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Trevor Jones - Below the Bridge (audio)
Interview with Trevor Jones sailmaker in the sailmaking factory, Hurman Street, Butetown. Content summary: Company history 1887-1939. Working conditions, sailmaking, sail loft, size of sail loft, cutting out canvas. Now the trade has had to diversify now that less canvas is used is shipping - such as tarpaulins for lorries. Future - Trevor Jones is not keen now to go into any new ventures - rather preferring to carry on as he is until he retires. Feels he's too old to start anything new.
Recorded as part of the Below the Bridge project.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
2004.50/4
Historical Associations
Association Type: place name
Date: 1982
Creation/Production
Dodsworth, Steve
Jones, Trevor (Mr)
Acquisition
Collected officially by NMW staff, 29/4/2004
Measurements
case
(mm): 18
case
(mm): 136
case
(mm): 136
diameter
(mm): 127
Material
plastic
paper
card
Location
In store
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