right

T (unclear)

T L S (unclear)

T L S G fifty eight

(unclear) (pause) ehm (pause) (unclear) eh could you tell us first of all where you were born please

Gateshead

in Gateshead was it right whereabouts

uh-huh (pause) Teams

oh aye

down the Teams

which

four Renwick Terrace

aye it's not there any more is it

yes it's still there

is it you sure

yes they haven't pulled it down because eh (pause) my grandma's just come out of that house and it's still standing there

it's still there is it whereabouts is it then

eh just off Victoria Road

oh aye yes yes (unclear)

all old houses

mm-hm yeah I've just done a good few interviews down there like you know it's (unclear) ehm (pause) and whereabouts else have you lived since then you know did you

just Deckham and then here

aye how long did you live in the Teams you know

till I was fifteen (unclear) (pause) till I was fifteen

sounds upset well he can come in you know

oh he'll be all right he'll shut up (laughter)

(laughter) and then how long have you been here

two year just here

ehm how did those three places compare as places to live you know which did you like best

well (pause) they're both they're all about the same really

yes

but the Teams is a right bad area

(unclear) it's dirty and that isn't it

uh-huh and Deckham's getting bad now

yes whereabouts in Deckham did you live

Split Crow Road

oh yeah yeah

but eh up here's getting wey this place is starting now you cannot trust anybody

starting to get rough like

uh-huh just rough

aye it's got a bit of a reputation for being rough like (unclear)

especially round Blackhill (laughter)

that's right aye (laughter) do you think that ehm you know most of your neighbours round here are pretty friendly ehm d would you say do you know most people sort of

yes uh-huh oh they're all right

mm mm what about the Teams did you find that a particularly neighbourly sort of area

wey all my friends was down the Teams like

yes

but (pause) such as grown ups wey I was only a kid there

eh what do you think about Gateshead as a place to live in you know compared with Newcastle say do you think you would just as soon live in Newcastle

I like Gateshead

yeah yeah you prefer (interruption) (unclear)

too many big buildings over Newcastle (laughter)

(laughter) yeah yeah

think so like (unclear)

what about eh you know on Tyneside do you think you'll do you think you'll stay on Tyneside more or less for the rest of your life or would you ever consider moving away

don't think so

aye

I think he's eh thinking about emigrating

oh ehm

wants to go to South Africa

yes what does he do like your husband

we'll not go till a couple of year he's a plater

yeah yeah

boiler maker

aye yeah there's meant to be quite good opportunities and that in eh (interruption) South Africa

wey he's sent away Zambia and they tell you everything about it and you get the house and everything with the job

mm-hm yeah

but you stop there three year and if you want to come back they pay your fare back

mm-hm yeah

but you can stay on if you like

yes and do you think you will I mean will you be quite happy to (pause) to emigrate

wey you see a few years time when the other one's up

uh-huh aye do you think you'll miss the miss the place here like if you if you do leave it

wouldn't know (pause) because I'm the only one in the family

yes I see yes (pause) eh do you think that ehm (pause) Tynesiders are very different from people from other parts of the country you know in your experience

(unclear) took much notice

not particularly no you don't think they're more friendly or anything like that some people think they are

wey you can talk to anybody in Tyneside like and they'll speak to you back but wey I haven't been really anywhere else

no you've never lived anywhere else have you have you e have you been away sort of for holidays and that very often

mainly to Scotland with my mam and them but it's her relations you see so

eh whereabouts were your parents born please (unclear) born in Gateshead as (unclear)

Scotland

were they

uh-huh

aye yes I think (interruption)

my dad was brought here when he was three month though

oh I see yes

but my mam lived in Scotland

aye yes you seem quite a different sort of (interruption) (unclear)

my grandma was born on the Tyneside

oh I see uh-huh

she's lived here all her life

uh-huh and eh (pause) what was eh your father's occupation

works at the gasworks down the Teams

(laughter) aye Dunston mm-hm mm-hm (pause) just to finish off getting the facts could you just tell us which age group you belong to on that card please if you just say the letter

