right it's ehm down at Newburn Riverside (pause) (unclear) just been built

yeah there's a leagues two nights isn't there Wednesday and Thursday

mm-hm yeah and it's also got (pause) eh the gym there as well and (pause) five a side courts and everything

and a bar (laughter)

and a bar yeah

(laughter)

that's right so that's eh one night a week (pause) and then on f I suppose every Friday night it's ehm (pause) we really either go to a a local social club

or to the town

or the t yeah the Bigg Market and then (pause) maybe off to the nightclubs

yeah but it varies from week to week doesn't it

yeah (laughter) on the (pause) finances

(laughter) yeah this week's a barbecue week

yeah

(laughter)

that's it

a bit low on money

mm-hm

I just raided the fridge

yeah

(unclear) (laughter)

ehm I suppose (unclear) also I I I play (unclear) personally I play ehm rugby (pause) up at Morpeth as well (unclear) so that's e that's every during the season that's every Saturday afternoon playing there (pause) and then a Tuesday and Thursday night going up to there to (pause) to train and last year I was in the juniors it was Sunday morning playing as well

mm-hm

that's

just got to get yourself into all the things that are going on

mm

find out what's going on in the local area

mm-hm

participate (pause) there's loads of football teams you can join ehm (pause) and such things isn't there

yeah that's definitely eh (pause) not so many rugby that's a bit of a

yeah I know

weaker sport but (pause) with football especially (unclear) they put football on a Sunday morning (interruption) (unclear)

yeah in the area you're just brought up to play football really aren't you it's not (pause) rugby or cricket or (interruption) anything else it's football

no (unclear) it's (unclear) (unclear)

I mean even at school that's all we played football never (pause) (interruption) had a game of anything else

yeah (unclear) (pause) that's right definitely (pause) (unclear) also not regularly now (unclear) used to go to ehm (pause) adventurers (interruption) (unclear) adventurers

(unclear)

that was on a (pause) on a Monday night that was ehm it was good you progressed up from scouts and then cubs

well I was in the cubs like but

aye

never went into the scouts or anything

why not

I don't know really I just (pause) never thought about joining it

mm (unclear) I went to Chapel House cubs (unclear) Chapel House scouts and (pause) when I was at scouts I used to help run the cubs

yeah

(unclear) adventurers used to help to run the scouts as well

yeah (unclear)

that was good went to (pause) plenty of camps up round (pause) Dilston everything then went to Sweden as well (unclear) exchange visit there (unclear) was (pause) that was a brilliant time but not so good when they came over here I think

why what was wrong with that

oh the the lad who was staying at house he wasn't much ehm (pause) didn't get on well with him really (unclear)

yeah did you go on any exchange visits with the school or not

not exchange went to ehm (pause) on middle school went to ehm Italy (pause) skiing

oh yeah yeah I remember (interruption) that

(unclear) (pause) just a couple of weekends away London and Stoke et cetera you went to France though didn't you

yeah I've been twice to France

mm-hm was that an exchange did they come over here or was it just a (interruption) holiday

no just went over there to speak French for a (pause) couple of weeks really (pause) ehm I don't know we've been on other trips with the school

(unclear)

to Alnwick and (pause) things like that

(unclear) middle school

yeah

(unclear)

but that was just like a (pause) action week or whatever you want to call it where we were (pause) doing all kinds of things that we wouldn't normally do like rowing and (pause) ehm (pause) (interruption) going fishing and things like that

yeah uh-huh

outdoor pursuits (unclear)

mm (unclear) holiday (unclear) my mam and dad and my brother down to ehm (pause) oh Derbyshire that was like an action week it was quite good (pause) with like the CHA which is like a (pause) holiday organisation

yeah

and we used to (unclear) spend every summer (pause) (unclear) you do you just go walking during the day

mm-hm

and there's things on at night like ehm (pause) oh barn dancing and

(laughter)

stuff like that it's not I'd never enjoyed but my dad mum and dad do because they always liked walking so (pause) (interruption) (unclear)

(unclear) enjoy (unclear) something like that

well yeah but (pause) well he probably did but he doesn't like to say it

(laughter)

(unclear)

(laughter)

so that was it so basically every year I went to the Lakes (pause) on holiday which was

hiking

(unclear)

yeah

bit sick of that but anyway

I've been there as well actually (pause) with the school

the Lakes

aye

(unclear)

(laughter)

oh we went to Stoke actually with middle school to (pause) think it was a mining museum (pause) (interruption) (unclear)

was that (pause) eh oh what's it called Ironbridge or something no what's that I don't know what it's called something bridge

(unclear) I can't remember (unclear) that was all right but then (pause) last year (unclear) went away to (pause) Ibiza didn't we

yeah

us two and ehm

well with our friends

friends yeah (unclear) (pause) that was a change of scenery for me definitely from like

(laughter)

the normal

yeah

then away to Corfu this year aren't we

yeah

should be good

mm-hm (pause) ehm (pause) talk bloody (interruption) talk (laughter)

(unclear) (pause) that's a ehm what else I suppose (pause) the first school that was (pause) well I was born in Hexham originally

well I was born in Hexham but I always lived in Chapel House

yeah

which is like two minutes from here (unclear) oh I I (unclear) dog (unclear)

mm-hm

where were we (laughter)

right well I suppose (unclear) I was born in Hexham and lived in (pause) went to (unclear) first school and that was canny that (unclear) the ducks we had to look after the ducks and the ehm (pause) ducks and the chickens that was (pause) we called the duck Waddle because he (pause) and then called the chicken Beardsley (interruption) for obvious reasons

(laughter)

but I remember ehm I had to (pause) I was looking after I got told choose to look after them and once the the duck tried to attack us and I was backing off off to it I ended up chucking into the pond so

