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| 6 - Midland Quarry | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| What was life like for Quarrymen like these? The men in this 1920s photo were identified by Mr Harry. D. Ensor, the quarry owner:Back 5th from L. Harold Ensor (in jacket & tie) Harry's father, 6th from L. George Ensor (uncle), 10th from L. (in bowler) John Ensor (grandfather), 11th from L. Jack Ensor (father's elder brother), 13th from L. Bert Ensor (uncle). David Ensor (Great-Grandfather) started the Quarry in 1876.
Quarrying was a family business and all the (male) members of the family worked as Quarrymen. Quarrymen started young as well. You can see several children if you look closely at the picture. Listen to the clip below to hear how
some Quarrymen started out. He started working as a child during the school holidays. You might have become a Quarryman if you had been born at this time. Have a think about what this would have been like. Would you have enjoyed it? Would it have been dangerous? If people from Hartshill at this time didn’t become Quarrymen what other jobs were there for them? Listen to the Quarryman again to find out. What other
jobs could you have got at this time? Are any of these jobs still around today? What different jobs are there now? Did you hear how people got to work in those days? Why do you think that they used bikes and trams rather than cars? People from Hartshill also worked in coal mines, hat factories or went to Coventry to work as apprentices. Most people who were going to Coventry didn’t have a car. Instead they caught a tram from Nuneaton or went on their bikes. A lot of people rode their bikes to get to Coventry for work as the Quarrymen explain:
What about now?
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