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GB 249 SOHC 6/3 · File · 12 May 2004
Part of Coal miners and dust-related disease oral history project

Arthur McIvor and Ronald Johnston in conversation with South Wales miners Tom Bowden, Colin ('Nati') Thomas, Gerald Hawkins and Derek Charles, Gelligaer, 12 May 2004.

  • sound recording (1 hour 34 minutes 53 seconds) and transcript

Interview C26.

Johnston, Ronald James, b. c. 1960, oral historian, researcher, writer

Conversation between R Johnston, A McIvor and four male participants, 1 December 1999.

  • transcript

Consent form A22, formerly coded A96.

The participants were a 66 year old insulation engineer, a T&G Convenor b.1946, a 62 year old former electrician and insulation engineer with 100% asbestosis who had worked at the Marinite Factory in Springburn, and a male insulation engineer b.1917.

Johnston, Ronald James, b. c. 1960, oral historian, researcher, writer
Interview with a nurse
GB 249 SOHC 6/6 · File · 29 June 2004
Part of Coal miners and dust-related disease oral history project

Arthur McIvor and Ronald Johnston in conversation with a nurse / health visitor in Wales, 29 June 2004.

  • sound recording (1 hour 9 minutes 1 second) and transcript

Interview not coded.

Johnston, Ronald James, b. c. 1960, oral historian, researcher, writer

Conversation between R Johnston and the 66 year-old widow of an electrical engineer who had recently died of mesothelioma, 22 March 1999.

  • transcript

Consent form A20, formerly coded B1.

The participant's husband was exposed to asbestos in the 1950s while working on a demolition contract. Interview also contains interesting testimony regarding her overseas’ work experience.

Johnston, Ronald James, b. c. 1960, oral historian, researcher, writer

Conversation between R Johnston and a 69 year-old retired insurance agent, 17 March 1999.

  • transcript

Consent form A15, formerly coded A40.

The participant had worked as an engineer in the Ailsa shipyard in Troon in the late 40s and early 50s, where he was heavily exposed to asbestos.

Johnston, Ronald James, b. c. 1960, oral historian, researcher, writer

Conversation between R Johnston and a 56 year-old retired insulation engineer, 15 March 1999.

  • transcript

Consent form A16, formerly coded A29.

The participant had worked with asbestos since he left school and was suffering from bilateral pleural thickening.

Johnston, Ronald James, b. c. 1960, oral historian, researcher, writer