The London working classes finding work in the 1960s and the traditional role of women

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  • Interviewee name: Pauline Mounsey

  • In her concluding interview Pauline Mounsey recounts what life was like in the 1960s for young adults from working-class backgrounds going into work. They would typically leave school at 15 and go into working in office environments. Finding work was much easier in the 1960s than it is now. Pauline remembers what the Bankside area where she worked was like in the 1960s and the vast changes that have occurred in the area since. She also speaks of the traditional role of young women of her age meeting their boyfriends at around 19 and getting engaged, marrying at 21 and subsequently leaving home and having children (and thus leaving work also).

  • EDUCATION london 1950s tradition 1960s routine south london southwark bankside office work employment working class

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