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The Great Depression: Harry Leslie Smith Remembers

In October 1929, Wall Street crashed and the worst depression the world had ever seen began. Harry Leslie Smith grew up in poverty in England during that time.

In October 1929, Wall Street crashed and the greatest depression the world had ever seen began. Harry Leslie Smith tells Witness his story of growing up in extreme poverty in the north of England, and how his sister died of TB in a workhouse infirmary, too poor for proper medical care.

Photo: unemployed men queue for work at a dockyard during the Great Depression (Credit:Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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Thu 29 Oct 2015 08:50GMT

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