(laughter)

got a day off school like that

yeah

and that school that's where I started playing football a bit seriously in the fifth year in that middle eh first school rather (pause) just (unclear) a few games (unclear)

mm (pause) ehm what you doing tomorrow night are you going down the club with (NAME)'s dad or owt (interruption) (unclear)

(unclear) aye probably I suppose go and watch the

match (unclear) the World Cup

yeah

who do you think's going to win that

eh I fancy Brazil like well I've tipped them for the tournament

have you got money on have you

no no I I haven't but (interruption) (unclear)

you've tipped them anyway (laughter)

yeah a sort of a (pause) gentleman's tip

everyone's saying Brazil like but I don't think they'll do it

mm who've you got

Argentina

(unclear) (NAME) (unclear) brother reckons that but (pause) no can not see it myself

they always get the results out (unclear) like last time on the (pause) World Cup they were no good like but eh (pause) they still got to the final didn't they

aye I think their luck's running out though isn't it really

I suppose so Maradonna (unclear) player he was

he's past it (unclear) he says he's only going to play half sort of thing like he'll say when he's coming off

(laughter) aye I know

(unclear) front (unclear)

that's what John Harkes is doing for America as well he's not

is he not

no he's just playing the half he hasn't got the fitness

why not was he injured for Derby

ehm yeah he missed a bit of the season (pause) the end of the season

(unclear)

did you see the Republic (pause) players the other day did you see when eh Tommy Coyne he was knackered when he got off the plane wasn't he (interruption) (unclear)

yeah that's right he was (unclear) interviewed before (unclear) (pause) ehm on telly he was suffering from (pause) sickness and everything he had to

yeah

couldn't give a sample for three and a half hours a urine sample

(laughter)

he was like that dry

be hard to play up there though won't it in that heat

mm (unclear) playing (interruption) those Italians (unclear) there sweltering

(laughter) aye aye it was okay about eight o'clock at night when the heat went down a bit but eh (pause) not four o'clock in the afternoon in the blazing sun or at (interruption) night (unclear)

(unclear) (pause) (unclear) anyway (unclear) (NAME)'s watch yesterday what happened was ehm (pause) because he lost his watch hadn't he

(laughter) aye

and I picked it up and put it in my bag and he didn't realize (pause) that he'd ehm (pause) but I forgot to tell him (unclear) come (unclear) and then I phoned him up to see maybe he's going to the barbecue (pause) later on about an hour later and I phoned him up and his mam said 'oh he's out looking for his watch'

(laughter)

(laughter) so I felt dead guilty so I had to go and get the car and pick eh (unclear) go and see him then when he first saw us he was ehm (pause) he thought oh oh he thought it's nice of you to come and help us then I told him he was eh

(laughter)

he wasn't too pleased like

it was a bit nasty of you nicking it though wasn't it

oh I found it really I just forgot to tell him about it

(laughter) oh

well it was revenge for when he nicked yours (interruption) your watch

yeah I suppose so that means he'll not want to buy that watch off me anymore

mm well he might because the wrist was bust

was it

mm

wey I would just swap them give them a straight swap and I'd get like the links taken out of the other one

mm (pause) in the barbecue last night we had ehm (pause) it's like this new design just like a paper bag with all the charcoal and you just light it (pause) straight away it goes up

doesn't take hours to light

no so there's just no fun in it really like there was nobody getting paraffin (unclear)

yeah

so (laughter) then eh when it died out a bit we put some more coal on we're trying to waft it up

(laughter)

and (NAME) was ehm (pause) he was doing this with the plate and he (unclear) (unclear) (unclear) get some air and he caught the barbecue and spilt (unclear) all over

(laughter) I'm not surprised with his limbs (laughter) ehm (pause) what did (unclear) go around for anyway

well we just saw him (unclear) and well he lives next door just over the fence so (pause) invited him round so (unclear) a few bottles of lager and

yeah what's he doing now

he's ehm he got that job in Fenwick's

oh right does he need these A levels or not to do (unclear)

no well he only done a B TEC National

is he

yeah

in Ponteland

mm-hm so ehm (pause) that's equivalent to two A levels I think you're just you're virtually guaranteed to pass I think

yeah

starts August the ninth or something

what does he do when he's there

don't know just (unclear) (pause) meant to have had thousands wey hundreds of applicants for the job (unclear)

yeah well I went for it and you applied and all but

he's done quite well

yeah it's because he works (pause) on a Saturday anyway in one of the (interruption) shops (unclear) shops yeah

(unclear) mm

so that'll have helped him get in

(unclear) that's right but ehm (pause) we always I I took a B TEC National (unclear) equivalent to two A levels but it's nowhere near as hard is it

no (interruption) not really

people just seems to have all the time off but I mean you know (pause) A levels weren't that hard but

yeah it's vocational as well

mm

bit more eh (pause) (interruption) well use

the the problem with business and finance (unclear) everyone seems to do that

yeah

but I mean (NAME) (pause) don't know if you know him he used to go to our middle school he's doing eh engineering

like B TEC (interruption) engineering that's what (NAME) was doing wasn't he

mm (unclear) aye so he's like easy to get onto a degree course with that

yeah (unclear) HND anyway he'll get on won't he

yeah I know so

but most of them you can do degrees with anyway can't you like you can do an extra year or something

well do you know (NAME) (NAME) he used to work at the match

yeah

he's ehm (pause) he's doing that he's well he was accepted for a two year (pause) HND in computers

yeah

and they've let him join after his first year join the second year of the degree he was doing that well so (pause) he's quite lucky because I don't think he did too well in his A levels (unclear)

