The Creation and Collapse of an Occupational Community; the Case of Sheerness Naval Dockyard

The material held are the tapes and transcripts made with retired dockworkers who describe many aspects of their long working lives at the Dockyard. Nine tapes were deposited along with seven transcriptions and an end of award report.

This study aimed to provide support for other, parallel, research on aspects of the contemporary labour market of the Isle of Sheppey. It focused on the Naval Dockyard which had dominated the labour market and the social life of Sheerness, the Island's principal town, until its closure in 1960.

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Confidentiality

The materials held in the collection contain personal and identifying information. It is essential that the privacy of all respondents is not infringed. No real names or any other identifiable information used in the studies may appear in public. No attempt may be made to contact respondents directly. Use of the materials to derive information relating specifically to an identified individual or to claim to have done so is prohibited.

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The collection was acquired and prepared for archiving by Qualidata in 1997 and deposited in the NSPSCA

Additional material is not expected

Pahl, R.E. (1984) 'Divisions of Labour' (Oxford: Blackwell) Pahl, R.E. (1984) 'Divisions of Labour' (Oxford: Blackwell) Buck, N. H.(1981) 'An Admiralty Dockyard in the Mid-Nineteenth Century. Aspects of the Social and Economic History of Sheerness' (Urban and Regional Studies Unit, University of Kent at Canterbury)

National Social Policy and Social Change Archive (NSPSCA), Albert Sloman Library, University of Essex