Interview with Stanley Trasler
- Interview with Stanley Trasler
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Title |
Interview with Stanley Trasler |
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Interviewee |
Trasler, Stanley |
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Summary |
Joint interview with Reuben Widdowson, both talking about working in shoe trade and trade unions. Describes being runabout at Brays Shoe Factory, Sileby, Leicestershire, then being clicker at Swan and Prestons. Recalls boss at Swan and Preston hating the union, anecdote of resisting paying a bonus. Describes good workforce, particularly women, at Newbold and Burtons, a union factory where he worked for 50 years. Mentions Arbitration Board starting in 1935. Brief mention of social life. Talks about working with snake skins, mentions having trouble pricing slingbacks. |
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Subject |
Unions
Shoe industry
Work
Wages
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Duration |
00:47:00 |
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Location |
United Kingdom -- England -- Leicestershire -- Sileby
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Place name |
Leicestershire -- Sileby
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Type |
Audio
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Date created |
1987 |
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Periods covered |
1910-1919
1920-1929
1930-1939
1940-1949
1950-1959
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Town of birth |
Sileby, Leicestershire |
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Interviewee's occupation |
Clicker in shoe trade |
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Interviewer |
Bilton, A |
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Recording date |
28/07/1987 |
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Recording location |
Interviewee's home |
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Language |
English |
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Original format |
Tape |
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Collection |
East Midlands Oral History Archive (EMOHA)
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EMOHA collection No. |
LO/401/352 |
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Rights |
You may use this recording in accordance with our licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/ |
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Metadata Licence |
You can re-use this metadata record under a Creative Commons Zero ‘no rights reserved’ licence: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
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Download available |
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