(unclear) any of them lot (pause) (NAME) (NAME)'s friends did they d any of them do all right or not

ehm do you know (NAME) (NAME) (NAME)

no

he was ehm he's he's doing dentistry

phew

so he's making a mint when he comes out after that

yeah

was ehm (pause) (unclear) I think the rest (pause) (unclear) (NAME) (NAME) (NAME) (NAME)'s brother he's ehm (pause) he's (unclear) dropped his second year out of his B TEC so he's like repeated it

yeah

so he's just (unclear) his results this year (pause) but ehm (NAME) (NAME)'s away to with (NAME) to Romania for

have they gone now have they (interruption) (unclear)

no I don't I'm not sure when they go (pause) but ehm to help out over there

it is quite good that though isn't it

(unclear)

taking the two years off to do that I mean the two weeks off

yeah so I had to sponsor him a fiver to do the ehm (pause) basketball because he's doing a sponsored basketball ehm (pause) well he's got to get so many baskets in an hour or something

oh right (interruption) how many about

(unclear) (unclear) I don't know can't remember but that's how he's making his money so

I'd be lucky if I got two an hour (laughter)

I can not (unclear)

(laughter)

I (unclear) basketball like

it's not my forte so to speak

no (unclear)

(unclear) (pause) ehm are you going to the match next year or are you playing rugby or what

well playing rugby on a Saturday so it's ehm (pause) it's little point (unclear) trying for a season ticket but you aren't are you are you

no I don't think so it's costing too much now

mm

for the bonds and all that

that's shocking the bond scheme like pl pricing out all the (pause) like the lower classes aren't they just got to

yeah

all like the hardened fans they're just pricing out so (pause) doubt you'll be able to go to a match again (interruption) with all the

mm-hm wey not for a few years anyway

(unclear)

they've got a waiting list of about twenty thousand for season tickets

have they

yeah

(unclear) they're all just jumping on the bandwagon as well aren't they

a lot of them are yeah

well look when (unclear) Jim Smith was there and Ossie Ardiles they weren't

(unclear)

not many people there well there was about twenty odd thousand but

yeah I would've renewed my season ticket if it had been like a bit later in the year (pause) when I might have had a job

mm

but ehm at the minute it's a bit useless when I haven't got any money

aye I know (unclear) a bit expensive (NAME)'s got one hasn't he did he get a (interruption) loan from the bank

yeah he got a bank loan

and how much is this setting him back

eh three hundred pound (pause) well my mam and dad said they will (pause) eh lend us the money to renew it if eh (pause) they knew I had a job

mm (pause) that's I was going to take some money out of the bank and get one (pause) and then like sell it when I can't go on a Saturday then go on a Sunday and midweek (interruption) games

sell the tickets yeah

no it wasn't going to be worth it I don't think no

no (pause) so I think I'll just play football on a Saturday next year (pause) for a (interruption) team

mm who for

I'm not sure yet (pause) ehm the Masons they've got a team (interruption) (unclear)

is that Saturday (pause) what (NAME) (interruption) plays

yeah well he plays for the Airport on a Sunday but he did play for the Masons on a Saturday

mm-hm

which is quite lucky because eh (pause) having a season ticket he could like go to the match one week and then play football on (pause) the next

yeah so (pause) how'd he get to know about that

his uncle (laughter) owns the team (unclear) manages the team

does he

aye

I didn't know (unclear)

so he's going to give him a ring (pause) ask if he'll give me and (NAME) a shot

(unclear) don't know (unclear) (NAME) like (unclear)

(laughter) yeah

(unclear)

well I was saying to (NAME) like (pause) doesn't do they not have training or anything (pause) and ehm he reckons they don't they don't train at all so I was wondering how he (pause) like know how good you are but he says he'll not bother what match it is he'll just (pause) give you a half (pause) to see if you're any good

mm-hm

you know what I mean like it's not a friendly match or anything like that on a league match he'll give you a half

oh well at least ehm (NAME)'ll get (pause) a half game (unclear)

(laughter)

mm-hm well he tries I suppose

(laughter) well he doesn't even do that really but eh

aye I know but ehm (pause) did you see he got ehm (pause) I can't believe he bought those suits for work he doesn't even have to (pause) wear them at DSS does he

no jeans and a T shirt

typical that

(laughter)

he said he had some women on (pause) poor old woman (pause) on the phone to him

yeah

from London or something and eh (pause) he thinks she was dead lonely he was talking about the war and everything and he says he was he was he was like humouring her to start with then about (pause) half an hour later he just got a bit sick and said 'oh I'll have to go'

(laughter)

but ehm (pause) can't be bad getting paid for that

no he says it's all right but

mm

I know why he likes it because there's a bandit there

oh he got it

he's obsessed like

he's got it bad (unclear) Wednesday when he had eleven pound

yeah

and he spent three of it straight away on the bandit before he got there and he knew he didn't have any money for the weekend

was that all he had for the weekend like eleven pound

mm-hm (pause) but he still managed to get some out of his mam last night

(laughter)

then Friday night (unclear)

aye Friday night he stayed in and watched (pause) eh the match

no not go down to the club did he not

no his dad was on night shifts so he didn't bother

oh (unclear)

but ehm his mam wasn't in or he reckons he would have came out with us (pause) on Friday

yeah

his mam wasn't in because she was she would have give him some money

uh-huh

eh

oh so he couldn't get it off her

yeah

aye that's ehm (unclear)

so he didn't have much money really

mm I can't believe a week today (unclear) (pause) freedom's over so

(laughter)

starting work

yeah

(unclear) (pause) I don't know

it's the real world isn't it

that's right I mean getting getting there'll be all right just getting the well my mam's dropping my dad off at school

yeah

so she'll just ehm

(interruption) drop you off

drop me off before the bus stop but on the way home it's going to be a bit hard (unclear) trying to

oh there's plenty of buses coming back from Hexham (interruption) (unclear)

no no I know it's like getting back to there but from the road ends

(laughter)

it's like a half hour walk which I don't (interruption) want to

ten minutes

it's not like it's half an hour I don't want that for after every night so I'll be getting in till about (pause) six or something

phew no might be later than that

mm that's right depends if we get the run of the buses I mean

yeah I know are you working on a weekend or not

no the bank doesn't open on a weekend (unclear)

just (pause) for well the banks do open on the weekends don't they

mm

on the mornings anyway

mm I'm not working anyway I wouldn't I'd leave I

(laughter)

