Collection description:
Social history collection relating to the London Borough of Brent. Brent Museum was formally known as The Grange Museum of Community History. The museum was in a historic house, the Grange, and the initial collection was made up of items left by a local collector who collected items from his global travels as well as items from the local history societies. The collection has continued to grow collecting items which reflect the communities and lives of people who live or work in Brent.

Recordings relating to World War II:
50 (Life histories with references to wartime experiences)

Subjects covered:
Home Front • Evacuees • British Army • Royal Air Force • Women's Land Army 

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Collection description:
We have two principal oral history collections: An oral history project that we ran from 1986-87.
The King's Cross Voices oral history project, funded by HLF, which we have run in conjunction with the London Borough of Islington from 2004-2008. This includes over 400 recordings. We also have a small number of other tape recordings, and some transcriptions of reminiscences (some of World War II) without recordings.

Recordings relating to World War II:
Not specified

Subjects covered:
Home Front • Italian internees on the Isle of Man during WWII

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Collection description:
Gunnersbury Park Museum is the local history museum for the London Boroughs of Ealing and Hounslow. The museum's role is to collect, keep safe and display the past and present history of its two boroughs including Acton, Bedfont, Brentford, Chiswick, Cranford, Ealing, Feltham, Greenford, Hanwell, Hanworth, Heston, Hounslow, Isleworth, Northolt, Perivale and Southall. The museum holds a collection of oral history recordings which include recollections of the Blitz.

Recordings relating to World War II:
Approx 10 (Life histories with references to wartime experiences)

Subjects covered:
Home Front • Indian Armed Forces (held in South Asian archive)

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Collection description:
Ethnic Communities Oral History Project (ref: A2002/18). Founded in 1987 to record and preserve memories from communities in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, including Caribbean, Polish, Irish, Iranian, Greek-Cypriot, Chinese, Spanish (Basque), and Asian (from the Indian sub-continent). The project closed in 2002.

North Kensington Local History Project and Notting Dale Urban Studies Centre (ref: DD/962). North Kensington Local History Project, in operation from 1983 to 1989, worked with groups and individuals on reminiscences and life stories. This included residents from the White City and Old Oak Estates in Hammersmith as well as those from North Kensington. Notting Dale Urban Studies Centre, opened from 1976 to 1997, carried out some reminiscence work, having links with the
Ethnic Communities Oral History Project.

White City Community History Project (ref: DD/963). Ran from 1987 to 1988 as a community club for older people on the White City Estate in Hammersmith

Recordings relating to World War II:
30 (Includes recordings solely focused on wartime experience & life histories which include references to wartime experiences)

Subjects covered:
Home Front • Evacuees • Refugees from Gibraltar • Caribbean Home Front

Collection description:
Wartime Songs; Home Guard Memories, G.Ford; King's Cross Voices (Bill Jones and Stan Pryce); Local Voices.

Recordings relating to World War II:
4 collections (Life histories with references to wartime experiences)

Subjects covered:
Home Front • Evacuees • British Army (Northern Europe) • British Army (Burma/India) • Women's Land Army 

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Collection description:
The Jewish Museum's collection of oral history recordings was begun in the 1980s and comprises around 450 taped interviews with a wide range of Jewish people. Key areas covered include the East End of London, the West End of London, working lives, taxi driving and the Second World War. The online exhibition 'Continental Britons' includes a number of extracts from transcripts. 

Recordings relating to World War II: 
70 (Includes recordings solely focused on wartime experience & life histories which include references to wartime experiences)

Subjects covered:
Home Front • Evacuees • Holocaust related • British Army • ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) • WAAF (Women's Auxiliary Air Force) • Refugees (from Europe)

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Collection description:
For the 'Their Past Your Future' Project (Phrase 1), eight people from the Kingston area spoke about their experiences during the Second World War and were recorded on video for our permanent collections. Extracts can be viewed at http://www.rbksch.org/museum/
We also have a oral history collection of 88 taped life histories, many of which touch upon their experiences during World War Two (these are available as transcripts and on tape) and six written reminiscences that were donated to the local history room for an exhibition at Kingston
Museum in 1993 called 'For Kingston & Country'.

Recordings relating to World War II: 
102 (Includes recordings solely focused on wartime experience & life histories which include references to wartime experiences)

Subjects covered:
Not specified

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Collection description:
Interviews with In-Pensioners of the Royal Hospital

Recordings relating to World War II: 
74 (Includes recordings solely focused on wartime experience & life histories which include references to wartime experiences)

Subjects covered:
British Army (Northern Europe) • British Army (North Africa / Italy)  • British Army (Burma / India) • British Army (other) • Prisoners of War (in German/Italian camps) • Prisoners of War (in Japanese camps)

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