Leeds long lost Trade Unions

buffaloskinner · Post by **buffaloskinner** » Fri 24 Sep, 2010 10:45 pm

Yes Arry I had forgotten about the Kirkgate shop, and I must have been there a few times.

stutterdog · Post by **stutterdog** » Sat 25 Sep, 2010 1:18 am

buffaloskinner wrote: Yes Arry I had forgotten about the Kirkgate shop, and I must have been there a few times. Bouht our first ever washer from Regam Electric on Boar Ln in 1966.It was a recondiioned Hoover twin tub! I think we paid £5 for it!

tilly · Post by **tilly** » Sun 26 Sep, 2010 6:59 pm

stutterdog wrote: buffaloskinner wrote: Yes Arry I had forgotten about the Kirkgate shop, and I must have been there a few times. Bouht our first ever washer from Regam Electric on Boar Ln in 1966.It was a recondiioned Hoover twin tub! I think we paid £5 for it! At that time you could mend your own washer the twin tubs seem to last forever Hotpoint did one as well.

Post by **chameleon** » Sun 26 Sep, 2010 7:16 pm

tilly wrote: stutterdog wrote: buffaloskinner wrote: Yes Arry I had forgotten about the Kirkgate shop, and I must have been there a few times. Bouht our first ever washer from Regam Electric on Boar Ln in 1966.It was a recondiioned Hoover twin tub! I think we paid £5 for it! At that time you could mend your own washer the twin tubs seem to last forever Hotpoint did one as well. The way things seem to be made these days tilly, it always seems like a case of jack the casing and put a ready built new innard in therE!A couple of significant spares if you have a bit that can be replaced can add up to the cost close to buying a new item - such as is our environmentally friendly, throw-away-society(Regam always managed to come up trumps with bits I used to need though!)

tilly · Post by **tilly** » Sun 26 Sep, 2010 9:15 pm

chameleon wrote: tilly wrote: stutterdog wrote: buffaloskinner wrote: Yes Arry I had forgotten about the Kirkgate shop, and I must have been there a few times. Bouht our first ever washer from Regam Electric on Boar Ln in 1966.It was a recondiioned Hoover twin tub! I think we paid £5 for it! At that time you could mend your own washer the twin tubs seem to last forever Hotpoint did one as well. The way things seem to be made these days tilly, it always seems like a case of jack the casing and put a ready built new innard in therE!A couple of significant spares if you have a bit that can be replaced can add up to the cost close to buying a new item - such as is our environmentally friendly, throw-away-society(Regam always managed to come up trumps with bits I used to need though!) Hi chameleon your right in what you say i could strip down my twin tub to the last nut and bolt.I would not try that with the washer we have now the same goes for cars i remember as a kid you used to see people with the bonnet up working on the engine.I think that should be in things you dont see any more.

kango · Post by **kango** » Mon 27 Sep, 2010 11:20 am

Off topic I know but I can remember My old man Rewiring electric fire elements with "Eureka" wire when they burned out. what a great name for a product.

Touran · Post by **Touran** » Sat 11 Jun, 2011 9:43 pm

buffaloskinner wrote: Yes Arry I had forgotten about the Kirkgate shop, and I must have been there a few times. Hi, I worked for McCulloch and Newitt Ltd of 42 New Park Street Leeds 1 Tel 22374 for 13 years from 1960 to 1973. I worked a lot at Perrotts Ltd McCauley Street. McCullochs did the voltage change in 1962 at Perrotts from 2 phase to 3 phase at that time a Mr Bill Lossack was the M.D. at Perrotts. Mr Randolph Bradley was my Boss at Mccullochs also a Director of the Company. He did all the rewind conversions and organised the work schedules. He was a very hard working chap and an extremely good and fair boss. I think Perrotts is still going today at McCauley St, but not in cloth finishing, they have diversified into other fields. Sadly Mculloch's are no longer trading.

Touran · Post by **Touran** » Sat 11 Jun, 2011 9:58 pm

buffaloskinner wrote: Yes Arry I had forgotten about the Kirkgate shop, and I must have been there a few times. Hi, Regam's rewind shop was at the side of St Annes Cathedral behind the Headrow, then they moved to Blackman Lane , & then to McCaulay Street. Derek Mager was the last one of the Family I remember who worked at Blackman Lane. There was also a Manager called Joe, not sure if he was part of the Family.

iansmithofotley · Post by **iansmithofotley** » Sun 12 Jun, 2011 9:45 pm

Hi Touran,As far as I am aware, Regam Electric was owned by Les Mager. I remember the shop in Boar Lane and during the 60's/70's/80's, the shop was managed by Stanley Boam who lived at Shadwell. I used to know both of them as my father had a shop in New Station Street and was a trade associate. Ian

Bonzodoodah · Post by **Bonzodoodah** » Wed 15 Jun, 2011 1:53 pm

The oldest recorded trade union in Leeds is the Brushmakers Society reference to them dated 1791. It is likely the Croppers (who worked in the woollen industry) may have being organised as early as 1786, they were certainly in existence in 1803. The Croppers Union was extremely powerful and they were strong enough to ensure that if new machinery was introduced there should be no redundancies but rather the work should be shared out.Another notable early union to survive was the Typographical Association created in 1810.The power of the Unions in Leeds was broken in 1834, when the bosses combined and defeated the unions. It should also be noted that Leeds and Huddersfield in the early 1830s were the centres of the campaign for a 10 hour working day.