Changing WaysPhotos by: I could see at that time that the mills were starting to close around Keighley all over the town and I thought ‘I need to be moving on somewhere’ and that’s when I left in 1975 and joined the fire service. Trevor Keighley Weaving...
Play & Recreation Play & Recreation Play & Recreation [In] Saltaire there were lots and lots of foreign people. There were hundreds from Germany, Switzerland, and Italy, like me. Everyone there, in the hostel I stayed in, kept saying, ‘How do you grow spaghetti in...
Lost Mills Map and Local Area Studies I grew up next to Marriner’s and I actually watched it burn down. It would have been in the ‘70s. I was in my grandma’s house when the fire started ‘cos she lived round the corner. And I watched it burn down stood next to Dr...
Rights & Wrongs In the 1970’s, unions demanded an increase of 15-20% in salaries and in 1974 the salaries went up from £20-25 to £70-75. In 1979, Thatcher got rid of the unions. She said higher salaries were causing inflation and that the maximum wage increase could...
Diverse Workforce The supervisors were white, whilst the machinists were Asians: Pakistani, Bengali and Indians. All very friendly. People looked out for each other and helped new ones get settled. This has changed. Saeed Iqbal Machine Operator, John Foster's...
