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Male. Brick works manager b. 17.09.1933 Side A 00 mins)Born in Sutton Surrey, moved during war and spent childhood in Essex . Family all close together. Father's family originated from Newcastle and came down in the Depression. Father was a Plastering Contractor. Had his own company before war. Worked for American Government building Aerodromes and Airfields during War and when he retired, moved to Leighton Buzzard. Inf joined Air Force he later married and moved to Marston Moretaine. Memories of the war. School 05 mins)Mother helped support business doing accounts and making decisions. Deprivation of General Education due to war. Mothers' brother killed. Office Clerk in London. East Woods asked father to come out of retirement as he was an expert in manufacturing concrete tiles. Qualifications. Trainee manager. Pay. 10 mins)East Woods in Kempston. Family business. Manual labour. Drawing office. Size of workforce. Number of kilns. Brick laying advantages. Processing department, quarry manager, works engineer. 15 mins)Quarry manager. Dirty job. Good training. Knowledge and friendship and loyalty. London Brick. Hanson's Trust. Employment and redundancy . Faith in computers. Management based at Ridgmont . Hand set kilns and automation. Fear of change 20 mins)Selling change to the workers. Automation. Forklifts and kilns. European Voluntary Service and the Italians. Safety measures. Suicide. 25 mins)Welfare and mental depression. Care in the community. Interpreters. Incorporating foreign people into the community. Change. Women workers. 30 mins)Strikes 32 mins)End of Side A Side B 00mins)London Brick. New management. Hanson. Cutting the work force. Redundancy. Retirement. Hobbies. Closure of brickworks. Landfill. Tree planting.Conveyer system. 10 mins)End of Side B. End of Interview. Original interview 40 mins

2 April 2002

From: 1930 To: 2002

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Eastwood Flettons Brick Company,
London Brick Company,
Hanson Brick Limited

brick worker, manager, World War Two, plasterer, Americans, air force aerodromes, air force, married woman, schools, DEATH, tiler, Sir Malcolm Stewart Trust, unemployment, computers, Italians, HEALTH & SAFETY, suicide, welfare, mental illness, employment of women, landfill, trees, chimneys, hobbies, Surrey, Essex, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, LEIGHTON BUZZARD, MARSTON MORETAINE, KEMPSTON, RIDGMONT