1 10 5 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/13142/archive/files/f487351f7e158d879925716ad0e2212c.jpg?Expires=1781740800&Signature=OTfUR-xalYxive8SAXf8NGwZTkvuMNxMEdVBkhfTMMUmrib%7E%7ERNOtZEEjx84kzm7o2vUX4HWnnHprf%7EquPKLGlXYGTde7AueJbU%7EBPwfVsl5KNODMn-TsVlqbYRGnw8sa2zHrcSE5iuaLFj7zPT-llfm%7EYYCop6VEvJhO46jiJjFYqmgqyPHo9Km3sU%7EA7GrVlDzaWKJ%7ErNol0wOZhaG0Fh2Mx9PWfUU5YxuLtauJqzVVHi5-NPxy%7Ee3JZjRm4yZFYy7RAlE0twxK5FNh03HZHgdcGnUk10xB%7E-Kkb64ViPWR-f3aLxlcF7HAI8m6Vy%7EoHAwbsSypckxkYxolflXbw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 4196a2e3710c1c0bfe7a54116b1599d2 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/13142/archive/files/40e5cbda3a281b55a14193745d906165.mp3?Expires=1781740800&Signature=KNJ330t69jwc%7EIEwwHO5w9nijW70uMz0OCz-sREtZRtrCR7KC1xD-zNLpsCio75-ndosHvf1RipikBRzYFjAo6BEgpRiMUoIIDi4R7y2yjja06DrNKO5d9PpLFGYHBCTBhf-vo3hLvVrv-SZBa8jZgcF8p1ta5so1FfpCrwBFlTKm-1IJgAA-KdtoF%7E-93fnvctJDg%7EiHmupCC4fzNMuIIlooTVUimlk42RT0mCmhv9KTGvT6bx26E1Umm8N1V9LArGcLgC2gopPehCB%7EVD5dLcEIhpvt1WyO32Y1XoYY4MJ%7Efu6v%7EMFW6HerJckXMXf9NXyEK9gqb0my0Hc9zTb2A__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 8fc713a7b4a6f6f1596604659e80589d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Leicestershire & Rutland Sound Map Subject The topic of the resource Local history Description An account of the resource This map displays sounds and voices from places in Leicestershire & Rutland Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Special Collections Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections, EMOHA, UOSH Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource August 2020 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Various Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Rights for online use have been cleared or have been assessed as low risk Type The nature or genre of the resource Various Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview. V. Faragher Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed. Joyce Higgins Location The location of the interview. Wigston Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound. Oh yes it’s well known for the hosiery in Wigston…when I went to work at Holmes’… you had to start at 8 o’clock, half past twelve it was dinner time and then we worked until 6 o’clock at night… when I first started I shall always remember my mum sent me to work in my gym tunic and my black stockings from school and I got to work and there was me in this gym tunic, my black stockings and my school shoes and they’d all got their frocks on and I felt really, you know, really out of it…anyway, ever so nice the foreman and he took me round and told me who all the people were like and what I’d be doing. He says ‘you’ll be doing this for the first six months then when you’re not doing the errands’, he says, ‘we’ll give you a bit of splicing to do.’ They used to make ladies’ stockings with Cuban heels, not tights or stockings and the Cuban heels had like pieces of nylon thread going across and you had to cut this thread as near to the seam on the Cuban heel as possible without cutting the stocking. That’s what you did in between fetching, doing errands and fetching cottons and things. You had to do that for six months. ‘After six months’, he said, ‘we ask you what machine you’d like to go on’ and he took me round and showed me the machines. There was toe stitching, overlocking, welting, seaming and linking, you see and then ‘after you’ve been there a bit’ he said, ‘we’ll ask you which machine you’d like to learn.’ Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 1min 33sec Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Holmes Hosiery Factory Subject The topic of the resource Higgins Hosiery Description An account of the resource Joyce Higgins describes working in a hosiery factory in Wigston in the 1940s. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource East Midland Oral History Archive Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived EMOHA Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available EMOHA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1988 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource You may use this item in accordance with the licence <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licences/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/" target="_blank" title="Licence" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://creativecommons.org/licences/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource .mp3 Type The nature or genre of the resource Oral History Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Photograph courtesy of Wigston Civic Society. To use seek permission from <a href="http://www.wigstoncivicsociety.org.uk/" target="_blank" title="Permission" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://www.wigstoncivicsociety.org.uk/</a> Hosiery Oadby and Wigston Wigston