Z1205/066

Male Brickworker. Irish b.26.10.1931 Side A (00 mins)Family background on small family farm in County Longford, Irish Republic (05 mins)Working on farm. Taking grain to mill. Potato production. (10 mins)Potato storage. Grandparents. (15 mins)Maternal grandfather moving to Bedfordshire to work in brickworks (20 mins)Move in 1951 to England, joining grandfather in Lower Shelton. Working with excavators at Ridgmont and Brogborough. (25 mins)Digging out 100ft for new kiln foundations at Ridgmont (32 mins)End of Side A Side B (00 mins)Lack of health & safety precautions. International migrant workforce. (05 mins)Shift work arrangements. (10 mins)Finding fossils during clay extraction. Serious accident. (15 mins)Church Farm Hostel for brickworkers (21 mins)Landfill site "eyesores" (26 mins) End of Side B.END OF INTERVIEW Original interview 60 mins.

14 November 2001

From: 1925 To: 2001

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brickworker, Irish, farm worker, potatoes, kiln, health, fossils, injury, pits, wages/conditions, wheat, lodging houses, landfill, Marston Moretaine Lower Shelton Road, RIDGMONT, BROGBOROUGH, LIDLINGTON, MARSTON MORETAINE