| Title: |
Tom Rook
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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: |
Tom Rook's parents ran the Ship Inn in Porlock, until 1942 when his mother let it out. He joined James Phillips and Sons a few years later. At that time they were auctioneers, estate agents and corn merchants, with mills at Minehead and Bridgetown. He wanted to become an auctioneer and studied for his professional exams by correspondence course. He became a partner in the early 50s, staying with them as the company evolved. Semi-retired now, he still does a certain amount of work for the firm.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Audio: |
[Audio available]
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1996 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Rook, Tom, 1928-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1928
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Somerset, England; England; United Kingdom; Europe
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| Speaker occupation: |
Auctioneer
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| Age at speaking: |
68
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| Document date: |
1996
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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: |
OHI0033919-37211
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