| Description | Hampton
DOB:21st November 1895
DOD: N/A
Born in Netherton, Dudley, Worcestershire, on Cinder Bank.
Describes an early life in the Black Country with horse-drawn transport and the arrival of electric trams.
Lively and rebellious, often got into trouble; recalls incidents like hiding after disobedience and being spanked.
Grew up in a working-class home with limited but stable means.
Spent time with grandmother and various aunts/uncles.
Childhood environment was industrious, often dirty, and steeped in chapel-going traditions.
Attended Netherton Board School (Infants), moved to Girls Council School (Standard I to V).
Teachers included Miss Ridgeway, Teacher Martina, Miss Weddell, Miss Smart, Miss Adams, and Miss Frost.
Excelled at reading, history, compositon, and geography ut struggled with arithmetic and sewing.
Became a student teacher and returned to the school as attended.
Attended cookery classes at Notherfield Road School.
Became a student teacher at her old school 12 years after being a pupil there.
No detailed employment history beyond education and domestic duties.
Enjoyed reading extensively from a young age (Dickens, history, Robinson Crusoe, etc.).
Helped around the house (cooking, cleaning, running errands).
Sunday School and chapel were central to her weekly life.
Participated in family holidays to Kinver.
Played games like marbles and spinning tops.
Witnessed first electric tram around age 3.
Moved houses multiple times, ending up in Park Road.
Lost a sibling who died at birth.
Grandmother died in 1914, just as WWI began.
Scarborough Fever outbreak affected siblings; she missed school.
Factory (Hampton Bros) expanded under her father's leadership.
Type-written, aged 84 in 1980.
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