https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/13142/archive/files/0c60b593caef22bd47a5028cc59bbe8d.mp3?Expires=1781740800&Signature=AWkAoSQHP9eQzh-9ZK7-RPJ5I097KQIeHHaBVkFhGaUS--hQVBiT5JynfZHTMN%7E8ZiqQFZD9a-GaYs63nJ9apbWnol9fgogq7DLm7homhvlpKqivI29IueVCTrMFu8sn5SAniDwO30n1IWsfeEk8J8aha7u317ZaFE9SbIyHcTACrgzkrBVJ46zBIE2dBZSA1ZR%7EKhGHBJIv5In6znMBp2AU8ULI9OeCp%7EgBe1XGnng8lUWTGt7BCPrYIJEj26S7Zx2EkZYIYQDA6Xe1vJIk1giTn4OZqSyUAdXCWThEek5%7EM4JlZ38v%7Ex-lwp6d%7E0w18J9ogDooJj-f6KL8YIqOkg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 92be655bd034c7b04c22723a1366620d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Post War History of Leicester 1945-1962 Subject The topic of the resource The Post War History of Leicester 1945-1962 Description An account of the resource Items relating to the Post War History of Leicester 1945-1962 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Colin Hyde Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived East Midlands Oral History Archive Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Colin Hyde Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 23/05/2018 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Colin Hyde Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Multimedia Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Multimedia Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview. Jenny Escritt Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed. Kathleen Weller Location The location of the interview. Interviewees home Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data .wav Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 3'45'' Bit Rate/Frequency Rate at which bits are transferred (i.e. 96 kbit/s would be FM quality audio) 128kbps Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound. There was a bad winter in 1946. What do you remember about that? We only did part-time at work because they only allowed you to have the electricity on for so long. So you worked till about... until it began to get dark and then he finished. So you were working and you could only work a certain amount of time. Yes. So did that affect your pay then? Oh yes, bound to. In fact, we used to do so many days on the unemployment exchange. I think we did about two days there and about three days, half days at work. So big cut in your money coming in, you know? So what did you do at the employment exchange? I worked at the Cherub Hosiery. And when did you start there? What age were you? I was 14. And you worked in underwear all of that time? All the time, yes. And so can you describe your job, what you did? Well I started off, I did a bit of running about for a start, putting buttons on little vests, and then Mrs Jackson taught me everything I thought oh she put me through all the stages of the underwear, over locking, I ended up a flat locker. I worked there from 14 till I was 30, and I'd met my husband then and got married, and then I found out I was having Margaret so I worked there, I had two years off with Margaret and I went back when I was 30. Did you notice many changes from when you first started in the war to when you finished there? What sort of changes? Well, when I first started, it was very strict, ever so strict. I mean, if the boss walked in, which was one of the Foysters, Mr. Foyster, if he walked in, everybody put their head down and you don't look up because it was very strict. But then when, during the war, they had to be a bit more laxs, they had to have a bit more freedom, but it was it was the discipline. How much did you get paid? About £3.50, well not fifty - three pounds, ten shillings to four pound on our own time. How long was your working day? What time did you start and what breaks did you get? When I first started when I was 14, till I was 15, we had to finish at 5 o'clock so that was an hour less than the older people, but once you turned 15 you went to what was called full time. What was full time? 8 till 6. So I did and I went to Corahs, but only went for a week. What was different about Corah's? What didn't you like about Corah's? It was vast. I mean, Cherub wasn't small. It used to be Kendall's. You know Kendall's, the umbrella and raincoat place, it was Kendall's and Kendall's swapped their big factory, which was Cherub. and they had Cherub’s, smaller place, nice and roomy, spotlessly clean. What was the atmosphere like when you were working? Was it all women on the machines and did you chat to each other or was everybody quite quiet while you were working? We were working and talking at the same time. Flat locking's quite, it's quite complicated, so you can't, like with some jobs you could just do it, like when I was on welting, I did that before I went on flat locking, and it was more specialised. