Bridging the years project: Tape 66 - Interview with Mr Dewhurst (1)
TitleBridging the years project: Tape 66 - Interview with Mr Dewhurst (1)
ReferenceSUBJ/SALFORD/3/67
Date
13 Sep 1989
Production date 1989-09-13 - 1989-09-13
Scope and ContentThe interview covers ratcatchers at the Docks, the fact that his father worked as a haulier at Cowans, Chester Road. It also covers Mr Dewhurst starting work at Lancashire Dynamo as apprentice fitter in 1938, piecework, the Home Guard and firewatching during the second world war, work conditions, trade unions, including the Amalgamated Engineering Union and the apprentice strike.
Extent1 audio cassette
LanguageEnglish
Persons keywordDewhurst, Mr, Lancashire Dynamo and Crypto, Home Guard, Amalgamated Engineering Union
SubjectApprentices, Piecework, World War Two (1939-1945), Working conditions, Trade unions, Strikes, Oral history
Conditions governing accessOpen
Levelfile
Normal locationZ Salford Tapes Box 2 (Room 24)