Invisible Histories project interview: Richard Haworth and Company - Freda Henderson
TitleInvisible Histories project interview: Richard Haworth and Company - Freda Henderson
ReferenceSUBJ/INVHIST/1/IH019
Date
1 May 2013
CreatorDymond-Green, Neil
Production date 2013-05-01 - 2013-05-01
Scope and ContentAudio file and summary (Word file) of interview with Freda Henderson who lived near Richard Haworth and Company.
Freda Henderson lived in the area close to Richard Haworth’s Mill when she was younger. The interview talks about myriad aspects of life in and around the area. The house in which she grew up is described, along with the un-plumbed tin bath and crowded conditions. Freda talks about the near-full employment rate, plethora of shops on Regent Road, and trips to the Blackpool Illuminations. She reminisces that there is a whole lot of life which is now gone.
Freda also talks about her family, including her mother, who was mute and deaf, her father who was deaf too but also a communist sympathizer from Latvia who had come to England to escape the Cossacks. Her grandmother is mentioned as well in that she barely communicated with Freda’s mother and because she worked at the mill with her sisters.
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
Freda Henderson lived in the area close to Richard Haworth’s Mill when she was younger. The interview talks about myriad aspects of life in and around the area. The house in which she grew up is described, along with the un-plumbed tin bath and crowded conditions. Freda talks about the near-full employment rate, plethora of shops on Regent Road, and trips to the Blackpool Illuminations. She reminisces that there is a whole lot of life which is now gone.
Freda also talks about her family, including her mother, who was mute and deaf, her father who was deaf too but also a communist sympathizer from Latvia who had come to England to escape the Cossacks. Her grandmother is mentioned as well in that she barely communicated with Freda’s mother and because she worked at the mill with her sisters.
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 1 word file
LanguageEnglish
Persons keywordRichard Haworth and Company, Henderson, Freda
SubjectWorkers, Social conditions, Oral history
Conditions governing accessOpen
Levelfile
Normal locationDigital Resource - S:\Audio visual archive\Invisible Histories project