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kathleen Weller talks about WW2 situations and working in hosiery factories in Leicester Subject The topic of the resource Work Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource East Midlands Oral History Archive Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived EMOHA Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available EMOHA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1947 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource You may use this item in accordance with the licence <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/" target="_blank" title="Link to Creative Commons" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource .mp3 Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Audio Description An account of the resource Kathleen Weller talks about WW2, cutbacks of electricity, and working in Cherub Hosiery factory at the age of 14. Describes the working conditions during and after WW2, as well as working hours. Left Cherub and worked for Corah, describes this. Hosiery Industry Leicester https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/13142/archive/files/b48fe1639eb85a3affb2c31d2d75bc44.mp3?Expires=1781740800&Signature=YROnFLqQFFxmcG9C7Zp34N-Q9NJ7J%7Er14CeWCkqfctX%7EXeeWsG0G%7EZn5xRU0a4NIr3fWKWk6tkn3gWHY7uFQTgR8RyrkeOQMupEyyNzUljw9XiY4vhgeVBiY%7EpweLnwu%7EtRGO%7E9cuWr6q6Iap-4Bca7uVujjZOv5Z9eu0dJ7ub1gE3F9jbtTYSq4mZvz8Ib2TFQqfOPhds%7Ee1TNYcuOxpTLuZK4Zcyn1BZNREiFw3JwCJJ0fBI022566rZIcY-8B07hQkTUbYpyfdkC4ugo1WS6aWQbJ15k1kqMqP46OqEJn0yhCZbUZ-a1V0BimgRjFQAGr226ZDU17TugVleSYsA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 2de571cd60833b956c4afb0228a6bef8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Post War History of Leicester 1945-1962 Subject The topic of the resource The Post War History of Leicester 1945-1962 Description An account of the resource Items relating to the Post War History of Leicester 1945-1962 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Colin Hyde Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived East Midlands Oral History Archive Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Colin Hyde Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 23/05/2018 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Colin Hyde Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Multimedia Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Multimedia Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview. Sharon North Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed. Margaret Rud Location The location of the interview. Interviewees home Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data .wav Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 2'22'' Bit Rate/Frequency Rate at which bits are transferred (i.e. 96 kbit/s would be FM quality audio) 128kbps Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound. What sort of work? Well, we all worked in a factory, you know. Was that in Lutterworth? In a wool – no, in Leicester, in a wool factory called Fielding and Johnson. When did you start working in the factory then? When I was about 14. And were you still living in Lutterworth when you were working in Leicester at the factory? No, I was living in Dunton Basset. You were living in Dunton Basset. So how did you get into work every day? By train, cost one and six a day (7.5p). And in the end, they gave us the money for the train fare. And what was the work like? What work were you doing? Well, the machine, and it was as long as this room, and you had bobbins of wool. and you had to pull them down, wrap them round a big bobbin and let them go round ‘till they fill up. Then you get your knee and you stop it and you take it off, you know, and then it has to be made into hanks. Hanks? Hanks. Oh, right. And was that hard work? Well, it was very hard work. And how long were the days? Eight till six. How much did you earn, do you remember? A pound. A pound a week. Yeah, a pound a week when we first started. And what did you do with that money? Did you see them at work? I'd just seen them at work. And how long did you work at the factory? Well, not long because then I went into the hosiery factory and I did lock stitch and I put zips in, you know, and pockets. Things like that. Was that better work than the wool factory? Yes. Do you remember which factory it was that you worked at? Bents, Spalding Street. Did you get more pay for that work? Was it better paid? And what did you like? Was it just more variety of work or was it more skilled? It was more skilled. And what was the company like to work for? Was it a big company or small company? It was only a small company. Were the people there friendly? Very friendly. And in them days I used to sing a lot, you know, I used to sing all day long at my machine. Did you hear the songs on the radio? On the radio, yeah. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Margaret Rud talks about working in a wool factory, the hosiery industry and knitting work in Leicestershire in 1952. Subject The topic of the resource Work Description An account of the resource Margaret Rud talked about the work she performed in the Fielding & Johnston wool factory. Commuted by train everyday to Leicester, as well as discussing working hours and wages, Later worked in hosiery factory and explains work culture as well as enjoying music on radio while working on machinery. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource East Midlands Oral History Archive Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived East Midlands Oral History Archive Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available EMOHA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1947 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource You may use this item in accordance with the licence <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/" target="_blank" title="Link to Creative Commons" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource .mp3 Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Audio Hosiery Knitting Leicester Wool https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/13142/archive/files/1948df3a85d067d55ef5878cccc781f3.jpg?Expires=1781740800&Signature=UROprpl3MBgkTdBOhccBIN-pTpyrvLgC5XopSxdHdbOtLrYmTqH3wxMveGSjtGEet8YxIhsHQO1vBqTuoEyYzyoADL5lfENvkgOEBbBtUBaZq64yexW5qClUaH25oSlAmv2qsDWxHgdr27GbPWAS%7EI8G6TgoZEGhyVXlE7m4jQx25wqL2zcjeZp9GgsfVePRpeWHKpgZ1Q%7EpFCrZZdn8GFjqa3PbneGqUfL6mMs%7E%7E-IwDdLqt69JQlDUquyG7gkf-0fhpVJehZaTXbkwtsmFiv9CM%7E0MI%7EErF-bYeUBAHXv95IbRE72Z-dVVb4Ljy2SHgCZVFPEKNN5D6xy5KEd0Tg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 4f81003c855ec1138082521c14807702 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource The Post War History of Leicester 1945-1962 Subject The topic of the resource The Post War History of Leicester 1945-1962 Description An account of the resource Items relating to the Post War History of Leicester 1945-1962 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Colin Hyde Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived East Midlands Oral History Archive Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Colin Hyde Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 23/05/2018 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Colin Hyde Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Multimedia Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Multimedia Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photo Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hosiery Work in Leicester 1945 Subject The topic of the resource Work Description An account of the resource A photo of woman working in a Hosiery Factory Leicester in 1945. Although not stated this is likely to be taken in the Corah Factory. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Harold White for the British Council Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The British Council Photographs of Leicester collection DE 3736 at the Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The British Council Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1945 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource You may use this item in accordance with the licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/ Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource .jpg Type The nature or genre of the resource Photo Hosiery Leicester https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/13142/archive/files/b4b26d254aad4ae545642477d8700d25.jpg?Expires=1781740800&Signature=kWaB2Y8WmrmxvcC0ZT3AZmU-XWhlZqFyD08-J5AtNXE4nTjchZuojwLHudA0GZ8kfiXCtBCN961NkbAr7MT7VjEKcJ7AdoJ2bQehJajq0T0FaM%7Eoae4RC7ZMMGLxItQwM%7EU8WIHl8BwWlpGaMnOIL0dhcmKefj2K1b4-IJ0YdnD-S-v8ORa%7ECY2DameM6EJVVUQfwyURXWN3-SfcRUlQJugj45UVBvWuUiIINRDzHvyoFLy8fffMIXXIQ44gdL5Nwr-%7EYhggkg2cHNIryzH-lL9d34joZUuQE%7Ek6y4ggrRFp9Gz3FxFJtLWZ99zvFXons%7E1GTVvuz7wboKg8LqSLXw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 115ef65ccc645ea053c616f0fe79b7a0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource The Post War History of Leicester 1945-1962 Subject The topic of the resource The Post War History of Leicester 1945-1962 Description An account of the resource Items relating to the Post War History of Leicester 1945-1962 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Colin Hyde Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived East Midlands Oral History Archive Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Colin Hyde Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 23/05/2018 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Colin Hyde Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Multimedia Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Multimedia Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photo Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hosiery Work in Leicester 1945 Subject The topic of the resource Work Description An account of the resource A photo of man working in a Hosiery Factory Leicester in 1945. Although not stated this is likely to be taken in the Corah Factory. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Harold White for the British Council Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The British Council Photographs of Leicester collection DE 3736 at the Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The British Council Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1945 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource You may use this item in accordance with the licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/ Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource .jpg Type The nature or genre of the resource Photo Hosiery