Audrey Wheelband on Chalfont St Peter

Title

Audrey Wheelband on Chalfont St Peter

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Jan 1970

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:45:42

Description

Interview with Audrey Wheelband, author of A Lost Village, who is 77 years old and has lived in Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire her entire life. She is using the proceeds of her book to buy an X-ray machine for the local hospital. She met Winston Churchill on Armistice Day in 1918, and says many of the old buildings in the village were demolished by the council. Female interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Audrey Wheelband

Keywords

Actors; Weapons; Winston Churchill; First World War (1914-1918); Buckinghamshire; Widows; Villages; Lost villages; Historic heritage; Built heritage; Chalfont St Peter; Audrey Wheelband; John Warrender; John Laurie

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