| PS2AB | X | f | (No name, age unknown) unspecified |
| PS2AC | X | f | (No name, age unknown, carpet factory worker) unspecified |
| PS2AD | X | m | (Ken, age unknown) unspecified |
| (PS2AB) |
[1] ... winding? |
| (PS2AC) |
[2] Aha. |
| (PS2AB) |
[3] And what do you do in winding? |
| (PS2AC) |
[4] It's hard to ex oh it's, it's winding [...] , it's hard to explain the machines, do you not get round and about |
| (PS2AB) |
[5] No. |
| (PS2AC) |
[6] to see them? |
| (PS2AB) |
[7] We haven't been round yet so |
| (PS2AC) |
[8] You'd really need to see them to ... I mean I couldn't explain it to you really. |
| (PS2AB) |
[9] Mhm. |
| Ken (PS2AD) |
[10] Mhm. |
| (PS2AC) |
[11] They're automatic now you know, |
| (PS2AB) |
[12] Mhm. |
| (PS2AC) |
[13] well we put the wool on and that but |
| (PS2AB) |
[14] Mhm. |
| (PS2AC) |
[15] it winds automatic. |
| (PS2AB) |
[16] Yeah. |
| (PS2AC) |
[17] And cuts off. [18] You really need to see them to |
| (PS2AB) |
[19] Aye, so how long have you been in here? |
| (PS2AC) |
[20] Oh since this firm took over, well it was not B M K you know but it was taken over by the |
| (PS2AB) |
[21] Mhm. |
| (PS2AC) |
[22] the new man and that. |
| (PS2AB) |
[23] Mhm. |
| (PS2AC) |
[24] But I've been in there since the beginning. |
| (PS2AB) |
[25] Mhm, and has it changed a lot do you think? |
| (PS2AC) |
[26] No, not really, no. |
| (PS2AB) |
[27] Not really? |
| (PS2AC) |
[28] No. |
| (PS2AB) |
[29] The job changed, the machinery's changed? |
| (PS2AC) |
[30] No, just the same machine we had over on the other side, aye, it hasn't changed at all. [sniff] |
| (PS2AB) |
[31] Mhm. [32] ... Erm [...] I was going to ask you? [33] Er how did you get the job at first? [34] [cough] Was it somebody that you knew that worked in here? |
| (PS2AC) |
[35] No, not really. [36] ... That was a case, I worked in a hotel for years and years and it closed down with the new bypass and that, and just a girl beside me, she was coming for an interview, to the B M K and I came with her. |
| (PS2AB) |
[37] Mhm. |
| (PS2AC) |
[38] I'd have never been in. |
| (PS2AB) |
[39] Mhm, and when was that? |
| (PS2AC) |
[40] Oh [...] |
| (PS2AB) | [laugh] |
| (PS2AC) |
[41] er ... sixteen year, |
| (PS2AB) |
[42] Mhm. |
| (PS2AC) |
[43] aye, it's about sixteen year. |
| (PS2AB) |
[44] You've been here all that time? |
| (PS2AC) |
[45] Mhm. |
| (PS2AB) |
[46] In the same job? |
| (PS2AC) |
[47] Mhm, mhm. |
| (PS2AB) |
[48] Do you enjoy it? |
| (PS2AC) |
[49] Oh yes, aha. |
| (PS2AB) |
[50] Do you have a lot of friends working in here? |
| (PS2AC) |
[51] Ah well, work friends, aye, |
| (PS2AB) |
[52] Mhm. |
| (PS2AC) |
[53] oh aye, they're all quite friendly [...] . |
| (PS2AB) |
[54] And do you keep up with them after your work? |
| (PS2AC) |
[55] No, not really, no. |
| (PS2AB) |
[56] Not really? |
| (PS2AC) |
[57] No. |
| (PS2AB) |
[58] No. |
| (PS2AC) |
[59] I'm not really [...] some of them do, the younger ones and that a bit. |
| (PS2AB) |
[60] Mhm. |
| (PS2AC) |
[61] Not really. |
| (PS2AB) |
[62] What's the kind of age of folk in your section? |
| (PS2AC) |
[63] Well I'm the oldest. [64] [laugh] Er, fulltime, I mean the students here they don't count really. [65] Who's the youngest? [66] ... [sigh] ... Oh it must be thirtyish. [67] ... I think Caroline's about the youngest. |
| (PS2AB) |
[68] Mhm. |
| (PS2AC) |
[69] Aye, she must be. |
| (PS2AB) |
[70] [cough] What else have I got here? [71] Oh, do you have any nicknames for each other? |
| (PS2AC) |
[72] No, not re no. |
| (PS2AB) |
[73] No? |
| (PS2AC) |
[74] No we don't, |
| (PS2AB) |
[75] No. |
| (PS2AC) |
[76] honestly. [77] No. |
| (PS2AB) |
[78] Not ones that you talk about anyway. [laugh] |
| (PS2AC) |
[79] No no, I'm being honest, no. |
| (PS2AB) |
[80] Aha. |
| (PS2AC) |
[81] No. [82] I don't know about younger ones and that but no |
| (PS2AB) |
[83] Aha, |
| (PS2AC) |
[84] honest to God. |
| (PS2AB) |
[85] Mhm. |
| (PS2AC) |
[86] No nicknames. |
| (PS2AB) |
[87] Mhm. |
| (PS2AC) |
[88] I don't know what they say maybe behind your back or that but honestly I don't think, no |
| (PS2AB) | [laugh] |
| (PS2AC) |
[89] there's nobody really got a nickname in here. |
| (PS2AB) |
[90] Aha. |
| (PS2AC) | [...] |
| (PS2AB) |
[91] Mhm, have you any worked, worked in any other factories in town? |
| (PS2AC) |
[92] No never, no. |
| (PS2AB) |
[93] Just this one? |
| (PS2AC) |
[94] Mhm. |
| (PS2AB) |
[95] Mhm. |
