Oral

Sir Donald Woolfit (1902-1968).

Reminiscences of growing up in Newark by the actor, Sir Donald Wolfitt appear in:

Sir D Wolfit, First Interval: The Autobiography of Donald Wolfit, Odhams, 1954.

Recordings of interviews with residents of the Newark Castle Station Estate are available:

John Elvy, Newark Castle Station Estate: oral history interviews, Nottinghamshire Living History Archive: Project NLHA 2/7, 2001

An accompanying set of transcripts of the interviews has also been produced:

John Elvy, Newark Castle Station Estate: transcripts of original oral history interviews, Nottingham Living History Archive: Project NLHA 2/7, 2001

There is also a booklet on the background to the estate and the project (with selected extracts from the transcripts):

John Elvy, A walk on the wild side. The story of the Newark Castle Station Estate, Nottinghamshire County Council/Nottingham City Council, 2001