Pat Pain was born and grew up on Woodbury Hill and his family have farmed in and around Great Witley since the early 1900’s. The family farm was originally part of Witley Court estate.
Pats three recordings:
Witley Court: Pain_Pat_20130313_3_2_A.mp3 (4 mins 10 secs)
The Local Blacksmith in 1948: Pain_Pat_20130313_2_2_A.mp3 (1 min 28 secs)
My life & times: Pain_Pat_20130313_1_2_A.mp3 (30 mins 5 secs)
A list of topics mentioned in the ‘My Life & Times’ recording is shown below with approximate start time (minutes.seconds) into the recording:
| Start | Topic | Period |
| 0.00 | Introduction | |
| 0.30 | Earliest memory walking to school | |
| 0.50 | Where born | |
| 1.30 | Home on Woodbury Hill | |
| 2.20 | School at Great Witley | |
| 4.10 | WW2 – Smashing up old metal water pipes at Witley Court for the war effort | 1940’s |
| 5.01 | Dad gets job working the ground at Witley Court Park | |
| 5.45 | WW2 – Evacuees from London | 1940’s |
| 6.00 | Freedom to roam as a child | |
| 7.00 | Holidays | |
| 9.15 | Local entertainment | |
| 10.30 | Church | |
| 11.00 | Messing around as a child | |
| 11.35 | Local dances | |
| 12.00 | Meeting wife | |
| 13.16 | Kidderminster school | |
| 15.10 | Starting work on the farm | |
| 16.15 | All about the farm | |
| 19.20 | Farming changes over the years | |
| 25.36 | Entertainment as a child, local air gun league, football, and the Hundred House | |
| 28.00 | The Hundred house and local animal sales | |
| 30.00 | Doctors |
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