| Ref No | WIN/078 |
| Collection | Winstanley Oral History Collection |
| Title | Miss. I. Hayman interviewed by Michael Winstanley |
| Name of creator | Winstanley, Michael |
| Date | 10/08/1976 |
| Duration | 47 min. 31 sec. |
| Extent | 1 sound tape reel |
| 1 audio file Waveform Audio |
| Description | Miss. Ivy Hayman, born 1899, interviewed in Sheppey. Her father was a 'manager' of an acid plant at Sheppey glue factory, and mother was an ex teacher. She was the elder of two girls, younger died aged six, jobs consisted of secretary in soilicitors then a pottery factory.
Summary: [47:31] [00:04] Introduction: interviewee is Ivy Hayman [IH] of 59 High Street, Queensborough, Sheepy [00:30] IH born in 1899. [00:44] IH describes how her father watched over the manufactures of the acid plant, to supervise the running of the plant. [01:04] Description of the pay her father received in that position. [01:46] Description of her father’s work attire including the lack of protective clothing and the burning of a suit he once wore there. [02:21] IH recalls the story of a man at the factory that died as a result of falling into an acid tank and getting some in his mouth. [03:00] She then tells the detailed story of her own father having a work accident. [05:15] Detailed description of the holidays her father was granted at the acid factory. [05:30] Beginning description of her job and first her holidays then followed by when she started working at [05:50]. [06:35] Detailed description of the hours and days her father used to work, then mentioning a strike for chemical workers due to poor treatment at [07:36]. [08:45] Detailed description of what her father did, including mentioning how he originally wanted to work as a clergyman but his father disagreed, making him take a job in engineering and then he later had to relocate to the coast for his health where he joined the acid plant. [11:59] Detailed description of the Friendly Society, including her mother and father’s role as well as her own. [12:44] What happened to the National Deposit/ Friendly society after her mother’s death and how she and her father gave it up. [14:00] IH explains how and why they acquired the house she currently lives in. She talked about how they used the house and the previous butchers shop attached to run the National Deposit. [15:40] The slate clubs in Queensborough that were the benefit clubs. [16:28] Description of the discipline for spongers at the National Deposit. [17:17] Description of what married women or widows were doing at the time. [18:35] The help her mother would receive from maids and then going on to describe how her mother received help with work as her health declined. [19:05] Short mention of the death of her younger sister and a small description of her home life. [19:45] Detailed description of how the National Deposit suffered after the introduction of the National Health Service and what that meant for her father. [22:55] Description of her schooling and how her father wanted her to become a teacher. Also followed by mentions of what kind of career teaching was at the time and the skills she learnt before working at the solicitors. [25:25] Description of how much she earned when she first began working for a solicitors and her role there. [26:40] Descriptions about the type of clothing she needed to wear both as a solicitor and later when she began working at the pottery. [30:11] Detailed description of shopping in Sheerness and Sittingbourne. [33:11] IH explains a story regarding the death of her sister from diphtheria and how the shops they would frequent like the grocers, butchers etc. sent the weekly order to them when her sister was very sick to help the family. [34:40] Detailed description about how the family managed money, specifically IH’s mother. [36:09] Detailed description of how her parents put her into music including her instruments, when she learnt, and how she tried to save up money to buy her own mandolin. [41:30] IH explain how her family were financially and how they looked after their money. [42:41] Detailed description of the pawnbrokers in Sheerness and a neighboring family who used the pawnbroker. [44:01] Detailed description of the beggars around that area and how they would gain money through singing. IH also mentions how some of the beggars would do well in terms of what they would earn. [45:35] IH mentions how at the time it was a disgrace to eat out of tin until they hit the second world war and they began eating out of tins as a necessity. [45:52] Brief discussion about gas cookers and how they would cook before a gas cooker.
Summary created by Olivia Bauckham, volunteer, in 2025. |
| PhysicalDescription | 1 sound tape reel : analogue, 5 inch reel, 9,5 cm/sec, 2 track, mono |
| Waveform Audio |
| Related Organisation | University of Kent |
| Related Place | Queenborough, Sheppey, Kent |
| Access filename | WIN-078-001A-A.mp3 |
| Category | Audio recordings |
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