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Dugdale, Carl:Transcribed interviewEntry/Object ID
2021.08.34Scope and Content
TRANSCRIBED VIDEO INTERVIEW - video available
Interviewer: Marilyn Snedden
Interview Date: July 31, 2013
Doug started working at the mill when he was fifteen to sixteen years old. He described a fire that occurred. The mill made velour, cloth, and rugs. He talked about the mill working three shifts in a 24 hour operation, it dyed knitted fibers from Perth. Carl was the union president and talked about strikes. He mentioned the Appletex name change and the decline of the mills. When he worked at the mill he was in charge of knitting machines then worked in the dye house and then in finishing and he explained what the finishing machine did. He described the hot environment of the dye house and how he did not get along with his superiors. His sister worked at Zephyr Textiles and his brother worked at the dye house at the Collie Mill. He finished the interview by talking about community life and entertainment.
Collie Mill 1976-1991
Video recording unavailable. Interviewer Marilyn Snedden
Conducted July 31, 2013?Collection
Mill Workers Memory ProjectCataloged By
Natalia PochtarukLexicon
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Collie mill, fire, shifts, Perth, union, strikes, Appletex, decline, knitting machines, dye house, finishing, Zephyr Textiles, community life, almonte, dugdale brothers, princess streetLegacy Lexicon
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November 7, 2023Relationships
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