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Mr and Mrs Nunn
Mr and Mrs Nunn
Mr Nunn remembers the early days of the Town Centre.
Mr Nunn discusses the early days of the Town Centre and what kinds of shops were available; “It was a very small community”
https://www.talkingnewtowns.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Nunn-early-experience.mp3
Mr Nunn talks about first finding work when he first moved to Stevenage
Mr Nunn discusses the companies in early Stevenage and how he found a job suitable for his family
https://www.talkingnewtowns.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Nunn-finding-work.mp3
Mrs Nunn remembers visiting Stevenage for the first time to see potential homes, while the town was being built.
“There weren’t any shops really to speak of and my father did get this house in Marymead Drive. It was really nice and we lived on the end of a row on the corner, so we had quite a nice garden.”
https://www.talkingnewtowns.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Nunn-visiting-Stevenage.mp3
Mrs Nunn talks about the shopping situation in Stevenage during its early years.
Mrs Nunn discusses how you could do your shopping in the early days of the new town, including the grocery vans that used to come round.
https://www.talkingnewtowns.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Nunn-Shopping.mp3
Mrs Nunn talks of the circumstances which brought her and her family to Stevenage from Wanstead.
Mrs Nunn talks about why her family moved out of London, and how the war and work helped to effect this decision.
https://www.talkingnewtowns.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Nunn-circumstances.mp3
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