Chivers Memories
Listen first hand to employees, take in an original Chivers’ film or simply gen up with our ‘jam-packed’ talks on Chivers.
Our Society has interviewed many ex-employees to hear what it was like working in the Chivers’ world. Click on our memory recordings to hear their favourite recollections, descriptions of working conditions and the hot gossip from company outings. Each interview helps bring the factory floor back to life.
Click here or on the button to hear former Chivers employees favourite recollections. descriptions of working conditions and the hot gossip from company outings.
Click here or on the button to take you to some original 1930s promotional footage, made by Chivers, of what it was like on the factory floor.
Our local expert and Society member, Eleanor Whitehead, has given several talks on Chivers, including one on the exhibits at the Chivers Exhibition held in 2023.
Phone footage of the Chivers van leaving the Exhibition