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Actions	Interview with Tom Hadwin, 1976 Remove from selection Add to selection TitleInterview with Tom Hadwin, 1976 ReferenceTAPE/238 Date 18 Feb 1976 Production date 1976-02-18 - 1976-02-18 Scope and ContentTom Hadwin was born in 1898 in West Kirby. He joined the navy in 1916, and was a leading torpedoman at the Battle of Jutland. He left the navy in 1925, and became an electrician then a labourer for the council. He recalls the Russian Revolution, and laying mines at Skagerrak. He joined the Independent Labour Party. He took part in the unemployed workers movement, and formed the Navvies' Union. He joined the Communist Party in 1930. He joined the International Brigade and talks about Spain - the training, action etc. Extent1 cassette tape and 2 digital recordings Physical descriptionDuration: 59 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. Related object Spanish Civil War: Tom Hadwin, biography file Persons keywordHadwin, Tom, Independent Labour Party, Communist Party of Great Britain, International Brigades, Navvies, Builders Labourers and General Labourers Union SubjectOral history, World War One (1914-1918), Naval forces, Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), Trade unions, Electrical engineers Conditions governing accessOpen Levelfile Normal locationZ (Room 24)

TitleInterview with Tom Hadwin, 1976

ReferenceTAPE/238

Date

18 Feb 1976

Production date 1976-02-18 - 1976-02-18

Scope and ContentTom Hadwin was born in 1898 in West Kirby. He joined the navy in 1916, and was a leading torpedoman at the Battle of Jutland. He left the navy in 1925, and became an electrician then a labourer for the council. He recalls the Russian Revolution, and laying mines at Skagerrak. He joined the Independent Labour Party. He took part in the unemployed workers movement, and formed the Navvies' Union. He joined the Communist Party in 1930. He joined the International Brigade and talks about Spain - the training, action etc.

Extent1 cassette tape and 2 digital recordings

Physical descriptionDuration: 59 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.

Related object

Spanish Civil War: Tom Hadwin, biography file

Persons keywordHadwin, Tom, Independent Labour Party, Communist Party of Great Britain, International Brigades, Navvies, Builders Labourers and General Labourers Union

SubjectOral history, World War One (1914-1918), Naval forces, Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), Trade unions, Electrical engineers

Conditions governing accessOpen

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Normal locationZ (Room 24)

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