B twenty one to thirty

yeah eh it's the polite way of asking people their age eh on what basis do you occupy this house presumably C

rented from the council

yes uh-huh ta eh how many children have you got just the one

two one of each

eh one at school

no he's just eh he's four this year the little one's just three month little girl (laughter)

oh yes that's right I saw the little girl last time I was here yes (pause) eh (pause) could you tell us ehm (pause) what eh what jobs you've done in your life you know what eh what did you do when you first left school

machinist making dresses

aye whereabouts

Mary Harris's

on the trading estate

on the Team Valley

uh-huh

and then Heller's Carlisle Square making anoraks

uh-huh (pause) same sort of work all the time

uh-huh but (pause) dresses is better like than anoraks (laughter)

are they

uh-huh

why is that

I like them they're easier anoraks is a bit more awkward

yes

thicker

yeah (pause) and those are those are the only two jobs you've done (unclear)

yes that's all

and you've you've never worked since (interruption) you got married

oh I worked at Rowntree's

aye

counting matchmakers I only stopped there a week (laughter)

oh no (laughter) (unclear)

that was at Fawdon

I suppose that would drive you round the twist (laughter)

you had to have clean fingernails and everything oh (pause) I brought some home

(laughter) eh mm do you think you'll eh (pause) do you think you'll go back to work you know when your (pause) eh (pause) (interruption) when your young ones have grown up like

when they're at school I think I will yes when they start school I think I will part time

yes just sort of for something to do like

wey it will be likely uh-huh I was thinking about home sewing but (pause) may as well go out and do it

yes I suppose so yes

because you'll just be getting up making cups of tea and that (laughter)

that's right and then you'll never get nought done (unclear) (laughter) is there much of that goes on like home sewing

mm-hm there's a lot my friend does it she eh makes carrycots

yes

I had a go at them like but he says they weren't any good (laughter)

(laughter) that's even more difficult than anoraks then huh (laughter) yeah is it is there very sort of (interruption) decent money

just plastic you see

aye

no wasn't very good money that (pause) but they say the dresses are and that if you can get them for home sewing

mm-hm (pause) eh how old were you when you left school

fifteen

yeah do you think ehm you were glad to leave school or not

well eh I was off school when I was about just before I was fifteen I had to stop off school because my mam went into hospital

oh aye

she was in for a good oh about two or three month I think

yes

so she got the house at Deckham the fortnight after she had the house she took a stroke and that meant I had to be off

aye so

I only went in for afternoon when she come out

aye yes so I mean yes

so (pause) made no difference but we were gla I think we were glad to leave (laughter)

yes but you would have had to leave anyway more or less

oh yes some stopped on for another year for training for to be typists

aye whereabouts did you go to school like

Hillhead Lobley Hill

oh I know it (unclear) yes but was that was that from well where did you live then

I was still eh down Gateshead then

yes

now we just shifted to Deckham before I turned fifteen you see so it wasn't worth changing (interruption) schools for the last few month (interruption)

(interruption) aye I see what you mean yes (interruption) do all the kids from down there go to Hillhead school

well there's the Catholic school as well up there

oh aye that's right yes mm-hm

but here oh there's a canny few like they've got to go to (pause) Beacon Lough for a school from here the older ones

oh aye where will your laddie go to school (unclear)

there's a school at the end of the road there

yes

then he'll likely go to Beacon Lough later on

ehm (pause) would you say that you know looking back on your education now like would you say that it's been worth very much to you in your life since you left school or or not particularly

wey (pause) not really I don't think wey cookery and all that was (laughter)

aye did you do very much of that at school

we had it once a week

mm-hm yeah

uh-huh and sewing and that

aye

but eh I think it all come you get all more when you leave school

yes

just sums and that

yes I think a lot of people say that

it never worked for me I was always bottom

(laughter) aye most people say you know that they've learnt more since they left school than what they did when they were there like

mm mm

I think it's true ehm do you think that you know for your own children when they s when they grow up and that when they are about fifteen or so do you think you would advise them to stay on at school if they possible could or would you rather they left (unclear)

think it'll depend how they are like

yeah I mean (interruption)

how they go if he's good enough if you know

aye (interruption) if they're not very promising

good marks and that and if they think he could go on to farther then (unclear) he could stop if he wants like

uh-huh yes but you would you would sort of advise him to you would you would want him to

wey if it means him getting a good job and that especially the boy

aye yes

because it doesn't really matter for girls they always end up getting married or something (laughter)

