Name/Title
Robertson-Thompson, Irene & Ready, Laura: Transcribed interviewEntry/Object ID
2021.08.56Scope and Content
TRANSCRIBED VIDEO INTERVIEW - video available
Interviewer: Roberta Murrant
Interview Date: 2013
Irene started working in the Collie Mill in 1947 at 14 years old working with the bobbin maker on the winder. She explained what they did with bobbins and what her job as a winder was. She also talked about wages, layoffs, the dye house, and fire. She worked in the office, for 18 years doing payroll. She talked about the mill fire of 1950 and how four generations of her family worked at the mill. Laura trained as a knitter in Perth in 1981 and worked as a knitter in the Rosamond mill. Discussed the knitting machine, wages, shift work, the Collie bus, community life.
They talked about the Christmas parties that were held by the Rosamonds.Collection
Mill Workers Memory ProjectCataloged By
Natalia PochtarukLexicon
Search Terms
Collie Mill, bobbin maker, winder, wages, layoffs, picker, dye house, fire, human resources, payroll, Perth, knitter, Rosamond mill, knitting machine, shift work, Collie bus, community life, mill workers, women in the workforce, bobbins, Carleton High School, 1947, hiring, 1940s, school, burling, perth, 1982, 1981Legacy Lexicon
Object Name
Robertson-Thompson, Irene & Ready, LauraLocation
Category
PermanentDate
November 7, 2023Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Robertson-Thompson, IrenePerson or Organization
Ready, LauraPerson or Organization
Robertson, JamieGeneral Notes
Note
Notes: Collie Mill; bobbin maker; winder; wages; layoffs; picker; dye house; fire; human resources; payroll; Perth; knitter; Rosamond mill; knitting machine; wages; shift work; Collie bus; community life.Created By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
August 5, 2021Updated By
admin@catalogit.appUpdate Date
November 12, 2023
