Tony Quarterman has spent all his life in Great Witley. Initially Tony attended Great Witley School, then Tan Lane School in Stourport on Severn before starting work in the family road haulage business.
Tony tells us of the many changes his family business has gone through over the years.
Tony was a regular competitor at the Red Marley Hillclimb during the 1950s and 1960s. Tony has also been part of the group which revived the Red Marley Hillclimb in the millennium year.
A keen angler, Tony shares with us his knowledge of the local fishing pools in Great Witley.
Tonys recording: Quarterman_Tony_20170104_1_2_A (52 mins 18 secs)
| Start | Topic | Period |
| 00.20 | Earliest memory search lights over Birmingham | 1940s |
| 00.55 | Milking at the Dairy | 1940s |
| 01.28 | Parents moving to Great Witley | 1930s |
| 02.25 | Dads lorry fleet, coal merchants, lorry driving various makes of lorry, driven over the years | 1950s -1990s |
| 03.40 | Dad buys 329 acres of the Witley Court Estate | 1950s |
| 04.34 | Grandfather living at the Engine House | 1940s |
| 05.00 | Arthur Mores coaches | 1940s |
| 05.27 | School days at Great Witley and later Tan Lane school in Stourport | 1950s |
| 07.00 | Mr Pyatts shop and grocery deliveries | 1950s |
| 07.20 | Great Witley Working Mens Cub at the Village Institute (Village hall) | 1950s |
| 08.00 | Competing at Red Marley Hill climb in 1959 with a BBSA Gold Star | 1959 |
| 0930 | Class win at the 1962 Redmarley Hillclimb | 1962 |
| 11.27 | Resurrecting Red Marley Hillclimb in the Millennium Year | 2000 |
| 13.00 | The big names that used to compete at Red Marley | 1950s/60s |
| 13.34 | One off motorcycle scramble held at Deerbarn Farm | 1953/54 |
| 14.30 | Witley villagers shocked at just how successful the 2000 Red Marley event was | 2000 |
| 16.01 | The “new” Redmarley Hillclimb at Walsgrove Farm | 2001 to date |
| 18.50 | Fishing at the various pools in Great Witley and large perch at the Engine House/cascades | 1950s |
| 20.30 | Villagers swimming in the Washing Pool. Uncle ack Hubbard losing a gold watch at the Washing Pool slab | 1950s |
| 23.05 | Fresh Water muscles in the Washing Pool. The Washing Pool is almost drained in 1976 | 1976 |
| 24.00 | Playing and Magpie shooting at Witley Court (Dudley Zoo using the magpies for animal food) | 1950s |
| 25.00 | The canning factory at Witley Court | 1950s |
| 25.30 | Rabbits and big timber in Witley Court Park in Dads day | 1950s |
| 26.40 | Mr Cotton takes over farming Dads ground in Witley Court | 1950s |
| 27.30 | Unexploded munitions in Witley Park following its use as a range during Second World War | 1950s |
| 28.40 | Transport Cafe at the Hilaries and Mr Holland Bowers observatory made from an aeroplane nose cone | 1950s/60s |
| 30.10 | Planting of the trees on Woodbury Hill and the bluebells | 1950s/60s |
| 32.10 | The Transport Business. Road Haulage, coal, animal feeds, tipper work and then steel haulage for John Tainton | 1950s/2000 |
| 41.41 | Village Social life, shooting, fishing dances etc | 1950s/60s |
| 44.50 | Building the bungalow | 9/80s |
| 48.53 | Tony and Roger Evans rabbit catching at Walsgrove Farm and being questioned by the Police who suspected poaching | 1950s |
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