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Actions	Interview with JK Gardner and Ruth Frow Remove from selection Add to selection TitleInterview with JK Gardner and Ruth Frow ReferenceTAPE/087/1 Date 16 Feb 1976 Production date 1976-02-16 - 1976-02-16 Scope and ContentJK Gardner talks about the firm L Gardner of Patricroft. He recalls starting with the firm, his family connection, products (auto engines) the paternalism of the firm, the women workers etc. JK Gardner describes to Ruth Frow, how from an early age, the Gardner children went around the Gardner factory, then when they grew up, some but not all, went to work there. He describes how Gardners has changed over the years, from employing six hundred to nearly three thousand. He talks about how he envisages diesel becoming more common in saloon cars. He said that Britain does not produce a diesel car apart from the Austin taxi. Gardners produced diesel engines for large trucks, buses, boats and submarines. Ruth asks him if and how the family influence has decreased with the increase of the firm's size. The discussion moves across many topics - female staff, apprenticeships etc. The interview is recorded on side 1 only. Extent1 side of a cassette tape and 1 digital recording Physical descriptionDuration: 36 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. Persons keywordFrow, Ruth, L Gardner and Sons SubjectOral history, Engineering industry, Transport Conditions governing accessOpen Levelfile Normal locationZ (Room 24)

TitleInterview with JK Gardner and Ruth Frow

ReferenceTAPE/087/1

Date

16 Feb 1976

Production date 1976-02-16 - 1976-02-16

Scope and ContentJK Gardner talks about the firm L Gardner of Patricroft. He recalls starting with the firm, his family connection, products (auto engines) the paternalism of the firm, the women workers etc. JK Gardner describes to Ruth Frow, how from an early age, the Gardner children went around the Gardner factory, then when they grew up, some but not all, went to work there. He describes how Gardners has changed over the years, from employing six hundred to nearly three thousand. He talks about how he envisages diesel becoming more common in saloon cars. He said that Britain does not produce a diesel car apart from the Austin taxi. Gardners produced diesel engines for large trucks, buses, boats and submarines. Ruth asks him if and how the family influence has decreased with the increase of the firm's size. The discussion moves across many topics - female staff, apprenticeships etc.
The interview is recorded on side 1 only.

Extent1 side of a cassette tape and 1 digital recording

Physical descriptionDuration: 36 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.

Persons keywordFrow, Ruth, L Gardner and Sons

SubjectOral history, Engineering industry, Transport

Conditions governing accessOpen

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Normal locationZ (Room 24)

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