S stroke G five ten

ta eh well could you tell us first eh where you were born please

this is getting personal (interruption) ehm

(unclear)

where was I born

in Gateshead

Sunderland Road

aye

Gateshead

and eh (pause) whereabouts else have you lived you know how long did you stay there

twenty year

yeah and then where to

from there (pause) eh well (unclear) went up eh (pause) Windy Nook

aye

(unclear) to live ehm

Windy Nook

aye (pause) what do you call that street again

Nursery Lane

Nursery Lane aye Nursery Lane

(unclear) and then here

no lived in Scotswood Road

aye

and then moved on to here

I see aye

oh no to Frank Street and then to here (unclear)

(unclear) which eh which place did you think was the best to live in you know

here

yeah

uh-huh

why is that

well at least you've got your own little roof like (unclear)

aye yeah (pause) (unclear) is it eh you know is it a fairly friendly sort of area to live in like (unclear)

terrible

is it

aye

yeah (pause) do you would you say you knew sort of most of the people on this on this street

don't know anybody

do you not

no oh (NAME) next door

aye

and apart from that them who broke into wor house

(laughter) (unclear) too friendly eh how do you think eh Gateshead compares with Newcastle as a (interruption) place to live in (unclear)

I think Gateshead's a hundred percent better than Newcastle

(unclear)

yeah (laughter) why do you think what do you think's wrong with (interruption) Newcastle

in progress and everything

aye

Newcastle Gateshead is (pause) far ahead of Newcastle

think so yeah

(unclear)

in things like house building and that then

everything aye

yeah

roadways housing

(unclear)

employment every everything

yeah (unclear) (pause) eh and what do you think about you know Tyneside compared with anywhere else do you think you would ever go anywhere else to live like

oh I divn't know about that like (pause) divn't know about that I would say Tyneside's all right like

aye what do you think you know if you got like the offer of a (pause) slightly better job somewhere else in the country do you think you would go

cannot give us a better job

oh

than the job I'm doing like

(unclear) like perfectly happy with the job you've got now

I wouldn't say that but I cannot get a better job

yeah

I wouldn't say I was happy with the job I've got but I cannot get a better job

yeah yeah do you think that ehm (pause) Tynesiders are very different from people from other parts of the country in (interruption) your experience

do I think what

you know Tynesiders do you think they're very different from people from other parts of the country I mean

do I say Tyneside people were different from other people in the country

yeah

I would say they were m a lot more friendlier up here than they are (interruption) elsewhere when you go in the country like

aye (pause) yes I think yeah I think most people would agree with you on that like (unclear) a lot of people say that (pause) eh (pause) whereabouts eh whereabouts were your parents born please were they born on Tyneside

one in Bill Quay and the other in Sunderland Road

yeah yeah and eh

you know Bill Quay

ehm no that's eh this side Felling (pause) yes aye

(unclear) it's a bit further on than Felling like

yes yeah

nearer Hebburn

yeah

(unclear)

(laughter)

it's only baccy man

(laughter) and eh what was eh what was your father's occupation

(unclear)

right (pause) ehm

he's got the best interview with us

(unclear) (laughter) could you tell us eh (pause) which age group you come into on that c card

forty

ta and eh eh eh eh ehm (pause) eh whereabouts did you say you worked again

Doig

sorry

Doig D O I G Doig Brothers

oh aye yes

where did I work did you say

no where do you work at the moment like

oh aye Doig Brothers

yeah what do they do

print

yeah printers (unclear) and what's eh what's your job I can't re

cast operator comparator

ah (unclear) is that eh h did you sort of train for that job with them like

no

(unclear)

when when did you eh you know when did you first start doing that

fourteen

did you

(unclear)

aye who with who who did you work for like

Shield Printers

yeah (pause) and who you know who else have you is have you done that sort of like the same job all your life

mm-hm

mm

apart from being in the army

yeah (pause) whereabouts were you in the army

RAF

(unclear)

(unclear)

eh would you say that ehm you know you're fairly (pause) eh happy with your job at the moment like

well you're asking me the questions would I say I was happy

(unclear)

well I'm not happy (pause) because I'm not happy working (pause) but I like my eight pints every day

yeah

eight pints every night

(laughter)

but apart from that no job's all right money's all right

aye you've got no particular complaints about it like

no (unclear)

(unclear) are the firm you know a decent one to work for like

no oh they're all right they're all right with me anyway

(laughter)

they're good to me

yeah (pause) eh

give us a match

(unclear)

eh how old were you when you first left school

fourteen

fourteen were you aye do you think you were glad to leave school or not

mm-hm

aye

pleased finest thing that ever happened

aye did you like work better

no

(laughter) (unclear) would you say that ehm (pause) you know looking back on your ed on your education like now ehm would you say that it had been worth very much to you

absolutely nothing

in your life (unclear)

my education wasn't nothing terrible

yeah

I had no education

yeah

none

whereabouts did you go to school (unclear)

Saint Wilfrid's

aye

my education meant nothing to me done absolutely nothing for me

would you say you hadn't y y you more or less forgotten it you know I mean

I didn't even learn owt

never really come in

I learnt nothing I learnt what I learnt wh when I left school

yeah l a lot of people say the same like they learnt far more (interruption) (unclear) they left school

oh well I mean this and they learnt me nothing they gave me nothing at school

yeah (pause) do you think w what do you think was was wrong with this school like particularly

what did I think was wrong with the school

yeah

well I think if you were a thick head which I was then I didn't get a chance to learn owt

(laughter)

I didn't get a chance I was left in the background

yeah

they never taught me nowt well nobody ever taught me owt

(unclear)

so I had to learn when I left school

yeah (unclear) seems like (unclear) eh (pause) do you think that eh

(laughter) mother can I wait (laughter)

do you think that education's improved very much since you left school

I would say it's improved a hell of a lot aye

aye

I would say it has aye I would say every ki every child in school now gets a chance to learn at school

well it must have done because I went to the same school

aye well your mother did and all

no I didn't

(unclear)

yeah do you think that ehm (pause) would you (pause) advise children these days you know to stay on at school after

yes I would

after fifteen if (unclear)

yes I would

aye you don't think it's ever wasted

no I divn't think it's wasted I think it's a good thing to be able to go to school and learn all the time

mm yeah would this go as much for well as much for girls as for boys for instance

both

yeah just the same (pause) mm (unclear) eh (pause) when you were fairly young yourself like when you were under twelve say you were living in eh Sunderland Road

uh-huh

mm do you think ehm do you think it was a good place to live then you know from your point of view as a child would you say you enjoyed your childhood there

uh-huh I would say so yes

yeah

mm

what eh can you remember any of the sort of things you used to do you know (interruption) play games you used to play or

play around

tell him about the (unclear)

can tell you all sorts oh it was all right (unclear)

what sort of things did you do

Christ you are getting me (unclear)

(laughter)

what did I do (pause) pitch and toss cards

aye yes

learnt to smoke

(unclear)

learnt to have a pint of beer when you were about fifteen