This is the speech of a man in his early seventies who was born and raised in the North Riding and who has lived in the same village the whole of his life. Educated to secondary school level, he spent some time working in agriculture, both before and after a serving in the Royal Navy. However, the majority of his working life was spent in a factory devoted to the manufacture of confectionary. The following is an extact from the informant's account of the history of his working life. To hear the spoken version, click here.