Invisible Histories project interview: Agecroft Colliery - Tony Carroll
TitleInvisible Histories project interview: Agecroft Colliery - Tony Carroll
ReferenceSUBJ/INVHIST/1/IH003
Date
21 Nov 2012
CreatorSteeds, Mary
Production date 2012-11-21 - 2012-11-21
Scope and ContentAudio file and summary (Word file) of interview with Tony Carroll, ex-employee of Agecroft Colliery.
Tony Carroll worked at Agecroft from 1959 to about 1980. In this interview he talks about his career; from the initial training, to his job as a 'shunter', all the way through to retirement after being an accident inspector for the Coal Board. Tony offers a unique viewpoint due to having worked almost every job in the industry.
He also discusses the conditions in the pit, describing the many dangers and difficulties involved in working there, including how coal-face workers went to the toilet, as well as the positive aspects such as the pay and camaraderie of working life. Other areas of life are covered, such as socialising and the drinking abilities of miners. Furthermore he details the history of some of the strikes at Agecroft involving issues which led from pay cuts in the late 1960s to strikes in the early 1970s, as well as giving his view on the colliery’s role in Scargill’s strike of 1984/85.
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this interview are the interviewee’s own, and do not necessarily reflect those of the Working Class Movement Library
Tony Carroll worked at Agecroft from 1959 to about 1980. In this interview he talks about his career; from the initial training, to his job as a 'shunter', all the way through to retirement after being an accident inspector for the Coal Board. Tony offers a unique viewpoint due to having worked almost every job in the industry.
He also discusses the conditions in the pit, describing the many dangers and difficulties involved in working there, including how coal-face workers went to the toilet, as well as the positive aspects such as the pay and camaraderie of working life. Other areas of life are covered, such as socialising and the drinking abilities of miners. Furthermore he details the history of some of the strikes at Agecroft involving issues which led from pay cuts in the late 1960s to strikes in the early 1970s, as well as giving his view on the colliery’s role in Scargill’s strike of 1984/85.
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this interview are the interviewee’s own, and do not necessarily reflect those of the Working Class Movement Library
Extent1 audio file and 2 word files
LanguageEnglish
Persons keywordAgecroft Colliery, Carroll, Tony
SubjectWorkers, Oral history, Miners, Coal industry
Conditions governing accessOpen
Levelfile
Normal locationDigital Resource - S:\Audio visual archive\Invisible Histories project