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HELP! I don't understant anything in this interview, can somebody help me for the transcription ?

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It's in this adress : http://www.showcase.commedia.org.uk/article/articleview/433/1/1/

or here : http://www.showcase.commedia.org.uk/mediamanage/stream/1177.m3u

I tried to do the transcription, but i could'nt, it is about the women land army.

I need to know what they are saying by next monday for my paper.

One last thing, i'm not english, these old women speaking, it's like a "brouhaha" for me, i just understand few words and the questions of the journalist

Thanks

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  1. When I lived in ... we used to live there...there was a woman to look after...this person used to put a glass of milk out at night...we had to go in the fields...to put the shops in the ...I used to go to...there were 2 stations there and i was told ... it took me to the wrong station... he said " Are you expecting somebody?? You are at the wrong station...I will get somebody to take you to the other station"...my job was to water the flowers...there were grapes...I was there for 3 and 1/2 years...I went early in the morning to get the order from the cook...

    The end of the war...it was a nasty drizzling morning...he was working in the garden...the uniform was with a cardigan...one of the old man...Old Tom said the war was finished and there was a lot of celebrations and when the peace celebration in Victoria Park...it was like a commemoration service...I think they had special places..I was in the uniform...we had a profession in the town...recruit people...women positions in society improved then...

    I had to go on a farm and be at work at 7 in the morning...the men were in the field...ploughing...we had to do the dairy work...later came the milk machines and it was easier...I had to sell the milk and one of the men took the milk that remained...in winter it was cold...but I enjoyed the work in the army...and in the summer we helped with the harvesting...the hay and I met my husband there...we got married...the pay was better than domestic pay...we used to feed the cows...the first born...we didn't always have a vet...we took care of the cows...I did not have anything to do with the lambs...one of them used to follow me home...there were no other girls, I was the only one at the farm...I had an army hat...I used to go home late at night, on my bicycle...the dirt used to get in the way...we used to carry a stick with us they wanted me to go home with my sis but I did not want to...

    Anyone interested to work in the army had to write to an address...they were preparing for the war...when war was declared, I applied to join the Army, I was in printing then but eventually, it was declared a "luxury trade" and somebody said to me"There is plenty of money to earn in engineering" and they put me in the air-craft department...I applied to be a driver...I had a 3 wheeled car it was June 1940...we were physically fit and we trained , had to learn how to milk... in June we helped at the farm...it was a small farm, just another girl and me...we did not get much sleep...she came back to Lester and became a post-woman...once they trained you, they did not appreciate you leaving...there was a girl working with the men...horticulture...there was generally farming work...making cheese, butter...I hand-milked the cows...the milk went through a restrained and it was collected...there were pigs, horses there too...I went there and I heard the farmer saying to his son: "The old cow will have a calf'" and I went to search for the cow...it was in the field...with the calf beside her...we ate at 7 o'clock in the morning...we had to get the cows inside in the evening, when it got dark, sometimes the cows were restless...One day the boss said they would take some cows to the market...One cow ran away and I had to go and get it ...but couldn't ...When we got back I had to tell the boss we lost one cow... there was a new cow that did not sit put at milking time and the milk got split...there were eggs to collect from the hens...we had to get water to the working men and carry water to the animals, too...The pigs had piglets and they would get lost...so we had to find them...I picked one up once and it started to squeak...we had to go and make Cobb's of hay...if there was a rain forecast, we had to bring the hay inside...I was offered a job at a hospital then with 62 other girls the lorry driver would come early in the morning...they left  and our girls from the hospital had to cover a large area and I was there, answering the phone and I did the best I could...there was a long dormitory...in between there was a common room...the room was used for all meals...Well, I usually worked in uniform...shirt with short sleeves, a pull-over...the shoes had very strong leather...I worked 3 years in the Army before I got an over coat...16 shillings a week was the pay...3 pounds a week in 1947 when I left the Army...in the evening we could go to the cinema, there were good entertainers among the soldiers... There was a west wing of the building and there was a tough girl there...once a man came to the hospital...I used to change the bed sheets...

    It was very long...sorry...

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