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Mr James S |
| Interview Number: 120 |
| Other Interview Material |
| Sex: |
| M |
| Year Of Birth: |
| 1904 |
| Place of Residence: |
| Liverpool, Lancs |
| Family: |
| Born in Liverpool. 4 siblings. 2nd child. Father Irish; strict and brusque. |
| Marriage: |
| Married 1926. One daughter |
| Housing: |
| Lived in same rented house until marriage. |
| Education: |
| Roman Catholic school. Reached ex-seven and taught standard two. Left school age 13, for financial reasons, had to take an exam in order to leave school before leaving age. Evening school three nights a week for technical subjects. |
| Parents' Work History: |
| Father worked at Liverpool docks during WW1. Then building labourer. Often out of work as building work was dependent on weather. Mother was in service before marriage.. |
| Work History: |
| JS helped in house with jobs like cutting up The Echo for toilet paper and cleaning cages of canaries Father kept as hobby and to make money. Milk round in the morning before school. Later delivered greengroceries in the evenings. First job was as office boy at Shell factory. 1918 became apprentice engineer with gas company. After being made redundant, opened greengrocer shop. |
| Final Occupation: |
| Engineer |
| Political Affiliation: |
| Father was Socialist, voted Liberal. Father was president of a branch of the Altogethers, building labourers' union. JS politically conscious. Member of Amalgamated Society of Engineers while working for gas company. |
| Religious Background: |
| Roman Catholic. |
| Occupational Class: |
| Skilled Manual |
| Leisure Activities: |
| Birthdays and Christmas celebrated. Books in house, mainly on Irish politics. Reynolds News. Bank Holiday outing on paddle boat from Larr Margarite to Llandudno. Made kites to fly in park. Sunday school outings to New Ferry. Rambling when older. Later had cycle. Played football. Belonged to CYMS |
| Health / Childbirth: |
| Miscellaneous: |
| Family's clothes bought on cheques. Parents belonged to penny savings bank run by Norwood Mission; funeral club and penny insurance. JS friend of Larry Ross, cycling champion of Liverpool. Information on perceived class differences and employer/worker relations. |
| Number of pages in Transcript: |
| 36 |