(unclear)

why because of your rugby

aye I wouldn't do that so

(laughter)

but the first day I don't have to get there to ten

you what

next Monday don't have to get there to ten in the morning so I can ehm

is that always or just

no just the first day just (unclear) don't know why probably (unclear) to get sorted out and that

is there anyone else (interruption) (unclear) joining with you

one person joining yeah but I don't know if they start at the same time or not (pause) so I hope they're all right (unclear)

(laughter)

good laugh (unclear)

yeah

mm

or a good looking girl

(laughter)

(laughter)

one (unclear) two yeah

(laughter)

so that should be all right but the people seemed all right at the interview there like

yeah

(unclear) there was only thirty people like so (pause) hopefully a couple of them'll be all right

well if one of them lives round here might be able to get a lift in off them

oh I I think I really do think that one of them's going to be going down (unclear)

like they have to really (interruption) don't they

(unclear) someone's going to be coming to Newcastle (pause) (unclear)

if not all the way they might be able to like drop you off in (pause) (unclear) further down in Corbridge or something like that or

yeah definitely (pause) can I just go and get the dog in please (unclear)

(unclear)

(unclear) (pause) right (pause) well I mean I'm sure someone's going to be coming down the (pause) ehm well the Hexham Road into Newcastle from there

yeah

I was I was hoping because

mm

fifty I mean it's fifty five pound a month (unclear)

for a bus pass

yeah

yeah well if you just chip in for some petrol or something (interruption) you'll be all right

(unclear) well say I s say put halfer halfers in the petrol

yeah

shouldn't be bad I don't think but ehm

aye well be about (pause) (unclear) tenners a week won't they to get there and back

mm-hm I (unclear) so if I put fiver in (pause) save me money and them money as well

yeah

my dad's suggesting putting the advert in the window at (pause) the sh the shops just to see if anyone wants to go to

Hexham

Hexham yeah

yeah

so I mean

that's a good idea actually because there's bound to be some people from round here'll go up there isn't there

mm I'll definitely if it's going to half the the cost of it

yeah

but I think (pause) as soon I like started as soon as I get a pay rise I would (pause) well after six months get profit sharing so (pause) going to put all that towards you know for a car myself

(unclear)

I'm not really sure I think it's just ehm (pause) (unclear) you get a bit of performance at the bank (interruption) (unclear)

oh right so if they make a profit you get like say (pause) (interruption) half of nought point one percent or something (interruption)

(interruption) aye (interruption) yeah (unclear) better than nothing isn't it

(laughter) aye I suppose

but ehm I want to get a chance to go to Newcastle as soon as possible because (pause) Hexham's a bit of a bit of a hike everyday up to there

can not complain though (interruption) (unclear) the job doesn't it

no (unclear) (pause) but I suppose half an hour on the bus it's the same as the amount of time it'd take to get into town

yeah I know

when you think of all of the traffic and everything

yeah (pause) doesn't really matter anyway does it (pause) (unclear)

no I suppose

just going to be sitting on a bus not going to kill you

mm-hm (unclear) I think the first lot of banking exams are your correspondence which (pause) prefer to get day release but I suppose it's

what's correspondence like

I could just do it at home you just (pause) (interruption) write away

(unclear) distance learning

mm-hm yeah but I think that's (pause) that was just because ehm (pause) when it was (unclear) first (unclear) was day release so all the people taking a year off who didn't even want to do the exams

yeah

(unclear) like a day out of the bank every (pause) week and they were just mucking on and failing the year and that's a wasted year for the bank

yeah because the banks normally pay for the exams (interruption) don't they

yeah (unclear) yeah I think they pay (unclear) correspondence the I think after if I've passed my first lot then it's like day release sort of thing and

oh right yeah

and I get the and then I get all that

suppose the first six months could be (pause) like correspondence until you see whether you really want to do it or not

mm-hm it's going to be a bit nervous that trying to (pause) make a good impression and everything so

(laughter)

oh I'm sure I'll be all right

are you looking forward to it or not

yeah I s I suppose yeah I am just hope I enjoy it really (unclear)

yeah

(unclear) mam and dad think I might be bored when I'm there but

yeah it's all right if you're in with a good set of people (unclear)

that's it because I mean when I did my work experience (unclear) did ehm Olympus Sports

yeah

just I mean that hardly wouldn't have thought it'd be exciting but it was ehm (pause) it was (unclear) seemed all right (interruption) (unclear)

(unclear) the people all right were they

yeah that was (unclear) dealing with customers and everything that'd be ehm

yeah

it was a a change but (pause) with a bank I think it'll be two or three years before you get out of the back room and on to the (pause) ehm like the cash points not the cash points the like the front desk meeting the people

oh yeah

so that'll keep you (pause) occupied a bit

yeah

but ehm (pause) where did you do your work experience again (unclear)

done it at ehm (pause) the Health Authority (pause) auditing

(unclear)

but ehm I didn't enjoy that it was just because I was in with like people who were twenty years older than us and all that

yeah that's (interruption) hard

and there wasn't really many spoke to us

mm

I didn't enjoy that at all it put us off a bit (pause) whereas when I went eh surveying and I done (pause) like work experience surveying and eh I think it was just because the people were more my age

well that's it (unclear) good laugh sort of thing don't they

yeah

yeah (unclear) but I suppose Olympus Sports they were all just a similar age but

yeah

I got the impression there I was just being it was ehm (pause) another week's help like unpaid (pause) help you know

oh yeah

it was like they have work experience every week of the year

do they

well I th I saw the list with about forty nine (unclear) week so

phew

and that's and they they work they work you hard

yeah

like I remember I had to go and play football I mean rugby (pause) and I wanted to be let out about say a half four and they said 'we'll let you but (unclear) (pause) don't have your lunch hour' sort of thing I mean that (pause) (interruption) when you're not getting paid

it's a bit nasty on work experience like isn't it

yeah exactly I suppose they're trying to get you what it's really like but

yeah

that's their excuse (unclear) don't believe that I think it's just

yeah I know getting eh free labour

mm-hm mm-hm (pause) yeah I suppose you have have a good time (unclear) seems to have a good time at work don't they

well (laughter) I wouldn't say that but eh

wey (unclear) does (unclear) he seems to (interruption) (unclear) (unclear)

aye he's all right because he knew a few of the people anyway before he started

did he

yeah

oh I didn't know that

aye he knew a few before he started so (pause) which isn't a surprise for (unclear) (unclear)

no (interruption) (unclear)

