Interview with Ida Hackett
TitleInterview with Ida Hackett
ReferenceTAPE/207A
Date
n.d.
Scope and ContentIda Hackett was born in Mansfield. Her grandfather and father ran the Socialist Sunday School. Her mother and father were politically active in the Labour Party. She worked for the Co-operative, and joined the shop workers union. She joined the Communist Party in 1938, and talks about selling the Daily Worker, their pamphlets, the strikes, and the meetings. She talks about the Communist Party in World War Two. She then worked at Barringer, Wallace and Manners. She joined the Transport and General Workers' Union, and was chairman of the joint shop stewards committee. [The interview is continued on TAPE/207B]
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There is a Word document which gives more detail.
A digital recording of this tape is available to listen to at the library
Extent1 cassette tape and 2 digital recordings
Physical descriptionDuration: 1 hr. 3 min
LanguageEnglish
Persons keywordHackett, Ida, Communist Party of Great Britain, Transport and General Workers' Union, Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers, Daily Worker, British Soviet Friendship Society
SubjectOral history, Co-operatives, World War Two (1939-1945), Trade unions, Shop stewards, Strikes, Socialist Sunday Schools
Conditions governing accessOpen
Levelfile
Normal locationZ (Room 24)