(laughter) yes

it's the boy that's the main one he's got to have it all his life

aye that's right I think yes mm what do you think about eh you know education now do you think it's ehm do you think it's pretty good from what you've (interruption)

don't believe in teaching the children (pause) eh sex education

do you not

not at seven year old (laughter)

(laughter)

I didn't find out till I left school (laughter)

(laughter) yes (pause) what about ehm you know discipline in schools do you think they're (pause) eh

wey I've never had the strap or anything yet at school

did you not

I never had anything like that all the schools I went to I was lucky

aye (unclear)

just had to stand in the corner like (unclear)

aye ehm (pause) ehm (pause) eh when you were eh you know when you were fairly young yourself say under twelve you were living ehm down the Teams

uh-huh

did you think eh did you think it was a good place to live then you know from your point of view as a as a child you know did you enjoy your (interruption) childhood

well I had all my friends and all that there

yeah yeah

and then when I shifted to Deckham well you had to make new friends again all over

(unclear) bother (unclear) (laughter)

was (laughter)

ehm did you ehm can you remember any of the any of the eh you know the games you used to play when you were young there's like street games or anything like that what sort of games did you play

I played hide and seek

aye

tuggy on high tuggy on low (laughter)

that's right aye

them ones (pause) and just the names like on the telly (pause) a letter beginning with b or something and you had to guess it (interruption) and run over the street (interruption)

(interruption) oh I know that aye (interruption) uh-huh oh aye yes aye (interruption) something like (pause) yeah

things like that they still play it up here

do they

and hop scotch

aye do they play that here still

mm but different shape now

do they

uh-huh

interesting (pause) a lot of people don't you know have the impression that kids don't play now the same as what they used to (interruption) you know

I've seen them playing here and skippys and that and that elastic game

oh aye they're always doing that these days (unclear) (pause) ehm can you remember what did you used to say when you wanted to eh call a halt in a game for some reason you know if you want to if you want to stop the game or something did you used to cross your fingers and say

I used to shout hang on a minute or something like

you didn't say something like skinchers or (pause) no

no

what did you used to (pause) eh what did you used to call ehm (pause) you know the things that boys flick along the ground what did you call them

I never seen them I don't think they used to just be marbles

just marbles you didn't have a you didn't have a word a special word for them

we never played such as that we used to play houses like

aye did you used to play with ehm boody

ahh uh-huh boody used to go hunting for it

that's right

we used to go hunting for boody bits of china it was uh-huh

aye did you used to like play shops with it (pause) eh (pause) still on the lines of ehm what words you use for things could you tell us please just ehm what you call each of the rooms in this house you know what your normal word is for each room

back kitchen living room

this is the living room

uh-huh bedroom (pause) just the bedrooms and and eh (pause) just the toilet

aye and what about what you're in soon as you come through the front door

passage

aye

where some say lobby

uh-huh uh-huh and some people even say hall I believe ehm and eh you know on a like on an old fashioned backdoor you know to get out it you have to lift the (pause) what do you call that

the sneck

aye aye eh and what do you call eh the thing you stand in front of the fire to get it going you know if you've got a coal fire a sheet of tin that you put in front of it to get it going

blazer

aye ta eh and what do you call ehm cleaning the plates and things after a meal

(unclear) say washing we wash the dishes up (laughter)

yes wash the dishes up (laughter) (pause) eh well could you tell us please just ehm (pause) you know how you like to spend your spare time and that what sort of things you like to do if you have any

wey generally out nearly every day during the week go down my grandma's to help her

oh I see aye

because she's in her eighties

yes

and then I'm go up my mam's about once a week

yes

but if I can get somebody to watch the bairns

I see you don't (interruption) (unclear)

generally go out with my husband to the to (pause) the boiler maker's club (interruption) the new one

that's the new one yeah

or the pictures

uh-huh yes

that's about all generally the housework

mm mm yes yes (laughter)