(laughter)

definitely (unclear) but what about (NAME) I think (NAME) seems

well he didn't like Vicker's so much (interruption) (unclear)

no but there was (pause) wh whole loads his age though weren't there

aye I know but I don't know why he didn't like it he just I don't think he was too keen on the whole place

mm I don't think he wanted to be an engineer (unclear)

yeah I know because eh it was forty pound a week I don't think that's what he was keen on

no I know

he's not gone up much more now like to sixty quid

no that's (unclear)

suppose (pause) it's a bit better isn't it

yeah it seems a better job as well

mm

(unclear) (NAME) like his work at the (pause) because he was doing (interruption) (unclear)

he did like it (pause) at first when he was getting loads of money and that and eh

mm

he could afford when no one else had one (pause) but ehm he's not too keen on it anymore he gets all the like bad jobs to do

yeah I think I think at the end of the day they don't (pause) earn earn money (unclear) on but (pause) when they get to about twenty five they can't go any higher

mm-hm (interruption) (unclear)

like engineers well not engineers maybe but (pause) (unclear) mechanics (unclear)

yeah

like (NAME) says he can only get up to ehm (pause) three twenty when he's finished

does ehm he mend (pause) escalators or something

mm well (unclear) the Metros and everything

oh right (pause) I wasn't sure what he did I haven't seen him for a long time like since we left school

no

at least since he left in the fifth year

(unclear)

seen him about twice or something since then I didn't even recognize him one of the times

it's not surprising

(laughter)

but (unclear) (pause) (unclear) he gets day release as well I think he gets

yeah

gets qualified which is (pause) important (interruption) suppose

(unclear)

yeah so you reckon you well how do you reckon you'll do in your interview tomorrow

I don't know see how it goes got my patter sorted out I think

(unclear)

had a bit of a read on (pause) like what they do and that

mm so what are you going to say to them

(laughter) well it depends what they ask (interruption) really

(unclear) if (unclear) said 'why do you want the job' or something like

because I think it'd be a fulfilling career

mm

and I've been aiming to do (pause) that sort of career since eh the fifth year I even took my A levels with that kind of career in mind

mm that'll impress them I think that's yeah that was the problem I had when I went (unclear) (pause) like I said I wanted to do surveying which I did in fifth year and everything but

yeah

my history and geography (pause) doesn't really go with it

no

but ehm

I think ehm what'd be helpful at school is if they (pause) like taught you interview techniques

mm

because I think a lot of people don't like being put on the spot when they get in (unclear) like they've got no idea what's coming

yeah that's definitely (unclear)

I mean they tell you what kind of jobs you should be doing and this that and t'other

(unclear) I thought found the sixth form was totally geared towards university

yeah

eh (unclear) Mr (unclear) the head of sixth sixth form he wasn't he basically wasn't interested unless you were going to do some sort of eh (pause) who had done three A levels expected three As and away to Oxford sort of thing

yeah I know what you mean like

or went to the Christian Union

(laughter) or did physics

mm (unclear)

(laughter) so that like includes just about everyone in the sixth form but us two doesn't it

possibly

(laughter)

yeah (unclear) but he ehm aye I reckon your maths'll stand you in good stead tomorrow (pause) because ehm when I went I even though I was on low upper six was it upper six or lower six

oh it was lower

it must have been towards the end

it was this time last year you went

might have been aye aye might have been

think it was anyway (pause) (unclear) talking about Steve Bruce

mm no it was wasn't because it was my dad had that job that came up before for Patterson's (pause) (interruption) (unclear)

oh yeah it was upper six wasn't it

mm that was in lower six (unclear) I came home from holiday expecting to (pause) find a reply but (pause) never heard owt about three months and then saying you hadn't got it (pause) but yeah

mm

(unclear) because I even that's right I was in upper six (pause) but I would have had to ehm (pause) do a B TEC National in eh (pause) quantity surveying because I hadn't done (unclear) sort of thing

at Patterson's?

no at ehm Wimpey

oh right I was going to say

(unclear) so (pause) but I'd be a year older (pause) and and I've done maths I think they would I would just have went straight on to the HND

yeah

which is what you're doing I think is it

yeah that's what that's what they're saying anyway

mm (pause) have you h heard from Laing was it Laing was it (unclear)

oh yeah ehm we haven't heard back (unclear) they haven't said that they've got my letter or anything

mm

(unclear) the way it goes (interruption) isn't it

most of them most of them are I think

yeah ehm (pause) oh I was going to say something oh yeah ehm have you been watching the cricket this week

aye yeah I was just ehm (pause) just this morning (unclear) they got two (unclear) ehm (pause) two wickets straight away

(unclear)

the (pause) New Zealanders so (pause) don't know what the score is now (unclear) (pause) nearly tea I think so (pause) if they haven't got any wickets I think England I don't think England'll get the runs they need to win

well they needed four hundred and seven and no one's ever done that before

mm (interruption) I think that's why they set it didn't they

got that much (unclear) (pause) yeah

because ehm (pause) yeah did you watch the cricket the highlights last night

yeah

Geoff Boycott's brilliant isn't he (unclear) (unclear)

