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Oral History Heritage Project Interviews 1-10 Interviews 11-20 Interviews 21-30 Interviews 31-40 Interviews 41-50 Polio Memories A Memorial Tribute A Mothers Diary Nightmare

Audio Interviews 21-30 in the Oral History Project Lydia Taylor Lydia contracted polio in 1943 aged 6. A story of life before the NHS. JavaScript is disabled! To display this content, you need a JavaScript capable browser. Adobe Flash Player not installed or older than 9.0.115! 18:25 Tony Gould Tony contracted polio in 1938 aged 20.  At the time he was serving in the 7th Gurka Rifles. He became a successful author with an award winning publication.  A Summer Plague: Polio and its Survivors. Adobe Flash Player not installed or older than 9.0.115! 65:02 Elizabeth Luxton Elizabeth contracted polio in 1947 aged 25 . At the time she was living on a farm. She had a 2 year old child and was about to give birth to her second child. JavaScript is disabled! To display this content, you need a JavaScript capable browser. Adobe Flash Player not installed or older than 9.0.115! 30:42 Chris Sampson Chris contracted polio in 1954 aged 7. In her interview she talks about the trauma of hospital life. In later life she had and still has an amazing job JavaScript is disabled! To display this content, you need a JavaScript capable browser. Adobe Flash Player not installed or older than 9.0.115! 59:29 Jose Galland Jose contracted polio 1949 aged 12yrs. While in hospital she met Sister Kenny and had the Kenny treatment which was radical at the time. JavaScript is disabled! To display this content, you need a JavaScript capable browser. Adobe Flash Player not installed or older than 9.0.115! 22:53 Stella Musiywa Stella contracted polio in 1955 aged 23yrs in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and in her interview she talks about her life JavaScript is disabled! To display this content, you need a JavaScript capable browser. Adobe Flash Player not installed or older than 9.0.115! 35:18 Pami Loomba Pami contracted polio in 1961 in India aged 3.  She speaks of her life there and later in this country. JavaScript is disabled! To display this content, you need a JavaScript capable browser. Adobe Flash Player not installed or older than 9.0.115! 32:24 Fred Frost Fred contracted polio in 1939 between 3 and 4yrs old. He tells a story of adventure and International travel, taking every opportunity that came his way JavaScript is disabled! To display this content, you need a JavaScript capable browser. Adobe Flash Player not installed or older than 9.0.115! 42:38 Jashwart Thakker Jashwart contracted polio in 1948 18months old in Uganda.  He tells of the struggle to get around as a child and eventually learning to stand and walk with help and encouragement from his father.  His family was expelled from Uganda and came to the UK. JavaScript is disabled! To display this content, you need a JavaScript capable browser. Adobe Flash Player not installed or older than 9.0.115! 26:11 Rosalind May Rosalind contracted polio in 1945 aged 20 while serving in the Wrens in Alexandria, Egypt.  She tells of her hospital treatment and physiotherapy, going on to University on her own and subsequent work as a teacher. JavaScript is disabled! To display this content, you need a JavaScript capable browser. Adobe Flash Player not installed or older than 9.0.115! 30:59