"It was a very strange day when I returned to Reading on the Monday after the
[Huntley & Palmers] factory had stopped producing biscuits. When you arrived at
work there was always a hustle and a bustle and a big hum about the factory and the
Monday after it closed there was silence".
Midge Harris, remembers the end of biscuit production at Huntley & Palmers in 1976
To find out more about the individual interviews you can download an index of the
collection here: Oral History Index
If you would like to hear any of the interviews or the 'Huntley &
Palmers: A Name to Remember' CD please contact us via the contact page.
How to record Oral History
Reading Museum Service has produced Reading Within Living Memory, a brief and
practical guide to recording Reading's oral history, illustrated by quotes from
Reading Museum Service's growing oral history collection. It also contains
a list of useful contacts and a list of the published local histories of Reading that
have made good use of oral history.
You can download a copy here: Reading Within Living Memory
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