Voices from the Factory Floor

The Experiences of Women who Worked in the Manufacturing Industries in Wales, 1945-75

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Technology, Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades, Business & Finance, History
Cover of the book Voices from the Factory Floor by Catrin Stevens, Amberley Publishing
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Catrin Stevens ISBN: 9781445649733
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Publication: February 15, 2017
Imprint: Amberley Publishing Language: English
Author: Catrin Stevens
ISBN: 9781445649733
Publisher: Amberley Publishing
Publication: February 15, 2017
Imprint: Amberley Publishing
Language: English

In Wales the post-Second World War period was one of gradual decline for the major, traditional, male-orientated industries of coal, steel and slate. While whole libraries have been devoted to chronicling the rise and fall of the heroic miner and quarryman in Welsh history, the story of working-class Welsh women, who laboured in our factories in Wales during this same period, has been largely neglected and ignored. Voices from the Factory Floor aims to put this right and to allow the women to tell their own stories. Over 200 ‘factory girls’ were recorded in this oral-history project, which was run by Archif Menywod Cymru/Women’s Archive of Wales, with funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (Wales) and other sponsors. Their stories are fascinating. The women talk of long hours, low wages, and difficult working conditions with few health and safety regulations, but also of communal solidarity, camaraderie, controversial rites of passage and a vibrant social life. Many of them abandoned their personal ambitions and, through their sacrifice, they managed, in the sixties and seventies especially, to raise their families out of poverty. The voices of these extraordinary, ordinary, feisty working-class women deserve to be heard and appreciated.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

In Wales the post-Second World War period was one of gradual decline for the major, traditional, male-orientated industries of coal, steel and slate. While whole libraries have been devoted to chronicling the rise and fall of the heroic miner and quarryman in Welsh history, the story of working-class Welsh women, who laboured in our factories in Wales during this same period, has been largely neglected and ignored. Voices from the Factory Floor aims to put this right and to allow the women to tell their own stories. Over 200 ‘factory girls’ were recorded in this oral-history project, which was run by Archif Menywod Cymru/Women’s Archive of Wales, with funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (Wales) and other sponsors. Their stories are fascinating. The women talk of long hours, low wages, and difficult working conditions with few health and safety regulations, but also of communal solidarity, camaraderie, controversial rites of passage and a vibrant social life. Many of them abandoned their personal ambitions and, through their sacrifice, they managed, in the sixties and seventies especially, to raise their families out of poverty. The voices of these extraordinary, ordinary, feisty working-class women deserve to be heard and appreciated.

More books from Amberley Publishing

Cover of the book 1940 The Second World War in Photographs by Catrin Stevens
Cover of the book Hitchin Through Time by Catrin Stevens
Cover of the book Rhondda Colleries Through Time by Catrin Stevens
Cover of the book The Georgians in 100 Facts by Catrin Stevens
Cover of the book Working on the Victorian Railway by Catrin Stevens
Cover of the book Leicester in the 1960s by Catrin Stevens
Cover of the book Northwood Through Time by Catrin Stevens
Cover of the book Around Whickham Through Time by Catrin Stevens
Cover of the book Didsbury Through Time by Catrin Stevens
Cover of the book Wyrley & Essington Canal Through Time by Catrin Stevens
Cover of the book Liverpool at Work by Catrin Stevens
Cover of the book Seaford Through Time by Catrin Stevens
Cover of the book Whitby West Cliff Station by Catrin Stevens
Cover of the book Secret Kingston Upon Thames by Catrin Stevens
Cover of the book Ware Through Time by Catrin Stevens
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy