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- 1988 (Creation)
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1 compact cassette, 2 digital audio files (duration 1 hour 13 seconds), 1 MS Word file
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Bennett was born on 15 March 1894. From sometime in the autum of 1911 until the outbreak of WW1, he worked at the Singer sowing machine plant in Clydebank. In 1988 he was interviewed about working conditions and labour unrest at the plant, becoming a key witness for Scottish labour history.
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Recording and transcript of Arthur McIvor in conversation with David Bennett, 18 September 1988.
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Clydebank Library Heritage Centre holds a copy of the compact cassette as well as a transcript
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In 1990 an edited transcript of the interview appeared as ‘Working at Singer, Clydebank, 1911‐1914: testimony of David Burnett’, in 'Scottish Labour History Society Journal' 25: 76‐85
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- English