Talking work : an oral history /
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| Author / Creator: | Blackwell, Trevor. |
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| Imprint: | London : Faber and Faber, 1996. |
| Description: | xii, 208 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2447472 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Harry Price (born 1890): coachman and bus driver, Hammersmith
- 2. Ada Carey (born 1902): boot and shoe worker, Northampton
- 3. Mrs Kemp (born 1890): nurse, Portsmouth
- 4. George Mather (born 1910): coal-miner, Lancashire
- 5. Len Greenham (born 1914): morocco-grainer, Northampton
- 6. The Steelworkers. Robert Gladen (born 1927) Middlesbrough. Stanley Hullock (born 1913), Workington. Edna McDonald (born 1921), Workington. Selwyn Morris (born 1923), Cardiff
- 7. Terry Hamlyn (born 1935), painter and decorator, west London
- 8. Gavin Webb (born 1945): HGV driver, Hertfordshire
- 9. Bob Clark (born 1944): engineer, Harlow
- 10. Celia Duerden (born 1947): nurse, Blackburn
- 11. Pauline Scott (born 1946): PA to college principal, east London
- 12. Linda Forbes (born 1949): print-shop assistant, north London
- 13. John Vallance (born 1953): businessman, Chelmsford
- 14. In the Salon. Barbara (late 30s), Katrina (late 20s), Jackie (15)
- 15. Jayne (20s), sex worker, Nottingham
- 16. Alan McVic (born 1969): union official, south London
- 17. Mark Sheridan (born 1962): unemployed, east London
- 18. Young Workers of Harlow. Graham McIsaac, painter and decorator. Shane Baptiste, unemployed. Emma Chapman, receptionist. Lance Carver, dance student. Andrew Hasty, electrician. Claire Hickey, telephone salesperson
- 19. Tricia Duncan (born 1977): care assistant, Leicester
- 20. Grimethorpe - Requiem for a Pit Village. Mr Hancock (60s): ex-miner. Ken Hancock (40s): NUM branch delegate. Gail Hancock (30s): pub cleaner. Kevin (late 30s): ex-miner
- 21. Is there an Underclass? Middlesbrough: the breakdown of work in the 1980s. Migrations of hope, destinations of despair: Iris Blandford (mid-50s), cleaner. Coming out of the underclass
- 22. Work and the Working Class.