(laughter)

he's got no idea (unclear) what he's doing

(laughter) he hasn't like

(unclear) well I've got to I've got to phone up the night about ehm (pause) the one day international at (pause) Old Trafford

yeah are you going to book tickets or are you just going to (interruption) (unclear)

you've got to book them there's ehm they it's all been sold out the only one's they've got are the ones that've been returned

yeah

so but the woman thinks there'll be some twenty two pound ones returned so ehm

there will be or there have been

there will be well there were some thirty four pound ones

phew

it's a bit steep like but it's once a year and

yeah

and we have the money from holiday which is that's best thing this year (unclear) getting paid (pause) couple hundred pound for ehm sitting on the beach like

(laughter)

(unclear) (unclear)

it's all right for some isn't it

yeah well you never know you might have a job by then

hopefully hopefully

well you'll find out from Wimpey (unclear)

yeah

straight away next couple of days

mm-hm

but (pause) excuse me but ehm (pause) yeah so then that's hopefully get twenty two pound tickets

yeah

and then it's only it's twenty six on the train there and back

dead expensive for like one day (unclear) twenty two quid for a ticket

yeah it is I know especially (unclear)

they'll not be good seats really either f for like

no

if there's thirty four quid ones as well

well I bet twenty two pound ones'll be where the better laugh is

aye I suppose

like at the Jesmond cricket

(laughter)

every year well last year it was raining wasn't it

yeah

was that your first year

it's the only time I've been yeah

yeah (unclear) we went about first time about four years ago that was brilliant that it was dead hot day and everyone was just

drunk (interruption) (laughter)

drunk yeah we weren't but ehm but (pause) and just a laugh with all the banter and everything (unclear) brilliant

yeah (pause) it was all right last year for a bit when eh (pause) I don't know what he's called one of the cricketers was right next to where we were and everyone was like (unclear) and all that

mm oh Neil Fairbrother (interruption) he was g he got beer from the crowd

yeah (pause) yeah

(unclear) was it but ehm (pause) (unclear) funny but that Martin Crowe I don't know if he was there last year but (pause) (unclear) (unclear) got a century he used to be dead grumpy him

(laughter)

never had a laugh at all

yeah

like they once got got eh (pause) Michael Atherton moved (pause) (unclear) in front of us

oh right

he was he was getting so much hassle

I offered Peter Such a can of beer last year and eh (pause) he knocked us back like

that's right yeah we got up on the ehm

yeah

(unclear) on top of the pavilion weren't (unclear)

(laughter)

(unclear) nowt no

don't know why he knocked us back like something to do with the fact it was half open and

mm-hm and he was from Essex

(laughter)

(unclear) but ehm (pause) (unclear) US Open golf's got the

oh yeah there's a three way playoff the day

it's normally just the one hole but

aye eighteen holes because I think it's because there's three people in it

mm-hm all three of them bogeyed the last hole

did they

that's if (unclear) one of them had (pause) got a par they would've then won all three of them

phew

so that should be canny good but Wimbledon'll have that (pause) most (unclear)

yeah

like in between the sets getting the score

yeah who was it Ernie Els or something from South Africa

yeah it's some American I've never heard of him and Colin Montgomery from (pause) Scotland

(laughter) there's thousands of American golfers that you never heard of and they come win (interruption) the tournament

aye every every year and then they go away (unclear) (unclear) aye

Chip Buck or something like that (interruption) (unclear)

(unclear) did you watch (unclear) when they they've got plans to change (unclear) football game

phew aye

ridiculous that it's like (unclear) netball isn't it where you can't only go in certain zones and

yeah there's there's going to be like (pause) (unclear) three thirds

three (interruption) (unclear)

one for mid fielders one for defenders one for attackers

and (unclear) you get three points if you score from halfway (unclear)

(laughter) well that means the attackers can never score from there because they can only go in like their third of the pitch and that wasn't included

yeah I know so I know that it's just ridiculous typical America man (unclear) but it will never happen world stage but

yeah I know I suppose if you think about it it'll be more (pause) skill and all that won't there because eh people are going to be shooting from like halfway line and all that whereas they normally wouldn't (interruption) (unclear)

mm I think there's enough sk I think it's (pause) perfect game the way it is I (unclear) (unclear)

aye I like it the way it is (unclear) it's played in every country isn't it

mm just apart from America and they've got it and like no one knows (unclear)

mm still getting big crowds though aren't they for like

but all the Americans I'm (pause) thinking like

aye

I mean because like a America (unclear) just thousands of people from (pause) like Ireland and Italy over there and all that (unclear) (interruption) like (unclear)

aye like live there

aye all the immigrants they're going to watch it aren't they but like the Americans themselves

aye

(unclear)

it's a strange place like have you seen New York they've got like little China little Italy little (pause) America (laughter)

aye I know big Ireland I think now

(laughter)

some drink some Guinness over there at the moment

yeah

yeah but I I've definitely we've (unclear) it's like France in four years the World Cup that'll be

be brilliant that

easy to get to that won't it just to all get along there

through the Channel Tunnel I don't fancy the idea of that the Channel Tunnel like at all

no I think it'd be easy to be bombed

yeah

like easy to for terrorists (unclear) like

eh my mam says eh how doesn't the water go in from all the cracks and all that she doesn't seem to realize it's underneath like the sea bed

yeah (pause) yeah I see aye I see what she means but eh

(laughter) she thought it just like went through the water

(laughter) aye typical

(laughter)

I'm (unclear) I don't know (unclear) in the tunnel like we'll just go with the ferry

aye

(unclear) good laugh that (unclear) going there and

I like going on ferries I think they're like they're all right to go on (unclear)

(unclear)

got plenty to do and all isn't there

(unclear) Sweden went to Sweden that was class that twenty seven hours there and back

(laughter)

