Interview with David Guy

This material is held atUniversity of Strathclyde Archives and Special Collections

Reference
- GB 249 SOHC 6/16
Dates of Creation
- 8 March 2004
Name of Creator
- Rafeek, Neil Christopher, 1960-2006, oral historian, socialist
Language of Material
- English
Physical Description
- 1 MS Word file

Scope and Content

Neil Rafeek in conversation with Durham miner David Guy, Durham, 8 March 2004.
- transcript
Interview C44.

Administrative / Biographical History

Neil Rafeek was born in London, the middle of three brothers. His father Taureq Rafeek was a town planner and the family regularly moved with his work. From London they moved to Bristol, then Edinburgh (where Neil attended primary school), then Sunderland. Neil Rafeek's experience at secondary school there prevented him from successfully completing his early education. Leaving with just one O-level, he entered the building trade to train as a bricklayer. Subsequently he enrolled at the University of Strathclyde as a mature student and went on to do a PhD on women in the Communist party in Scotland 1920-1991 (1998). It was the first oral history based PhD awarded in the Department of History. Rafeek actively helped to build, manage and run the Scottish Oral History Centre (SOHC) at Strathclyde.

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Neil Rafeek was born in London, the middle of three brothers. His father Taureq Rafeek was a town planner and the family regularly moved with his work. From London they moved to Bristol, then Edinburgh (where Neil attended primary school), then Sunderland. Neil Rafeek's experience at secondary school there prevented him from successfully completing his early education. Leaving with just one O-level, he entered the building trade to train as a bricklayer. Subsequently he enrolled at the University of Strathclyde as a mature student and went on to do a PhD on women in the Communist party in Scotland 1920-1991 (1998). It was the first oral history based PhD awarded in the Department of History. Rafeek actively helped to build, manage and run the Scottish Oral History Centre (SOHC) at Strathclyde.

Archivist's Note

Created by Anna-K Mayer, 9 February 2017

Consent form missing. Name revealed in appendix of McIvor & Johnston 2007, according to which all of the interviews in that project were "archived for public access in the Scottish Oral History Centre [etc]"/akm February 2017

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Archive Record|Table of contents

Coal miners and dust-related disease oral history projectSOHC 6

Interview with Les HiggonSOHC 6/1

Interview with Howard Jones and Gareth GowerSOHC 6/2

Interview with Tom Bowden, Colin Thomas, Gerald Hawkins and Derek CharlesSOHC 6/3

Interview with Mick AntoniwSOHC 6/4

Interview with Welsh minerSOHC 6/5

Interview with a nurseSOHC 6/6

Interview with Robert Clelland and Duncan PorterfieldSOHC 6/7

Interview with George Bolton and David CarruthersSOHC 6/8

Interview with Colin Peebles and John GillonSOHC 6/9

Interview with Tommy CoulterSOHC 6/10

Interview with a Welsh minerSOHC 6/11

Interview with Jean DaviesSOHC 6/12

Interview with wife of a South Wales miner (C31)SOHC 6/13

Interview with wife of a South Wales miner (C32)SOHC 6/14

Interview with John JonesSOHC 6/15

Interview with David GuySOHC 6/16

Interview with Marshall WyldeSOHC 6/17

Interview with Frederick HallSOHC 6/18

Interview with the Easington Council GroupSOHC 6/19

Interview with Samuel and Belle WestheadSOHC 6/20

Interview with Joseph ChaytorsSOHC 6/21

Interview with Alan and Elsie WinterSOHC 6/22

Interview with George BurnsSOHC 6/23

Interview with William CloughSOHC 6/24

Interview with Roger MaddocksSOHC 6/25

Interview with Malcolm DaviesSOHC 6/26

Interview with wife of a South Wales miner (C34)SOHC 6/27