This (Figure 1) is a dress that was made one of the winter afternoons that we sat round the dining room table. One of the maids did the embroidery and my aunt made it into a dress. I’m not sure if it’s on the photograph you were talking about before.…

So Katrina, can you tell us some of your earliest memories of your mother? Yes, I think so, I think so. I think that the first memory, and I think it is a real memory, is of when I was about 18 months old, I think. And we were living…

So I thought we would start off by continuing to talk about your aunts, your uncles, your memories of them. Can you remember the names of your aunts and uncles? Yes, my mother’s sister was Agnes and she was a dressmaker. She was very very good at her work and…

So tell us about the church and how important it is to you. The church is 11th, 12th century when a good many of the village churches in Denmark were built and of course the tower was added later and so was the weapon house, which is the entrance that…

It’s Thursday the 23rd of September 2010. My name is Julia Statman and I’m interviewing Karen Finch in her home in Walthamstow. So first of all can you tell me your name, and when and where you were born? Yes, my name is Karen Finch. And I was born in…