I like it (laughter)

do you

I don't dislike it

(unclear) it's a nice situation to be in mm

plus the ironing (laughter)

aye that's an unpopular job like my wife doesn't like ironing either would you say you know how many nights do you do you get the chance to go out

wey not often really because his mam well she spoils them and they'll get too much of their own way my mam cannot there's only really my grandma but you don't care you know much for asking her

aye (unclear)

but there's my neighbour further down now she's just said she's offered to watch them any time for us you know

aye

that's all right

eh what about you know when you stay in do you watch the television very much

oh yes we generally have the television on

is it us usually on sort of every night

uh-huh it's generally on every night we generally watch it uh-huh

uh-huh more or less all the time

yes

mm what eh what sort of things do you like to watch especially you know

(unclear) (laughter)

don't know anything about it

do you not know (unclear)

just I I haven't got a television you know (unclear)

wey he's good he's nice looking him (laughter)

oh I see aye w w s what sort of programme is it

wey Coronation Street's all the same that one

oh yes

but generally (unclear) and mostly the films

aye uh-huh

and Department S that's Jason King

aye I think I've seen that before

he's not bad (pause) but you want to hear my grandma go on about the telly (unclear) (laughter)

aye

you want to hear her how she says now the way they kiss nowadays (laughter) she says you'd think they're having a lolly (laughter)

(laughter) eh (pause) do you think that ehm (pause) you know is there any things that ehm (pause) you wish you had been able to do but you've never got round to you know you've never had the chance to do like

sometimes a wished I hadn't got married with the kids (laughter)

yes I was thinking more about you know just eh like recreation activities that you might have in mind but you've never actually (interruption) done

well I used to like to go swimming

aye

but I'll be able to go next year when she's up

aye

take the two of them

mm

I cannot get him to go he cannot swim

aye yes yes you go down to Leam Baths I suppose

uh-huh

aye it's quite it's nice down there

but (pause) I think that's really all really and he's just got a car now so we'll be able to go out in the car now and we like camping

do you aye

we went camping last year

yeah whereabouts

Rothbury

oh aye it's nice there

we only had the little tent and there was the little one in with we as well

aye (laughter) yeah I bet that was some fun (pause) eh what do you think ehm what do you think would happen tomorrow if you if you won a very large sum of money you know like if you won the pools or something

buy a house (laughter)

yes yes whereabouts

either Whickham

yes

or eh down Low Fell

uh-huh yes

but I like Whickham the best up that way

aye Whickham's seems to be (unclear) spot (unclear) do you think it would sort of you know change your way of life very much you know

don't think so

not particularly no

no

what about travel do you think you would travel very much

wey I know where I'd like to go but it's not out the country Devon

oh

and Cornwall we might be able to go next year now see he's got the car

mm yes have you been you haven't been there before then huh

never no we've only been in a caravan and that was at Cresswell that's as far as I've been I think

aye

the lakes Lake District

oh aye yeah (pause) eh (pause) these are just ehm (pause) a few questions about your opinions on some things ehm what do you think that eh parents should do when their children misbehave you know how do you think they should treat them

well he generally gets slapped

aye

on the bum like (laughter)

(laughter) (unclear) sort of eh (interruption)

but if he's any worse he gets sent upstairs to bed

oh I see that's (interruption)

but me I always bring him back down

aye (laughter) yeah yeah getting sent to bed's like a worse punishment than getting smacked

I think so yes

that would that would be for something more serious would you eh do you usually give him a give him a smack for you know more or less anything like (unclear) fairly often

doesn't get it as much as he used to like about the thir when he was from about a year to two

aye

he used to get told off a lot but now he's no bother

aye aye and eh what about you know say a young person of about sixteen or so what sort of control do you think their parents should have over them very much

(unclear) wey you know my mam was too narrow minded (pause) at my age she wouldn't let us do anything

yes

so I think I had it you know a bit different instead of being in at nine o'clock at night when I was sixteen I think I'd be a bit different

aye

this time trust them a bit more

aye aye (pause) eh going on to something different and this is a question you don't have to answer if you don't want because some people don't eh which way do you vote do you tell people

wey I'm not really bothered about who gets who gets in I think they're all the same

aye

but it's generally Labour

but you d yes sort of

well it is for us

yes you'd Labour but without very much (interruption) conviction

but eh the local council one I never bothered

no (interruption) (unclear)

sometimes I wouldn't bother

yeah you didn't bother in the last one for instance (unclear)

no not really

are you not ehm (interruption)

it was my first vote like but (pause) I wasn't bothered about it

aye are you not eh you know do you not feel that there's any sort of local issues that make it like necessary to vote on accounts (unclear)

wey

even about the council you would think it doesn't matter who gets on like

wey Gateshead council is a bad council as it is

yes you think so

you wait ages for them to do repairs and that for you

is that right (unclear)

