Communist Party of Great Britain Biographical Project - Pete Betts
TitleCommunist Party of Great Britain Biographical Project - Pete Betts
ReferenceTAPE/613
Date
n.d.
Scope and ContentThis is a copy of a tape held by the British Library, in their Sound Archives, as part of their CPGB Biographical Project.
Details about the tape may be obtained from the British Library web site.
Pete Betts was born in Sheffield in 1948, the seventh of eight children. His father worked on the railways. Pete went to a private convent primary school then to a grammar school. He then studied Art, first in Sheffield and later in Cardiff. He studied for a PGCE in Liverpool, where he later taught. He joined the CPGB in Cardiff in 1968, and remained a member in Liverpool, later on becoming a member of Democratic Left. He was active in many campaigns - Kill the Bill, People's March for Jobs, Medical Aid for Vietnam etc.
There is a Word document giving a synopsis of the interview.
Details about the tape may be obtained from the British Library web site.
Pete Betts was born in Sheffield in 1948, the seventh of eight children. His father worked on the railways. Pete went to a private convent primary school then to a grammar school. He then studied Art, first in Sheffield and later in Cardiff. He studied for a PGCE in Liverpool, where he later taught. He joined the CPGB in Cardiff in 1968, and remained a member in Liverpool, later on becoming a member of Democratic Left. He was active in many campaigns - Kill the Bill, People's March for Jobs, Medical Aid for Vietnam etc.
There is a Word document giving a synopsis of the interview.
Extent2 Cassette tapes
Physical descriptionNWA copy
LanguageEnglish
Archival historyThe Communist Party of Great Britain Biographical Project, part-funded by the Economic and Social Research Council covers the full period of the party's existence (1920-1991) and deals with all aspects of its work including industrial work, educational and cultural activities as well as local and international campaigns. The audio recordings of more than 150 interviews with members and former members of the Communist Party of Great Britain, conducted between October 1999 and September 2001 by a group of historians based at Manchester University have now been deposited in the British Library Sound Archive.
Persons keywordBetts, Pete, Communist Party of Great Britain, British Library National Sound Archive, National Union of Teachers
SubjectCommunism, Graphic arts, Education
Conditions governing accessOpen
Levelfile
Normal locationZ (Room 24)