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John Anderson

    

2002/79, John Anderson interviewed in his own home in Edinburgh by Sarah Bromage on 4/9/2002

000 Exhibition in village hall in Juniper Green where local industries had a stand to show what they produced.  Woodhall was there.  No recollection of Gala Day

027 Haulage contractors John Bryce lorries, John Wallace pallets and waste paper merchants all suffered or finishes up.  Local shops affected.  Short period pubs busy, drinking redundancy.

061 Retirement in the mill, how it was marked.

079  General relations within the mill he felt was good.

090 Dam, river had been eroding under the road.  Decided to have controlled explosion to re-route river. 

113      End.