TitleInvisible Histories project interview: PR Jackson and Company - Jim Lockett
ReferenceSUBJ/INVHIST/1/IH006
Date
10 Jan 2013
CreatorDomville, Kirsty
Production date 2013-01-10 - 2013-01-10
Scope and ContentAudio file and summary (Word file) of interview with Jim Lockett, ex-employee of PR Jackson and Company.
Jim Lockett worked at PR Jackson and Company from the 1940s until the late 1980s, with a gap in the middle when he was in the army. He started out at David Brown Jackson’s in the fettling shop, later going into the PR Jackson foundry. He went into the army in 1945, and returned to the foundry in 1948, going on to do machine work. He explains that foundry work especially was hard, like the mines, and that a lot of his co-workers ended up with health problems, as did he, due to the poor health and safety. There were a number of accidents at work including ones related to asbestos, with one man getting asbestosis at the age of 25.
Other issues discussed in the interview were social activities such as picnics and trips to Blackpool, and the number of pubs in the area. Union activity is mentioned quite a lot and Jim speaks of how hard it was to get change in the factory, which was an unequal place in terms of workloads and pay. He acted as spokesperson at one time as the Union rep. was off ill and recalls an 11 week strike while he was there.
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
Jim Lockett worked at PR Jackson and Company from the 1940s until the late 1980s, with a gap in the middle when he was in the army. He started out at David Brown Jackson’s in the fettling shop, later going into the PR Jackson foundry. He went into the army in 1945, and returned to the foundry in 1948, going on to do machine work. He explains that foundry work especially was hard, like the mines, and that a lot of his co-workers ended up with health problems, as did he, due to the poor health and safety. There were a number of accidents at work including ones related to asbestos, with one man getting asbestosis at the age of 25.
Other issues discussed in the interview were social activities such as picnics and trips to Blackpool, and the number of pubs in the area. Union activity is mentioned quite a lot and Jim speaks of how hard it was to get change in the factory, which was an unequal place in terms of workloads and pay. He acted as spokesperson at one time as the Union rep. was off ill and recalls an 11 week strike while he was there.
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 keywordPR Jackson and Company, James Hodgkinson (Salford) Limited, David Brown Limited, Lockett, Jim
SubjectWorkers, Oral history, Foundry workers, Foundries
Conditions governing accessOpen
Levelfile
Normal locationDigital Resource - S:\Audio visual archive\Invisible Histories project