(unclear)

don't know if I could fancy twenty seven hours like but eh

oh it was all right (unclear) well (pause) it's the people (unclear) with really you know keeps entertaining

yeah is there a disco on and all that

mm-hm (pause) on the way back (unclear) we got stopped for the ehm (pause) because the waves were that high we had to stop for an hour in the middle of the ocean

phew

and it was just going up and down like that it was ridiculous didn't have to dance in the disco you just stood there (unclear)

(laughter)

side to side

what did you go to Sweden for

I said man just the with the scouts

oh right

it was ehm (unclear) first week was International Camp

yeah

(unclear) that was that was canny (pause) was ehm (pause) the Germans were there (unclear) a massive black tent and they kept away from everyone like just

(laughter)

but all the others were a good laugh then we had a it was like an inter comp inter area volleyball tournament which was always a good laugh as well

yeah

like each (pause) I think every country had its own (pause) team (unclear)

yeah

that was good and the second week we went to ehm Gothenburg and stayed with a (pause) a family

oh right

(unclear)

ehm talking about volleyball that one down at Whitley Bay was good that competition we went in for down there

oh aye no aye it's mint on the grass

(unclear)

when you can dive about and everything

I thought it was only going to be on like for a couple of hours in the morning or something I didn't realize it was all day

aye I know it was just a laugh (unclear)

(laughter)

(unclear)

there was teams from Birmingham or something there wasn't there

there was aye they were with those eh (pause) (unclear) wasn't it (interruption) (unclear)

(laughter) aye

there was a few of them

I don't know what they were there for though like (interruption) why'd they come all the way up here for that (interruption)

(interruption) (unclear) (interruption) I think there was a serious men's tournament

oh right

(unclear) just like a local school tournament

yeah

that that was a good laugh (unclear) so

good game that (unclear) do that again

mm we (unclear) golf (unclear) (NAME) (unclear) eh well myself going put the ehm (pause) application in for Westerhope (pause) golf club to join it

oh yeah

(unclear)

I haven't got any golf clubs (interruption) so I've got one (unclear)

no well I haven't got any I've got a golf bag and trolley

(laughter)

actually (NAME) next door's got my trolley but the golf clubs are too small (unclear) so I'll get some good ones well if I g I get membership

yeah

(unclear)

my brother's got a a set like so's my uncle

like (unclear) brother

yeah

taxi driver

yeah but ehm he never gets out to play anymore because he's on day shift

oh

eh on the taxis

mm-hm

so he never gets out anymore really to play

yeah so how many hours does he work then (unclear)

don't know he just I think it's when they feel like it more or less

oh right is he ehm (pause) does he make much money like does he

well (pause) he makes about (pause) four hundred quid a week but like eh about well more or less half of that goes on petrol money

mm (pause) aye I suppose (unclear)

and he's got two kids as well to look after so

well (pause) (NAME) (unclear) canny he's just passed his degree but ehm (pause) he starts labouring today actually (pause) for ehm

does he

(NAME) (laughter) you know the the (unclear) we stayed at

oh yeah

in Sheffield (pause) him he said he's labouring but (pause) he hasn't actually he ha didn't apply for any jobs (pause) beforehand and now he's just applying for them now

(laughter)

so like once (unclear) the summer's rush is over he's saying so

mm-hm

that should be ehm (pause) hopefully he'll get a job and (pause) he was there was one at Preston (unclear) county council but he didn't want to take that because it was ehm (pause) ehm well because industry doesn't look (unclear) too good at the council like they think the standards are low

yeah

so (unclear)

is that civil engineering

mm no no structural he didn't want to do civil I don't think (pause) (unclear) was a joint degree

(unclear)

mm but (pause) I don't know I think civil's the house one and structural's the building (pause) might be wrong like eh bridges and everything

no that's civil engineering (interruption) bridges and that (interruption)

(interruption) (unclear) is it (interruption) (unclear) that's what he wants to do he wants to do the big the big stuff

yeah

like bridges so ehm (pause) but I think he said there was one at ehm (pause) he's applied for one in (unclear) industry I think I think he's got to work for five years till he gets chartered

mm

gets ehm (pause) so hopefully he'll do that

yeah

(unclear) (pause) (unclear) (NAME)'s brother yesterday I (unclear) that he'd been playing golf with his dad and he came in to the barbecue (pause) and he was saying ehm (pause) he's staying on and he wants to be a chemist

he's staying on doing A levels

(unclear) he's only at fourth year now

yeah

he wants to be a chemist so I think he's asking which ones to do

a chemist

mm-hm

what do you mean by a chemist a chemist's where you buy things from

mm-hm (unclear) he makes makes all the stuff behind the

oh you mean the oh I know what you mean yeah

mm oh he'll not serve on the till like but

(laughter)

so he was ehm (pause) I think he wants to do well he's going to have to do chemistry and physics but I think he doesn't want to do (pause) doesn't want to do three (interruption) sciences

(unclear) you don't even need A levels to do that (pause) there's one in ehm there was a job the other day I seen and ehm you needed just to do GCSE science

mm

you need to pass that

mm-hm

and he could do that

I actu I (unclear) (interruption) (unclear)

it's just down Lemington (pause) as well

mm (unclear) I think he wants to well (pause) obviously more (pause) qualifications you get the better it'll be (unclear)

mm

making more money in there and so (pause) I think like but

yeah

so (pause) I don't think he wants do he only wants to do like two sciences (pause) and he's asking which (pause) like about whether history and geography are any good (unclear) (pause) geography was easy wasn't it really

it was quite easy yeah

it's just a case of revision at the end and (pause) do your course during the (pause) so I says that was probably easiest to do that history was no (unclear) well it was (pause) fairly easy but (pause) the teaching was rubbish

mm-hm

(unclear)

he'll probably change his mind anyway in a couple of (interruption) (unclear) by the end of fourth year

yeah fourth year (unclear) anything like me I changed my mind every day

(laughter) (pause) I always fancied being a footballer like but eh

no no you never (interruption) know

(unclear) something special

mm I think (unclear) could have made it actually (interruption) (unclear) (interruption)

