Shirley Poynter born in Hull in the 1930’s talks about growing up in Hull during the war, being evacuated and losing her father at a young age.
Shirley talks about leaving school and going to work, going out and courting, getting married, having children and buying a house.
Shirley talks about her later working life, cleaning empty buildings all over town and some stories of the people she would visit as a home help.
Shirley on her wedding day 1954
Shirley – on the right 1947
Shirley 1947
Shirley with her children 1959
Shirley age 18 in 1952
Shirley as a baby in 1934
Shirley with her mother and Patsy at Sewerby Hall 1948