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4� <br />Orange County 250th Anniversary Farm Festival <br />Oral History Corner <br />September 20, 2003 <br />(Interviewer, To assist with transcription, please provide the date and location of the interview, <br />introduce the interviewee, and identify yourself the interviewer.) <br />1. Where (and when) were you born? <br />2. Where do you live? How long have you lived there? <br />3. Did you see something at the Festival that triggered your memory? <br />4. What do you remember from your childhood? What was your family life like? <br />5. Can you describe a typical day when you were a young person, how about as an adult? <br />6. Can you remember the house you grew up in? What was it like? Did you have a lot of <br />farm buildings on your property? <br />7. When did the County begin to get modern conveniences: paved roads, electricity, <br />telephones, in -door plumbing? What was your first car, and when did you get it? <br />8. What do you remember about attending school? Is the building still there? Can you <br />describe the school building? How did you get to school? How long did the school year <br />last? <br />9. What was the role of local churches? <br />10. What do you remember about farm activities? Do you remember when dairy farming <br />became popular? When did farmers start using tractors? <br />11. What impact did tenant farming have on the farming community? <br />12. What did you do for fun? Did you have opportunities for social events? <br />13. How have things changed over the years? Are these changes for the better? <br />14. May we contact you in the future for more specific questions for one of our projects — <br />driving tours or architectural history publication? <br />15. Can you recommend other people for us to interview in the future? <br />Other Topics: <br />University, Military Service, Impact of Great Depression —Wars, Natural disasters <br />Where did you go to town? Hillsborough, Mebane, Chapel Hill, Durham? And how often? <br />