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The Cogenhoe Oral History Project is now complete and the book which has been produced from it has been launched along with a CD of extracts from some of the interviews. The project represents a lot of hard work from many people and during the past two years, interviewing, word-processing, script-writing and many other skills have had to be learned. Over 50 people from many walks of life have been interviewed and their memories recorded. Some were born here, others worked here and still more came to live here but all have, in one way or another, contributed to the history of the village. Apart from the oral interviews, the book also draws on information from old photographs, maps and other documentary sources, as it looks at Cogenhoe life under a number of headings which include a description of the village at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the 20th centuries; two world wars; school and work; transport recreation; administration and many other aspects of village life. A Century of Change is, however, more than just a collection of facts and names. There are many stories from the past including the dark affair of the Parish Council’s Rochester oil lamp; the passing over the village of the first aeroplane; a description of some of the Cogenhoe residents by a war-time evacuee; the shooting down of a German bomber; and what happened to the girls who didn’t wear an oak leaf on Oak Apple Day. The interviews have generated a large collection of transcriptions which have been collated and bound. The book is in hardback with over 250 pages containing 126 black and white photographs and line drawings and eight coloured plates and will be printed in a limited run. The normal bookshop price will be £29.95. 
The CD is not so much a history, rather it is an opportunity to listen to the memories and recollections of the many people who lived in Cogenhoe and Whiston during this time and who kindly agreed to talk to us. In all over 40 villagers contributed over 60 hours of taped interviews. This has now been condensed down to a double CD with running time of around 120 minutes. A voiceover has been added to link the whole thing together and sound effects have been added to provide some extra atmosphere. To add clarity, the memories been loosely organized into the following subjects - Schooling, Children’s Fun Activities, Earning a pay packet, Leisure Activities, Getting About, Housing and The Village at War 
We have now added to our range of products, a set of notelets of line drawings of village scenes. In a set of six per packet with envelopes these retail at £1.50 and will make ideal presents as well as keeping a set to use to send out those special letters and notes.
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