Description: Interviews with five ordinary people from the London Borough of Harrow about their experiences of life in the area made at the turn of the Twentieth Century. The residents interviewed are: Anna Garland, Rose Harvey, Phyllis Trott, Ken Sanders, Richard Trott. Marking the fact that the turn of the century is also nearly 50 years after the end of the Second World War, the period of that conflict is the main topic discussed. The interviewees speak about their experiences of working during the war including serving in the forces and being in the Home Guard. Anna Garland talks about working as a services driver. The impact of the war is highlighted through stories of air raids, bomb shelters, and fire watching. Ken Sanders also talks about his wartime marriage and a difficult honeymoon in Ashbourne, Derbyshire. The recollections of the interviewees begin with some brief early memories of the First World War breaking out. The edited video piece is followed by the unedited interviews. Anna Garland (recorded on the 3rd October 1994) speaks additionally about life around Rayners Lane, school life, going to work, her post-war employment within London Transport in administration and advertising, and life in retirement. Rose Harvey (recorded on the 5th October 1994) speaks additionally about her early life in Battersea, moving to Marylebone, working in Selfridges department store, and her political views (anti-Labour). Phyllis Trott (recorded on the 8th October 1994) speaks additionally about her childhood in Paddington, school life in Hammersmith, studying at Homerton College, working as a teacher in Hendon, Surrey and Harrow, moving to Pinner after the war, and her engagement with local politics through the Labour Party. Richard Trott (recorded on the 28th November 1994) speaks additionally about his childhood on the Queen's Park Estate in Paddington, on the Portobello Road in Notting Hill and West Hampstead, apprenticing as a printer in Paddington Green, working as a compositor, the terror of automobiles and road traffic, being a socialist and member of the Labour Party, and his hopes that people will work together more in the future. Ken Sanders, (recorded on the 22nd November 1994) speaks additionally about having childhood pneumonia, living on a farm near Birmingham as a child, working as a civil servant and for the Civil Aviation Authority, the difficulties associated with his courtship and marriage, his general dislike in all political parties and his thoughts on reducing the working week to increase employment opportunities.