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Mr Percy S |
| Interview Number: 170 |
| Other Interview Material |
| Sex: |
| M |
| Year Of Birth: |
| 1892 |
| Place of Residence: |
| Keighley, Yorkshire |
| Family: |
| Eldest of 8 siblings. 5 brothers, 3 sisters. Caring family. Father very hard worker. |
| Marriage: |
| Married 1919. 2 daughters. |
| Housing: |
| Rented. Three moves. First house 4 bedroom house at Woodhouse. 3- storey terrace house, close to countryside. |
| Education: |
| Mixed Church School. PS good at arithmetic. Left school aged 13. Took evening classes in arithmetic and English. Still half-time at school while first job as doffer. |
| Parents' Work History: |
| Father was mechanic at Summerscales. Machine moulder in foundry. Did piece work. Worked for Co-op Ironworks, 1919. Mother worked in woollen mill. Wife was drawer at woollen mill until marriage. |
| Work History: |
| Half-time doffer at Hagga's. PS worked for uncle who owned a grocery/off license. Apprenticed at Co-op grocery aged 14 and a half. Was until the army during WW1 until 1919, aged 21. Continued work with the Co-op grocery, was manager aged 32 until 65. |
| Final Occupation: |
| Co-op grocery manager |
| Political Affiliation: |
| Father was not interested in politics but voted Llabour. Mother took no interest. PS Labour. |
| Religious Background: |
| Weslyans. Father non-attender, mother rarely. Mother also went to spiritualist now and again. PS attended Sunday School in Hainsworth morning and afternoon. |
| Occupational Class: |
| Employers and Managers |
| Leisure Activities: |
| Father kept poultry in disused quarry. Father also had a dog which was taken for walks. Birthdays and Christmas celebrated, Whitsun Walking day. First holiday in Blackpool aged 17. Went to physical culture class. Family owned an organ which was later replaced by a piano. Family took Yorkshire Post and Sunday paper. PS owned a cycle when 16. Kept rabbits and pigeons. |
| Health / Childbirth: |
| Miscellaneous: |
| PS saw newsreel of Boer War at Mechanics Institute |
| Number of pages in Transcript: |
| 84 |
