Name/Title
Laforce, Lloyd: Video interviewEntry/Object ID
2021.08.14Scope and Content
VIDEO INTERVIEW
Interviewer: Marilyn Snedded
Interview Date: June 18, 2013
Lloyd started working at the mill at thirteen years old as a bobbin boy while the mill made uniforms. He talked about Zephyr Textile and how he worked maintenance. He talked about the dye house and how the leftover dye would be dumped into the river and described the mill’s boiler. He talked about wages, a fire in the mill, its decline, the mill worker’s reunion, and community life.
Video recording available. Interviewer: Marilyn Snedden
Conducted June 18, 2013?Collection
Mill Workers Memory ProjectCataloged By
Natalia PochtarukLexicon
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bobbin boy, uniforms, Zephyr Textiles, maintenance, dye house, boiler, reunion, community life, wages, decline, fire, Almonte Hospital, Rosamond Memorial Hospital, St. Mary's Catholic SchoolLegacy Lexicon
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Laforce, Lloyd: Video interviewLocation
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November 7, 2023Relationships
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Snedden, MarilynCreated By
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August 5, 2021Updated By
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November 11, 2023
