Wathes oral history collection, 2002-2003

This material is held atEast Midlands Oral History Archive (EMOHA)

  • Reference
    • GB 3003 EMOHA81
  • Dates of Creation
    • 2002-2003
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 10 interviews

Scope and Content

This oral history collection comprises 10 interviews. They were conducted with current and former employees of the company and mainly cover the period 1935 to 1972, with two interviews focusing on recent developments. Subjects include: apprenticeship with the company; work in electrical engineering and refrigeration; the company and its ownership during this period, T.H. and H.S. Wathes; changes in work culture after World War Two.

Administrative / Biographical History

TH Wathes was an electrical engineering company at its inception in 1903, branched into refrigeration in the 1920s, although probably best remembered as a High Street retailer of electrical goods. The interviews were commissioned by Wathes to celebrate the centenary of the founding of the company T. H. Wathes and Co Ltd in 1903. The interviews were conducted by the East Midlands Oral History Archive and a booklet was produced entitled 'A Century of Service'. The collection was deposited with the EMOHA in March 2004.

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Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

Minidisc

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Related Material

Associated ephemera such as photographs, press clipping and company details and accounts informaiton, and wiring costs available through EMOHA, emoha@leicester.ac.uk.