Reed, Sheila
2007 "Reed, Sheila", 2007, Bishopsgate Institute Sheila Reed was born in Stepney in 1935. She entered clothes manufacturing, also known as the "rag trade", as a machinist after leaving school. She worked in the East End with many of the other local women in the rag trade. She d...
| Institution: | TUC - Trade Union Congress Library |
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| Language: | English |
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London
2007
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10796/6E6035A6-3B17-4322-9079-8C105C6D5417 http://hdl.handle.net/10796/78DBAC50-7D2C-49E5-86EA-0360B3D41874 |
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"Reed, Sheila", 2007, Bishopsgate Institute
Sheila Reed was born in Stepney in 1935. She entered clothes manufacturing, also known as the "rag trade", as a machinist after leaving school. She worked in the East End with many of the other local women in the rag trade. She describes why she entered the rag trade and didn't get an office job, because she felt she didn't have the appropriate education.
In this clip she describes why she went into the rag trade.
Click on the pdf icon to read the entire transcript or click on the mp3 icon to hear a clip of the interview. |
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