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Nuffield Study - Appendix 2 - Stroud Piano Company

Nuffield Study 1943
Appendix 2
Stroud Piano Co
Industry | Piano Manufacturing | |
Location | Woodchester | |
Number employed at present time (June/ Sept 1942 | Men | 45 |
Women | 3 | |
Estimated Numbers employed prewar | Men | 180 |
Women | 10 | |
Estimated postwar numbers (a)men (b) women | More than prewar | |
Does the housing situation effect your supply of labour at the present time? If so, in what way? | No | |
Do you expect to remain after the war? | Established 1912 | |
What proportion of your employees travel to work by train (other means of conveyance) from other districts? | 20% by bus | |
What is the nature of your principal raw materials? Does it come by rail, canal or road? | Timber through Port of Bristol then by Rail | |
What form of power do you use? | Electric from grid | |
Do you produce your own power? If so, is it generated by steam or gas? | No | |
Would you be interested in an increased public supply of electric power, if available | No |
National Archives BT 64/3114