excerpt from 'Letter from Mary Triggle to Prof. John Burnett, 3 July 1974, Langnor, Shrewsbury' pp. 10-11; 13 (150 words)
excerpt from 'Letter from Mary Triggle to Prof. John Burnett, 3 July 1974, Langnor, Shrewsbury' pp. 10-11; 13 (150 words)
| part of | Letter from Mary Triggle to Prof. John Burnett, 3 July 1974, Langnor, Shrewsbury |
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[Mary Triggle worked as a stocking mender from 1901 until she married in 1911] When I was 13 I went to work at I & R Morley’s factory as a stocking mender, my three older sisters were already there […] Saturday morning before breakfast we were allowed to sing & really we had some girls who could sing […] The day I went to work at 13, the leaders meeting decided to invite me to be a member of the choir & we really did learn to sing by heart, Handles [sic] Messiah & other wonderfull [sic] music. Even today when I hear real good singing on either TV or Radio I feel transported to another world & can remember almost any hymn in the Hymn Book, altho I was never a soloist just one among many. […] PS I forgot to mention that we girls at I & R Morley in Heanor were among the first to join a Hosiery Union […] |
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