Title:
Memories of a Colchester Bookbinder from 1920
Level: Category
Sound Archive
Level: Fonds
COLCHESTER RECALLED
Scope and Content:
Title: Memories of a Colchester Bookbinder from 1920
Speaker(s): Chignall, Alfred; Oliver, Rosemary
Date of recording: 2/89
Length of tape: 101 minutes
Depositor: Colchester Recalled
Restructions: Colchester Recalled
Synopsis of tape: Interview with Alfred Chignall, born Colchester 1916; father a coalman; account of childhood and description of houses in Denmark Street and Morant Road; detailed account of family life and activities, domestic arrangements, upbringing, schooldays from 5-14 at Barrack Street School - teachers, subject, exams; apprentice book binder at E N Masons Ltd. Arclight Works, at 15 - working conditions, hours, wages, training, range of products, differences between stationery and letter press binding; funeral of Mrs Mason 1936 and building of new factory in 1937.
Dates of Creation:
1989
Access:
CLOSED
Copyright:
CLOSED
Not Available:
Not to be produced. Enquiries should be sent to the Essex Sound and Video Archive, Essex Record Office

Key terms

TypeKey termsDescription
Subjects Education Memories of a Colchester Bookbinder from 1920
Subjects Housing Memories of a Colchester Bookbinder from 1920
Subjects Housing Memories of a Colchester Bookbinder from 1920
Document Types Sound recording Memories of a Colchester Bookbinder from 1920