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Actions	Interview with Joan Marshall Remove from selection Add to selection TitleInterview with Joan Marshall ReferenceTAPE/155 Date n.d. Scope and ContentJoan Marshall was born in 1926 in Derby. From the age of 6 she lived with a great aunt and uncle who worked as domestic servants in the Dukeries. She went back to live with her parents in her teens. Her mother was in the clothing union, and led a strike, she was a major influence on Joan. Joan joined the Communist Party in 1951. She moved to Manchester, and joined Manchester Unity Theatre. She recalls the cold war peace campaigns. She gives details of the Unity Theatre, and problems of women getting involved in political or union work. She later moved to Shipley/Bradford. Training and move into teaching. Issues around equality. There is a Word document which gives a more detailed summary of the tape. Extent1 cassette tape and 2 digitial recordings Physical descriptionDuration: 1 hr. 04 min LanguageEnglish Archival historyThe views and opinions expressed in the interview(s) are the interviewee’s own, and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of the Working Class Movement Library. The interview may contain attitudes and/or language that some people may find offensive and may contain discussions of events that some people may find distressing. Persons keywordMarshall, Joan, Communist Party of Great Britain, Unity Theatre Club, National Union of Teachers, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament SubjectOral history, Drama, Cold war, Peace movements, Trade unions, Women, Teachers, Clothing industry, Servants Conditions governing accessOpen Levelfile Normal locationZ (Room 24)

TitleInterview with Joan Marshall

ReferenceTAPE/155

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n.d.

Scope and ContentJoan Marshall was born in 1926 in Derby. From the age of 6 she lived with a great aunt and uncle who worked as domestic servants in the Dukeries. She went back to live with her parents in her teens. Her mother was in the clothing union, and led a strike, she was a major influence on Joan. Joan joined the Communist Party in 1951. She moved to Manchester, and joined Manchester Unity Theatre. She recalls the cold war peace campaigns. She gives details of the Unity Theatre, and problems of women getting involved in political or union work. She later moved to Shipley/Bradford. Training and move into teaching. Issues around equality. There is a Word document which gives a more detailed summary of the tape.

Extent1 cassette tape and 2 digitial recordings

Physical descriptionDuration: 1 hr. 04 min

LanguageEnglish

Archival historyThe views and opinions expressed in the interview(s) are the interviewee’s own, and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of the Working Class Movement Library.
The interview may contain attitudes and/or language that some people may find offensive and may contain discussions of events that some people may find distressing.

Persons keywordMarshall, Joan, Communist Party of Great Britain, Unity Theatre Club, National Union of Teachers, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

SubjectOral history, Drama, Cold war, Peace movements, Trade unions, Women, Teachers, Clothing industry, Servants

Conditions governing accessOpen

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Normal locationZ (Room 24)

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