Voices of Guinness: An Oral History of the Park Royal Brewery

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Tim Strangleman (Professor of Sociology, Professor of Sociology, School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, University of Kent, Canterbury)

Voices of Guinness

An Oral History of the Park Royal Brewery

Tim Strangleman (Professor of Sociology, Professor of Sociology, School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, University of Kent, Canterbury)

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English

Oxford University Press Inc
15 September 2018

Sociology: work & labour; Labour economics; Working patterns & practices

Series: Oxford Oral History Series

"Imagine a workplace where workers enjoyed a well-paid job for life, one where they could start their day with a pint of stout and a smoke, and enjoy free meals in silver service canteens and restaurants. During their breaks they could explore acres of parkland planted with hundreds of trees and thousands of shrubs. Imagine after work a place where employees could play more than thirty sports, or join one of the theater groups or dozens of other clubs. Imagine a place where at the end of a working life you could enjoy a company pension from a scheme to which you had never contributed a penny. Imagine working in buildings designed by an internationally renowned architect whose brief was to create a building that ""would last a century or two.""This is no fantasy or utopian vision of work but a description of the working conditions enjoyed by employees at the Guinness brewery established at Park Royal in West London in the mid-1930s. In this book, Tim Strangleman tells the story of the Guinness brewery at Park Royal, showing how the history of one plant tells us a much wider story about changing attitudes and understandings about work and the organization in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Drawing on extensive oral history interviews with staff and management as well as a wealth of archival and photographic sources, the book shows how progressive ideas of workplace citizenship came into conflict with the pressure to adapt to new expectations about work and its organization. Strangleman illustrates how these changes were experienced by those on the shop floor from the 1960s through to the final closure of the plant in 2005. This book asks striking and important questions about employment and the attachment workers have to their jobs, using the story of one of the UK and Ireland's most beloved brands, Guinness."

By: Tim Strangleman (Professor of Sociology Professor of Sociology School of Social Policy Sociology and Social Research University of Kent Canterbury)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 160mm, Width: 239mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9780190645090
ISBN 10: 0190645091
Series: Oxford Oral History Series
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 15 September 2018
Audience: Adult education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Tim Strangleman is Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent, Canterbury, and past president of the Working Class Studies Association. He has researched and written on a wide range of workplaces and industries, examining work culture, attachment, and loss. He is the author of a number of books and articles about employment, deindustrialization, and nostalgia. He is also an oral historian who also uses visual methods and approaches along with archival materials.

Reviews for Voices of Guinness: An Oral History of the Park Royal Brewery

At a time of growing class polarization, Voices of Guinness demands our attention. Tim Strangleman invites us into the working lives and shopfloor memories of former industrial workers, confirming his place as a leading light in the study of work and its loss. This is oral history at its very best! -- Steven High, Journal of Working-Class Studies