Frank Wilson interviewed by Robert Aitchison (first interview)

Oral history interview with Frank Wilson conducted and recorded by Robert Aitchison on 6 April 2004, as part of the Time Tracks oral history collecting initiative. Duration: 32 minutes 32 seconds. Born in Shildon 1919; Shildon railway works; machine shop; apprentice electrician; chargehand; work at Faverdale Darlington, closure of Faverdale works; return to Shildon works, allocation of jobs, organisational changes; free passes criterion; North Road closure; use of coal in furnaces, coal dust issues, change to gas power; other family mebers worked at Shildon works; Shildon works post First World War, Italian prisoners of war; childhood, Timothy Hackworth school from 1924; General Strike; Second World War impact on work at Shildon, Faverdale bombing; overtime; health; income tax change with PAYE 1946; Easington Hospital

Time Tracks, Shildon Railway Village Community Project was an initiative funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund that encouraged members of the public to bring photographs and documents at Locomotion to form a community archive, when Locomotion museum was opened in Shildon, 2004. Over 50 oral history interviews were also recorded with members of the community. They shared their memories of Shildon as they knew it in their childhood and throughout their lives, from as early as the 1920s, as well as their work experiences in local factories and industries, including Shildon railway works.