| Title |
Leslie Eric Teasdale, Sandy, Utah: an interview by Winston Erickson, August 16, 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. 285 and 286 |
| Alternative Title |
Leslie Teasdale, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Teasdale, Les (Leslie Eric), 1920-2006 |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-08-16 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
England, United Kingdom; Egypt; Italy; Germany |
| Subject |
Teasdale, Les (Leslie Eric), 1920-2006--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, British; Veterans--Utah--Biography; Prisoners of war--Great Britain; Prisoners of war--Italy; Prisoners of war--Germany |
| Keywords |
POWs |
| Description |
Transcript (55 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with Leslie Eric Teasdale on August 16, 2001. This is from tape numbers 285 and 286 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Leslie Teasdale (b. 1920) was born in a suburb of London. He recalls his boyhood and education prior to getting a job with a passenger liner. He was conscripted into the Royal Artillery Coastal Defense Regiment and later served in Egypt, where he was taken prisoner in June 1942. He was subsequently transferred to prisoner of war camps in Italy and Germany. His camp was liberated by the Americans in January of 1945. 55 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
55 pages |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Scanning Technician |
Mazi Rakhsha |
| Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned with Kirtas 2400 and saved as 400 ppi uncompressed TIFF. PDF generated by Adobe Acrobat Pro X for CONTENTdm display |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6q54nvb |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--British; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Prisoners of war |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022828 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6q54nvb |
| Title |
Page 9 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022779 |
| OCR Text |
Show LE LI ERI TE DALE begunin 29? u u t 16 2001 LES: Yeah I remember something like that happening. In 29 I was nine years old and I didn t pay too much interest in world politics and things like that. . WIN: So you didn't really suffer too much from that depression? LES: No, not really. I think my wife probably suffered more than I did. She's a little bit older than me, and she was up in the north of England. It hit the north more than it did the south I think. And she was talking to me. She's often said in the depression they used to go out collecting coal scraps for the fire, and things like that. Soup kitchens they had. WIN: But your father maintained his jobs throughout that time, and so you never suffered? LES: Yes, he did. He wasn't out of work as far as I know. I've never known him to be out of work. He worked all his life until he was 65 when he died. WIN: Okay. Well, let's go back then to after they called you to go back, and you didn't want to do it. What kind of job did you get? LES: Right. The first job I had was with a wine and spirit merchant. Liquor stores they call them over here, but in England it's wines and spirits. And my father knew the owner because he used to do his garden for him. He used to look after his garden; a man called Samuel Powell. And he got me a job there. He got me into this place. Delivery, first of all, on a push bike, a pedal cycle with a big basket on the front. And then I started driving. I could drive when I was eleven years old, actually. But in England it's 16 for a motorcycle, and 17 for a car. And I got my license for a motorcycle when I was 16, a provisional license. And then I went to the authorities to get it changed over for an 7 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6q54nvb/1022779 |
