Recalls family connections to the Co-operative Society, Great grandfather was founder member of the Leicester Co-op Society. Became number one shareholder due to grandfather handing this down. Describes working in grocery trade and eventually working for Co-op as a baker, after the Second World War. Describes the different shops, retail outlets and other activities in the Co-op
Details work in hosiery and engineering in Leicester from 1926, describing jobs at Wolsey, Corahs's....
Describes being at Green Lane School, Leicester. Recalls poverty of family, pawning possessions to g...
Sketches childhood in Wing, Rutland, briefly describing local school. Describes becoming warehouse c...
Recalls involvement with sister in the Co-operative Women's Guild in Gateshead. Recalls move to Leic...
Joint interview with husband recalling the Co-operative Society. Describes payment of Co-op dividend...
Recalls involvement with the Co-operative Society, first in Kettering, then in Leicester and Manches...
Describes grandfather's & father's hosiery careers in Leicester, setting up Kempton's, first deal wi...
Recalls schooling and living on the Braunstone Estate. Describes job opportunities in time of high u...
Recalls work as a tailor and working for the Co-operative tailoring department. Mentions involvement...
Recalls childhood and schooldays at Narborough Road school in Leicester. Describes first job in clot...
Recalls grandfather's influence on him with regard to the co-operative movement. Describes his work ...
Outlines family background in Nottingham, working for father in various shops. Suggests shop keepers...
Outlines family background, upbringing, in Sileby, Leicestershire. Mentions periods of unemployment ...
Joint interview. Mr. Souter recalls the end of the Boer War celebrations, army service in the Hussar...
Recalls working for Simpkin and James department store in Leicester from 1935 as an errand boy worki...
Details work in hosiery and engineering in Leicester from 1926, describing jobs at Wolsey, Corahs's....
Describes being at Green Lane School, Leicester. Recalls poverty of family, pawning possessions to g...
Sketches childhood in Wing, Rutland, briefly describing local school. Describes becoming warehouse c...
Recalls involvement with sister in the Co-operative Women's Guild in Gateshead. Recalls move to Leic...
Joint interview with husband recalling the Co-operative Society. Describes payment of Co-op dividend...
Recalls involvement with the Co-operative Society, first in Kettering, then in Leicester and Manches...
Describes grandfather's & father's hosiery careers in Leicester, setting up Kempton's, first deal wi...
Recalls schooling and living on the Braunstone Estate. Describes job opportunities in time of high u...
Recalls work as a tailor and working for the Co-operative tailoring department. Mentions involvement...
Recalls childhood and schooldays at Narborough Road school in Leicester. Describes first job in clot...
Recalls grandfather's influence on him with regard to the co-operative movement. Describes his work ...
Outlines family background in Nottingham, working for father in various shops. Suggests shop keepers...
Outlines family background, upbringing, in Sileby, Leicestershire. Mentions periods of unemployment ...
Joint interview. Mr. Souter recalls the end of the Boer War celebrations, army service in the Hussar...
Recalls working for Simpkin and James department store in Leicester from 1935 as an errand boy worki...
Details work in hosiery and engineering in Leicester from 1926, describing jobs at Wolsey, Corahs's....
Describes being at Green Lane School, Leicester. Recalls poverty of family, pawning possessions to g...
Sketches childhood in Wing, Rutland, briefly describing local school. Describes becoming warehouse c...