TitleInvisible Histories project interview: Ward and Goldstone - William Garvey
ReferenceSUBJ/INVHIST/1/IH011
Date
23 Jan 2013
CreatorRichards, Trish
Production date 2013-01-23 - 2013-01-23
Scope and ContentAudio file and summary (Word file) of interview with William Garvey, ex-employee of Ward and Goldstone.
Bill Garvey worked at Ward and Goldstone’s from 1961 to 1967. In this interview he talks about getting started in the company after the sudden death of his father, and how they helped to develop his skills by giving him day releases to go first to Openshaw Technical College and then Oldham College. This was followed by his becoming a fully chartered engineer and subsequently leaving the company.
Bill also talks about the ethos at Ward and Goldstone’s including the family nature of the workforce and how the men treated him well after having lost his father. There is a suggestion however that to really advance in the company you had to be a member of the management's family. Daily working life is also discussed, across the variety of jobs held by Bill in his time at the company, along with a more social side of things, like visits to Blackpool and Christmas parties as well as union activity and his continuing interest in the company’s fortunes after leaving.
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
Bill Garvey worked at Ward and Goldstone’s from 1961 to 1967. In this interview he talks about getting started in the company after the sudden death of his father, and how they helped to develop his skills by giving him day releases to go first to Openshaw Technical College and then Oldham College. This was followed by his becoming a fully chartered engineer and subsequently leaving the company.
Bill also talks about the ethos at Ward and Goldstone’s including the family nature of the workforce and how the men treated him well after having lost his father. There is a suggestion however that to really advance in the company you had to be a member of the management's family. Daily working life is also discussed, across the variety of jobs held by Bill in his time at the company, along with a more social side of things, like visits to Blackpool and Christmas parties as well as union activity and his continuing interest in the company’s fortunes after leaving.
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 keywordWard and Goldstone, Garvey, William
SubjectWorkers, Oral history, Manufacturing, Engineering industry
Conditions governing accessOpen
Levelfile
Normal locationDigital Resource - S:\Audio visual archive\Invisible Histories project