| Ref No | SWCC/AUD/107 |
| Title | <title linktype="simple">Womens Work Experiences in the Swansea Valley Study</title> |
| Interview of Plummer, Margaret (Mrs) |
| Subject Based Projects |
| Description | <list><item><genreform type="record type"><emph altrender="a">audiotape</emph></genreform></item></list> |
| <p>NOT FULLY CATALOGUED. Recorded memoirs of Mrs Margaret Plummer (nee Carlsen), Bridgend munition worker. Includes discussion of the conveyor belt system; recollections of a specific explosion; processes in the factory; safety equipment; effect of the chemicals, with changes in hair and skin colour, and the swelling of skin on their faces; description of clothing; relationship with management; description of factory shops; working customs for single women; discipline within the factory; career on the railways; spending money during the war; relationships with the American soldiers during the war; and the bombing of Swansea</p><p></p><list><item><persname role="inspector in ammunitions factory"><emph altrender="surname">Plummer</emph><emph altrender="pre-title"></emph><emph altrender="forename">Margaret [Mrs]</emph><emph altrender="dates"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph><emph altrender="epithet">nee Carlsen</emph></persname></item><item><persname><emph altrender="surname">Taylor</emph><emph altrender="pre-title"></emph><emph altrender="forename">Tom</emph><emph altrender="dates"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph></persname><occupation>Munition Workers</occupation></item><item><corpname><emph altrender="a">Swansea Bath and Laundry Company</emph></corpname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Royal Ordnance Ammunitions Factory</emph><emph altrender="county">Bridgend</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Swansea</emph><emph altrender="county">West Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">World War II 1939-45</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">coal mining </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">women </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">clothing </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">explosions </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">explosives </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">industrial injuries </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">compensation </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">army </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">hours of work </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">dancing </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">recreation </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">wages </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">railways </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">World War II </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">disasters </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">transport </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">safety </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">shift working </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">conscription </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">industrial diseases </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">trade unions </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">education </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">health </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">sickness </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">industrial relations </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject></item></list> |
| Date | 1930 = 1955 (c) |
| 1983 |
| Related Material | <archref linktype="simple"><extref linktype="simple"><emph altrender="filename">WXYZ</emph><emph altrender="identity">loan copy : Miners Library</emph></extref></archref> |
| Physical Description | good |
| Extent | no of tapes : 3 |
| Language | English |