| 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 41 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022811 |
| OCR Text |
Show LE LIE ERI TEA DALE ugu t 16 2001 were lining up for some cherries and she was in front of me. And when she got up to the e cherries she said "I like the black ones.' She hasn't got that accent now but she had a very pronounced accent. So, I said, "Love, if you want the black ones, you ... ' And I was cheeky, you know, I didn't worry what I did. I picked up these cherries and gave them to her. And she said, "Thank you very much." And she smiled, and she's got this dimple and I went "Bong." And we did fall in love at first sight. After three weeks I was sent away from there, down to the south of England. We corresponded by letter. I had a leave. I went back to Newcastle to talk things over with her; to get to know her better. I brought her back with me. She'd never been to London in her life. She was living on her own. She came from a big family. She was the youngest in a family of nine. She didn't want to worry her family, so she came back with me to London. Within five months we were married. It was 1946 in Wimbledon. And we've been together ever since. And we've done a lot of things. We've run businesses, we've run a guest house, and all sorts. Bit I won't bore you with that part of it. But it was through the war that I met my wife. She had an experience. She was going to marry a guy. He was in the Fleet Air Arm, and he had a wonderful uniform and all that sort of ting. And she was going to marry him, but he jilted her on their wedding day. She got left. He sent her a telegram saying he couldn't go through with it. So she had that experience, and I had this experience with-mine wasn't quite so serious. I met this girl when I came back to England once. The day after I came back I banged into her 39 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6q54nvb/1022811 |
