Diane Bolton and Diane Elliot interviewed by Jo Bath

Oral history interview with Diane Bolton and Diane Elliot conducted by Jo Bath on the 4th February 2004. Duration 41 min. 36 sec. Factory Workers for Astraka Fur; Childhood; parents jobs; education; working at the Fur factory; machines; roles; sewing coats for the 1980 winter Olympic team; Uniform; social side of work; break rooms; average working day; singing at work; protesting closure of shops; accidents; wages; paying parents 'board'; closure of factory; nightlife;

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.