Title:
Interview with Albert Jones
Level: Category
Sound Archive
Level: Fonds
TED HALEY RECORDINGS
Level: Series
Southend recordings
Scope and Content:
History of Jones Stores, Canvey Island.

[0:00] Father opened business in 1928 having come to Canvey from Gravesend [Kent] [4:15] Deliveries; selling chocolate on the beach in summer [5:45] Other shops on the island [7:50] Amount of traffic before and after the bridge to the mainland was built [9:00] Income dependant on weather [9:45] World War II - effect on business [11:00] After the war, the number of visitors diminished but the number of residents increased [13:30] 1953 floods [17:00] Opened a new supermarket in 1960s [19:00] Retirement [20:00] End.
Dates of Creation:
17 May 1983
Extent:
20 minutes
Creator Name:
Edward Haley
Custodial History:
Ted Haley Accession Number A0134
Physical Characteristics:
C60 cassette
Related Unit of Description:
A photograph of Mr Jones outside his shop is catalogued as SA 20/1/23/4

Key terms

TypeKey termsDescription
Subjects Floods Interview with Albert Jones about the history of Jones Stores of Canvey Island, 1983
Subjects Second World War Interview with Albert Jones about the history of Jones Stores of Canvey Island, 1983
Subjects Shops Interview with Albert Jones about the history of Jones Stores of Canvey Island, 1983
Personal Names Albert
Jones 		Interview with Albert Jones about the history of Jones Stores of Canvey Island, 1983
Place Names Canvey Island Interview with Albert Jones about the history of Jones Stores of Canvey Island, 1983
Place Names Canvey Island Interview with Albert Jones about the history of Jones Stores of Canvey Island, 1983
Document Types Sound recording Interview with Albert Jones about the history of Jones Stores of Canvey Island, 1983