Name/Title
Interview with Daisy Prince Walsh [DVD]Entry/Object ID
2019.002.11Description
Interview of Daisy Prince Walsh, long time resident of West Ashley. Mrs. Walsh reminisces about her childhood and also about life in Charleston before, during, and after World II. She was one of nine children. Her mother's family owned Cameron & Barkley and a metal factory. The family lived on St. Philip, Coming, and Pinckney Streets, and later in Garden Hill, an extension off of Rutledge Avenue. Mrs. Walsh recalls her day-to-day life when the family lived downtown: going to school, going shopping, going to Folly Beach, etc. She talks about shopping on King Street and recalls various shops, department and grocery stores, movie theaters, etc., recalling how King Street seemed to be racially based on being above or below Calhoun Street. She also mentions driving on the Old Cooper River Bridge and the origins of the Knights of Columbus Thanksgiving Day Race (now known as the Turkey Day Race). She also recalls life during World War II including rationing, "blackouts," and being afraid. She talks about meeting her husband. After they got married, she and her husband, who was in the Navy, lived in Buffalo for a time but then moved back to Charleston. In 1957, moved to a house on Yeamans Road in Byrnes Down in West Ashley, a neighborhood that had been developed in the 1940s as housing for Charleston Navy Yard workers during World War II. As her family grew, they moved to a second house on Yeamans Road. (She and her husband had eight children.) Then in 1965, they moved to a fairly new neighborhood in West Ashley where she still lives. She recalls life in West Ashley and the changes she has seen there, from the 1950s when it was mostly farmland and how it developed over the years as more and more people moved to the suburbs, including Harrison Acres, Lenevar, North Bridge, and Byrnes Down. She has witnessed many changes in Charleston during her lifetime: how it began as a "small town" and now after so many people from Charleston have left and after so many newcomers have arrived, commenting especially on the traffic.
Recorded as part of HCF's "Changing Neighborhoods" series, made possible by a grant from the Employees Community Fund of The Boeing Company.
Date of interview: December 5, 2018. Interviewed by Katherine Pemberton (HCF) at her home. Leigh Moring (HCF), videographer.
1 DVD: 59:51
Digital files (MP3/audio and MP4/video) on MyPassport-OralHistory (external hard drive)Collection
HCF Oral History CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2019.002Source or Donor
New Library Catalog Records (2019)Acquisition Method
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West Ashley, Lowcountry Digital Library, Changing Neighborhoods, Walsh, Daisy P.--Interviews, Neighborhoods--South Carolina--Charleston, Charleston (S.C.)--Social life and customs, West Ashley (Charleston, S.C.)--Social life and customsPublication Details
Author
Walsh, Daisy P.Series
Historic Charleston Foundation Oral History ProjectDate Published
2019Notes
Copy No.: 1Location
Location
Container
DVD (Videos) Box 1Shelf
AV MaterialsRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023General Notes
Note
Notes: Consent Form and transcript on Media link.
MP3 (audio) and MP4 (video) files on MyPassport hard drive.Created By
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June 12, 2019Updated By
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February 17, 2023