| Name of interviewee: | Pat Connell, Mary Birds, Alan Birds |
| Their workplace: | Richard Haworth Mill |
| Date of interview: | 13/12/2012 |
Listen to the interview:
Part 1
Part 2
Interview summary:
| Recording 1 | |
| Birthplaces and date of birth |
0.00 |
| Date started, why they began work at Richard Haworth Mill and how long worked there for-Alan Birds (first job from school) |
1.07 |
| Date started, why they began work at Richard Haworth Mill, how long worked there for -Mary Birds |
1.53 |
| Date started, why they began work at Richard Haworth Mill, how long worked there for and role- Pat Connell |
2.10 |
| main employer of the area |
2.30 |
| Why they came to work at mill and their role-Mary Birds as a pieceworker |
3.10 |
| Why they came to work at mill and their role-Pat Connell |
4.00 |
| Maternity leave-Pat Connell |
4.30 |
| Reasons for leaving-rumoured closure of mill-Pat Connell |
5.28 |
| Maternity leave- Pat Connell |
5.45 |
| Why they came to work at mill -Alan |
6.12 |
| Conditions at the mill-industry context and details of job-Alan |
7.45 |
| Conditions at the mill- details of job-description of “Dubliners” |
9.30 |
| Conditions at the mill-job enjoyment-Alan |
10.50 |
| Working hours and long term prospects-Alan |
11.00 |
| Workplace conditions and role-winders-Mary |
12.14 |
| Working hours and atmosphere-Mary |
13.30 |
| Reasons for leaving-Mary |
13.48 |
| Piecework-Mary |
13.56 |
| Workplace relationships-Mary and Alan |
15.10 |
| Physical strains of piecework role-Mary |
17.20 |
| Size of workforce and details about machinery-pieceworkers-Mary |
18.00 |
| Conditions in the weaving shed |
19.45 |
| Staff turnover-Alan |
21.00 |
| The “housewife shift”-Pat |
21.45 |
| Quality of the housewife shift work-Mary |
22.00 |
| Wages |
23.00 |
| Working conditions-Pat |
24.45 |
| Health and safety |
25.35 |
| Sick leave |
28.35 |
| Workplace atmosphere and relationships |
29.30 |
| Role-Comptometer operator-Pat |
30.30 |
| training |
31.00 |
| promotions |
31.28 |
| apprenticeships |
32.55 |
| Wages and lifestyle |
33.30 |
| Solidarity and support amongst workers-financial-collections |
34.40 |
| Relationships with foremen and managers |
35.50 |
| Friendships-Pat |
37.20 |
| Elderly workers |
38.30 |
| Average length of employment |
38.45 |
| Accommodation-renting |
39.45 |
| Availability of work during 1960s |
41.40 |
| Convenience of location-Mary |
42.20 |
| Maternity leave-Mary |
43.00 |
| Housing conditions in the area |
44.10 |
| Public baths on Regent Road |
44.38 |
| Union presence at Richard Haworth |
45.25 |
| Workplace disputes |
45.50 |
| Lack of strikes at Richard Haworth |
49.00 |
| Tea breaks |
49.45 |
| Redundancies |
52.40 |
| Closure of the mill |
53.00 |
| Asian workforce |
54.45 |
| Decline of the industry |
57.00 |
| Social activities through the workplace |
58.40 |
| Regular social activities (dancing, darts, pub) |
59.45 |
| Recording 2 | |
| Contact with manager |
0.00 |
| Happiest memories (atmosphere, comraderie) |
2.45 |
| Skills attained for future career |
11.40 |
| Memory of assault on worker for wages in 1965 |
13.30 |
Invisible Histories 