mm-hm especially up here and that

mm mm

and then the rents some of them's a disgrace especially the butterflies and that down (unclear) Lyndhurst disgraceful they are

yes they're very expensive yes about four pound sixteen (unclear) for an hour (pause) eh you know when you you do normally vote Labour like when you bother to vote

yes

but you is that just because eh (interruption) you know

I'd like to see the others get in though the Liberals but we haven't got a Liberal here just to give them a chance (laughter) to see what they'd be like

aye there's never any Liberal candidates up here

no there's not just to give them a chance in other election they were going mad about half of them voting the Conservatives because they're playing war till they found out who voted them especially all that area they got into trouble (laughter)

yes

nobody'll speak to some of them (laughter)

what people who voted Conservative were sort of aye

because they heard about them in the shop

aye I wonder how they found out you know (unclear)

you know this about oh they nearly let the Conservatives get into Gateshead and and this eh and they were playing holy war it was especially down (pause) Victoria Road there the ones voted down there most of them voted the Conservatives you see and up here was playing war about them (laughter) because they bar ni because they nearly got in you see

aye

I think it's Labour that's in there c I couldn't tell you (laughter)

yes they're both Labour MPs like (unclear) (pause) now if eh (pause) if we could just go on to talk for a bit about what we are really interested in and that's the way you talk and that and what all right eh firstly do you think that ehm do you think you ever change the way you speak according to you know the the person you're talking to or any other sort of circumstances

well I don't use the proper slang

n no (unclear)

cause y'knaa n and all that just certain ones

aye but do you think I mean do you think you talk the same all the time or do you

I think so yes

aye so the way you're talking now like to me is sort of just (interruption) the same as you talk to the the woman next door and that yeah

I talk the same way to anybody yes

and do you also think that you know you've talked the same all during your life

I think so yes

eh (pause) do you think eh do you on the whole like to hear people talking in local accents you know do you like Tyneside accents

wey you can spot it and that anyhow I like it better than eh what my mam's lot use in Scotland

aye you mean easier to understand or or just just that it sounds better

wey my grandma thinks that a Geordie's better than a Scotch lass

aye (laughter)

so but my husband who was a s different to me he's more of a (interruption)

more broad than you

uh-huh

aye I think that would you know probably normally be true like that the husband would be more broad than his wife

that's what (unclear) said like wey he's at work and that so

yes I think that's it

but he's picking a lot up I never use the little one (NAME)

oh aye yes off his friends and that

he says what was it I'm gonna run arund the lamp (laughter)

aye yes

something I never say that

yes but when he says things like that do you correct him about it

I says you're gonna run around the lamp not run arund the lamp

yes eh (pause) but you haven't any sort of particular objection to people talking in local accents I mean

no

you know to grown men who say run arund the lamp

wey it doesn't bother us

you can take it or leave it and that

just take it as it comes

ehm (pause) do you think that eh you know if somebody talks the same as you you know if you meet somebody for the first time and they talk very like you would you say you would be more likely to get on with them you feel closer to them

not really

no you don't think so you just (unclear) you get on with anybody from well say from Scotland or (interruption) something like that

wey I can talk to anybody really

aye (pause) you know ehm (pause) you know the way the newsreaders talk on television when they're reading out the news you know that sort of accent

uh-huh

do you eh do you like that kind of voice you know do you approve of that way of speaking

wey no dinna bothered us

(laughter) you never (interruption)

just whether they (unclear) and that

you don't eh I mean you don't think that that everybody should (interruption)

I don't like the posh accents

aye well th they all talk well I I w think they all talk in what what I would call a posh accent anyway you know

that's what I don't (unclear)

do you know anybody who talks like that you know eh do you know anybody yourself

no

who talks in that no it's not very common

my auntie (NAME) was born here but she lives down at (pause) eh Cleethorpes now and she lived in Liverpool for a well she's got all the Liverpool accent now

oh aye yes

but she still likes the Geordies the best

aye yeah mm mm mm (pause) eh (pause) eh this eh might strike you as a sort of vague sort of question but eh what kind of things do you think you can tell about somebody from the way he talks you know do you like guess things about people just from listening to their pronunciation and that

wey my neighbour next door (unclear) some things the way she goes on and that doesn't seem to know half (laughter)

