Title
Interview with Ertie Wilford
Subject
Health
Description
An audio clip of Ertie Wilford talking about the surgery at Wolsey.
Source
EMOHA
Publisher
EMOHA
Rights
You may use this item in accordance with the licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/
Language
English
Type
Oral History
Transcription
What sort of accidents happened?
Well, didn't have serious ones. Usually, girls often got needles in their fingers, you know, and broken needles, and we did have a man who got his arm fast in a knitting machine and we had to take the machine to bits to get him out. And we had a man die on us once. But, you know, there weren't any, it wasn't heavy industry, it was only just mainly illnesses and that sort of thing, but normally you didn't have anything like that. There's certainly light accidents, you know, falling down stairs and things, you know nothing serious.
When they got needles stuck in their fingers, what did you do about that?
Well, they often they used to break in the finger, you see, so we had to take them to the hospital. I mean, one girl had broken her fingers in her nail, and then we took her to the hospital and they treated it. And 12 months later, she came down, she said, do you remember getting that needle in my finger? I said, yeah. She said, well, look, and you could see a little black mark on it. A little bit had been left in and broken in.
Well, didn't have serious ones. Usually, girls often got needles in their fingers, you know, and broken needles, and we did have a man who got his arm fast in a knitting machine and we had to take the machine to bits to get him out. And we had a man die on us once. But, you know, there weren't any, it wasn't heavy industry, it was only just mainly illnesses and that sort of thing, but normally you didn't have anything like that. There's certainly light accidents, you know, falling down stairs and things, you know nothing serious.
When they got needles stuck in their fingers, what did you do about that?
Well, they often they used to break in the finger, you see, so we had to take them to the hospital. I mean, one girl had broken her fingers in her nail, and then we took her to the hospital and they treated it. And 12 months later, she came down, she said, do you remember getting that needle in my finger? I said, yeah. She said, well, look, and you could see a little black mark on it. A little bit had been left in and broken in.
Interviewer
Alex Money
Interviewee
Ertie Wilford
Location
Interviewee's home.
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