Somerset Voices : Elsie Frampton

Elsie Frampton (b. 1898) and her son Alan farmed in Ashcott near Glastonbury. The Framptons ran a milk round until 1952. Using a bicycle, they delivered to customers who would come out with their jugs to be filled with milk.  Elsie Frampton was given an Austin car in 1924; she learnt to drive when cars were rare on the roads in Somerset.  When Elsie was younger her uncle bought her a Governess pony trap, which was made in Bristol, they brought it back to Bridgwater by train.

Listen to Elsie and read the transcript

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1 Comment

  1. Anna Frampton said,

    August 30, 2010 at 7:31 pm

    Was your husbands name Jim?


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