Questions about Work Away From Home (2) Migrant Labour

Reference code: FOL.QUES/53
Level of description: Series
Title: Questions about Work Away From Home (2) Migrant Labour
Scope and content: 1. Where did people from your area go to find work?
2. Where would they live, sleep and eat when they were away?
3. What hours would they typically work when away? Mention tea and meal breaks.
4. Were working conditions generally better or worse away than they were at home?
5. Did you ever hear of any new work technique (e.g. in farming or industry) brought to your area as a result of people working away from home?
6. Did the worker usually have much contact with the people living in the area where they went to find work?
7. What did workers do during their spare time?
8. Did anyone originally intending to go away to work for only a short time end up living away permanently?
9. Has the practice of working away from home ended in your area? If so, when?
10. If people still go away to work from your area, is it the same places as in the old days? How have conditions changed?
11. Do you know of any songs or stories about people going away to work?