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PHS027 Maggie Thoyts MP3

PHS027 Maggie Thoyts MP3
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Audio details

Collection Title Pompey Champions of England
Date of Recording 27th April 2021
Name of Interviewer Mick Comben
Location of Interview Telephone
Participant Name Maggie Thoyts
Participant Date of Birth 1st January 1932
Participant Sex Female
Participant Occupation Civil Servant
Participant Background Not Recorded
Type of Recorder iPad
Track No 1
Track Duration [00:45:01]
Recording Format MP3
Transcript Summary [00:00:41] Background to the photo of the championship banner that we first saw Maggie in and living in Portsmouth with her mother who worked in the dockyard
[00:01:35] Introduced to football by a friend of her Mothers, and beating Charlton 3-1
[00:02:20] Memories of the number of women at games
[00:03:30] Memories of the bomb sites after the war and which roads were bombed or flattened and being by the sea
[00:06:10] Importance of Pompey in the community, players were big stars, discusses the various players
[00:07:00] Answers questions about Pompey in the community
[00:15:00] Answers questions about the atmosphere
[00:32:00] Memories of Monty
[00:33:00] Talks about the photo that we have with her (as almost the only female) standing near the Championship winning banner
[00:45:01] Ends
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Copyright Holder Pompey History Society / Portsmouth FC