet of DHRG, Jack takes an imaginary walk from his home to school, describing people, shops and events he remembers.
DHRG No:102655
Format:Audio File (.mp3)
Synopsis:
Born at Sandquay in1923 Jack McKay talks to Wally Fleet of the History Research Group & together they take an imaginary walk from his home to school in those early days.

During the walk Jack describes the shops, shop owners & families along the route intermixed with tales of events that he remembers as a young school boy.