| (PS2AC) |
[96] I'm not from the town. |
| (PS2AB) |
[97] Mhm. [98] ... Where is it you're from? |
| (PS2AC) | |
| (PS2AB) |
[99] Oh right so you have to travel in? |
| (PS2AC) |
[100] Mhm. |
| (PS2AB) |
[101] On the bus? |
| (PS2AC) |
[102] Aha. |
| (PS2AB) |
[103] Mhm ... er ... [...] there's something else I was going to ask you but [...] . [104] [laugh] Oh aha, within the sections is there, is there some sections you think that feel they're better than other sections because they've got like maybe more pay or they feel they've [...] special? |
| (PS2AC) |
[105] Oh aye, oh aye, aye, we feel that. [laugh] |
| (PS2AB) |
[106] [laugh] And who's that do you think? |
| (PS2AC) |
[107] Any department. |
| (PS2AB) |
[108] Every department thinks they're better than the next one. |
| (PS2AC) |
[109] Oh better? [110] No no, oh well aye but ... you'll find out for yourself. [111] No wages and that I mean it does vary from section |
| (PS2AB) |
[112] Aha. |
| (PS2AC) |
[113] to section. |
| (PS2AB) |
[114] Aha. |
| (PS2AC) |
[115] And we feel we've the heaviest [...] , not the biggest wage, kind of thing, you ken. |
| (PS2AB) |
[116] Aha. |
| (PS2AC) |
[117] But I suppose there are other jobs have more responsible in that so |
| (PS2AB) |
[118] Aha. |
| (PS2AC) |
[119] this is what happens. |
| (PS2AB) |
[120] Mhm, do you wear like different, can you tell by what the person's wearing, like do you wear different pinnies for different jobs? |
| (PS2AC) |
[121] No no, wear your overalls, just wear your own. |
| (PS2AB) |
[122] You cannot tell, aha. |
| (PS2AC) |
[123] Mhm. |
| (PS2AB) |
[124] And is it quite regular hours or do you work all over the time? |
| (PS2AC) |
[125] We work shifts. |
| (PS2AB) |
[126] Shifts you work, aha. |
| (PS2AC) |
[127] Just the winding that works the shifts. |
| (PS2AB) |
[128] And what hours is that? |
| (PS2AC) |
[129] Two till se [...] , that's six to two, two to ten, and ten to six. |
| (PS2AB) |
[130] Mhm. |
| (PS2AC) |
[131] But that, we're the only one that do the shifts. |
| (PS2AB) |
[132] And how do you find that? |
| (PS2AC) |
[133] I like the [...] more. [laugh] |
| (PS2AB) |
[134] You'd rather have the [...] |
| (PS2AC) |
[135] You get used to them. [136] ... Mhm. |
| (PS2AB) |
[137] time? |
| (PS2AC) |
[138] Oh the night shift's no bother. [139] I don't like the back shifts. |
| (PS2AB) |
[140] Do you think the place has changed much since the takeover? |
| (PS2AC) |
[141] I don't think it's changed at all really. |
| (PS2AB) | [...] |
| (PS2AC) |
[142] No. |
| Ken (PS2AD) |
[143] Mm. |
| (PS2AB) |
[144] No. |
| (PS2AC) |
[145] No. |
| (PS2AB) |
[146] Er are you in a union? |
| (PS2AC) |
[147] Aha. |
| (PS2AB) |
[148] Mhm but it's not |
| (PS2AC) |
[149] What for I don't know. [laugh] |
| (PS2AB) | [laugh] |
| (PS2AC) |
[150] Just for more money that's all. |
| (PS2AB) |
[151] Aha. |
| (PS2AC) |
[152] It's not recognized anyway. |
| (PS2AB) |
[153] Mhm, what one is it? |
| (PS2AC) |
[154] Carpet Union. |
| (PS2AB) |
[155] Carpet Union. |
| (PS2AC) |
[156] Mhm. |
| (PS2AB) |
[157] And it's not, not everybody's in a union? |
| (PS2AC) |
[158] No not everybody's in it, no. [159] ... I suppose the ones that came from the old factory, you know were kept on and that |
| (PS2AB) |
[160] Mhm, mhm. |
| (PS2AC) |
[161] but new [...] . |
| Ken (PS2AD) |
[162] So how many folk are working in your section? |
| (PS2AC) |
[163] Winders there's er five fourteen winders. |
| Ken (PS2AD) |
[164] Fourteen. |
| (PS2AC) |
[165] Aha. |
| Ken (PS2AD) |
[166] Was there any more er when you started working here? |
| (PS2AC) |
[167] There was only two when we started here. |
| Ken (PS2AD) |
[168] Only two? |
| (PS2AC) |
[169] Me and another girl. [170] That was |
| Ken (PS2AD) | [...] |
| (PS2AC) |
[171] all, you know when it was transferred there was only the two of us. |
| Ken (PS2AD) |
[172] Aha. |
| (PS2AC) |
[173] And then they sent back for the ... you know the, the ones that had been there before. [174] But that worker she left, she got oh she wasn't married but she had a family. |
| (PS2AB) |
[175] Mhm. [176] And do you get any perks, like cheaper carpets or anything? [laugh] |
| (PS2AC) |
[177] [laugh] You're joking. [178] [laugh] We get them cheaper outside. [laugh] |
| (PS2AB) |
[179] [laugh] ... [...] anything? [180] No? [181] Right that's, that's all we wanted to know. [laugh] |
| (PS2AC) |
[182] [...] you got the name for |