(interruption) aye (interruption) (unclear) stupid giving up when he did like

(unclear) you see him like in the training (unclear) knocking about when (unclear) when he's headering the ball he's brilliant he is

aye

he never misses in front of goal and

(laughter)

if he sorted his fitness out he'd be brilliant

yeah I know do you know why he eh jacked it in (unclear)

why

because eh the Newcastle manager had a bit of a go at him like the the eh kids things so he just told the bloke there he didn't ever want to play again and he didn't bit of a waste really like isn't it

yeah I suppose but

I wouldn't have done that like I'm sure I would have played on

no (pause) I know there's plenty of us want to but

(laughter)

don't well it's like (NAME) (NAME) isn't it he could've went to Charlton but didn't want to get (pause) homesick

yeah

he (unclear) Newcastle because he wanted to finish his A levels

mm there's a few players I know who could have (pause) signed for people and they didn't want to like (NAME) (NAME) was (pause) goalkeeper and he could have went to Nottingham Forest or something couldn't he

mm (pause) (interruption) (unclear)

school of excellence or something and he said no

mm (laughter) (unclear) (pause) so aye so oh it's a waste but he's just stealing cars now isn't he I think down in ehm

yeah

down at Throckley

typical isn't it

(unclear) where he is (unclear) does he

yeah but ehm (pause) go away oi

he's ehm (pause) but seeing eh (unclear) staying at (NAME)'s house at Sheffield I quite fancy getting a sharing a house now with people I think

yeah I know

(unclear) good laugh didn't (unclear)

aye he has a good time he can do what he wants

mm

I'm dying to get away from my mum and dad like definitely

I I suppose yeah

that was the one thing about university which would have been good if I'd went away

mm

getting away from them but

oh that's right if you go to university you've got to go away haven't you

yeah I wouldn't fancy staying at home really

mm-hm well I suppose it's not too late (unclear)

eh I'm I'm eligible for clearing but

(unclear) I might go next year see how I go

if eh (pause) work doesn't

I hope you will (pause) possibly when have you got to go to Sandhurst for that (pause) army thing

ehm (pause) that's well it'll be about September when we have to go there and they're taking the people on in October (pause) but eh the interview's in July for it (pause) so it's like two months after the interview (pause) you go to Sandhurst

mm there's yeah what's the interview at the at the (pause) Newcastle

yeah the interview's at Newcastle and then

(unclear) Sandhurst is a four day thing

eh three days yeah but that's like you're on (pause) sort of like trial the whole time

mm I wouldn't mm (pause) I would quite f I wouldn't fancy that sort of (unclear) just

for three days or

yeah just the fact you're on trial because everyone's trying to impress aren't you like eh

yeah I know

you don't know whether to like (pause) show off sort of thing or sit back and let other people make fools of themselves (unclear)

(laughter)

I suppose you've got to show you're leaders haven't you

yeah I know (pause) well it's just all it is is like eh three days of team work (pause) and all it is

(unclear)

is showing that you can work in a team like (pause) I've read a few things (unclear) and it's just you've got to put in a few ideas yourself to every

yeah

like thing that you've got to overcome

I suppose yeah you have to

I've done plenty of that in my life so (pause) should be okay for it

yeah I w I fancy the army but I wouldn't fancy doing Ireland really (unclear) tour Ireland

yeah

(unclear) presume

a lot of people (pause) (unclear) knows in the army reckon it's okay when you get over there

mm

like you hear all the stories there is people get killed obviously but (pause) ehm most of the Irish people are like (pause) glad that you're there the Northern Irish anyway

yeah well it's ehm (unclear) we got a taxi back with this (unclear) bloke once and he said that that ehm (pause) that they all like you that he actually did volunteered to stay on again sort of thing you know he

yeah

after the tour he said 'oh I'll go again'

yeah (pause) there's also a couple of years in Germany and that (interruption) (unclear)

mm oh I don't know whether that might might be shutting down now probably

the German one why

due to the fact that it's ehm (pause) united sort of thing (unclear)

aye I suppose might be

but ehm my dad's cousin's got a good number at ehm (pause) Cyprus after because he was on the Herald Of Free Enterprise and he ehm (pause) well he broke his damaged his knee or something after that

yeah

because he got some sort of (pause) medal bravery medal they didn't discharge him (pause) so he got promoted and he's a staff sergeant at ehm (pause) Cyprus because he's got to be in the hot weather

(laughter)

because he gets arthritis on his knee otherwise

yeah

and he's dead cushy (unclear) he says

it is a bit lucky that like isn't it

I know (pause) that's where my granddad was in the war actually he was saying (pause) well he was at he was at ehm (unclear) he was at Dunkirk first

yeah

so (unclear) I suppose like he'd done his bit there then ehm he got posted to Cyprus because that they thought the Germans (unclear) land there (pause) and he managed to get posted there for the last three years

(laughter)

(laughter) which was canny good because all he was doing was building houses

(laughter)

I suppose he deserved it after Dunkirk

yeah

but ehm (pause) he also managed he didn't manage to get any leave for five years (pause) (unclear)

(laughter)

my grandma wasn't too pleased about but eh

(laughter)

I think he was

(laughter)

(unclear)

yeah my auntie's bought a eh (pause) a villa in Cyprus like

has she

aye so we might be able to go over there sometime

mm like eh (NAME)'s uncle's ehm

aye but she's moving there she's moving there like

(unclear)

ehm in the winter she's going to stay over there like in the summer she's going to come back here (pause) because she's got a lot of money off her husband like her husband died

mm

and ehm she says 'oh well I'm not going to be like the richest woman in the graveyard' so she's splashed out a bit

that's it like definitely

so like she goes over there for six months it's not sort of eh (pause) in like a big holiday resort or anything it's near one of them I'm not sure which (interruption) one it is

mm

but it's like a proper (pause) village like Cypriot village