| Title: |
Jim Collins
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Somerset Record Office. Somerset Archive and Record Service.
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| Collection: |
Exmoor Oral History Archive Collection
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| Description: |
Jim Collins was 16 when he went into the navy. He retired 25 years later, a Lt-Cdr, having spent 19 of those years in ships, including running Russian convoys in the war. He then became the first Exmoor warden, appointed by Somerset County Council, and spent another 25 years with the National Park. One of the first things he did was open up and waymark 700 miles of bridleways. By 1974 he had 12 men under him, working from his home at Cutcombe. Then the new park authority established itself in Dulverton and his role changed.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Audio: |
[Audio available]
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 2001 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Collins, Jim, 1922-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1922
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Somerset, England; England; United Kingdom; Europe
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Military personnel
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| Age at speaking: |
79
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| Document date: |
2001
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| Locations discussed: |
England; Europe; Somerset, England; United Kingdom
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
England; Europe; Exmoor (England)--Biography; Exmoor (England)--History; Moors (Wetlands)--England; Oral history; Somerset, England; United Kingdom
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| ASP release: |
2006-01
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| Document code: |
OHI0033871-37163
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