yes

what she means

aye yes do you think ehm do you think she'd would you say she talked like you you know I mean has she got the same sort of accent as you or a different kind

yes still the s she's the same as me yes because she was born down there as well down the Teams

aye yes

she's the same

yes what eh what would you say about my accent

all right (laughter)

same as yours more or less

wey there's some more and some aren't really

eh (interruption)

wey my cousin they thought her was she was from eh she was Welsh or something

aye I've h I've heard people say that

and she's Geordie

uh-huh yes yes I can see why people should say that like (pause) eh (pause) do you think you could eh just read that list of words for us please straight down and fairly quickly

find mind fly bill well men head back farm wall daughter down take straight cold alone poor fire four tower path after earth year me friend been new moon school revolution but none seven one long holiday room book good maker wafer happy Harry Mary yes better something fall which apple television absent realize Newcastle Seahouses method concert descend chocolate explain industry condemn tissue with film

ta (pause) now eh I'm going to read out a list of words that are all sort of local Tyneside words you know I would just like to know eh firstly if you're familiar with them and secondly if you use them yourself

uh-huh

eh (pause) aside for beside

(unclear)

it's just aside the fire do you say

uh-huh

yes eh bairn

yes (laughter)

eh bait

yes

eh bonny

yes

bray

no

for 'to hit' you know what it means but you wouldn't use it

no I don't use that

eh bullets

yes

clamming

yes

eh boody

yes

coin

mm

coin to coin a corner

yes

uh-huh eh cree

mm

cree pigeon cree or

n no

fettle

no

don't use it you don't say I'll fettle fettle something or fettle you

no

no

oh yes I'll fettle you

fettle you mind

or I'll murder you (laughter)

yeah eh gully

no I don't use that

but you know what it means

mm-hm

eh (pause) howk (pause) give you a good howking

no

no don't use it eh (pause) lowe

no I don't know

for a light or a flame

no

no eh (pause) mense be more to your mense to get some work done

no

don't have you ever heard it

mm

yes

not much like

parky

uh-huh

varnigh

never heard that

have you not for nearly very nearly varnigh missed the bus

no

what about eh knooled to be knooled no

no (unclear)

do you know what it means like to be knooled

not that one

like to be ehm kept down or hen pecked for instance

never heard (unclear) many of those (unclear)

eh (pause) now eh more or less on the same lines like I'm going to read out eh some sentences now I would just like to know if they sound okay to you you know if they sound like eh something you might say if the circumstances arose that sort of thing if they sound okay eh were you wakened last night when I came in yes

yes I know that one

I was still abed when you called this morning

yes

yes you would say abed

uh-huh

he never gave us any

mm mm

yes ehm do you not go there very often

yes

mm eh they're useless them

yes

yes

or they're no good (laughter)

(laughter) (pause) me and John went to the races on Saturday

I would use that yes

eh (pause) I might could manage it

might what

I might could manage it

yes

yes eh he wouldn't could have worked even if you had asked him

yes

eh (pause) it's ower big to get through there

uh-huh I might say that or I might say it's too big or something

you know my cousin that her husband died

mm-hm

yes (pause) with the wife being ill I had to stay in and look after her

yes he would use that (laughter)

yes I'm going to stay with the son for the holidays

yes

yes eh they go to the pictures of a Sunday

yes

I was coming home on the train and if I didn't leave my coat lying on the seat

mm-hm

yes these ones are pretty big to them others

mm

these ones are pretty big to them others

what's that one again

(laughter) these ones are pretty big to them others (pause) like

ah yes

think you would say that

big them or something no I don't think so no

don't think so no (unclear) here she had left her pram standing outside the shop

oh she's left her pram outside the shop

would you say here she's you know do you say things like that (unclear)

no I think she's left her pram

yes eh I think we're going to be soon for the picture

uh-huh

would you mind stop talking

or shut up (laughter)

(laughter) eh do you want a cup of tea making

would you like a cup of tea

do you say making

uh-huh would you like a cup of tea made (laughter)

yes yes you know him that used to work on the railways

do you know him (laughter)

but you do say you know you know him that used to work

uh-huh

he happened a nasty accident

oh did you know he had an accident (laughter)

you would say he had (interruption) an accident

something like that uh-huh

I'll put the kettle on for to make some tea

yes

uh-huh (pause) I wanted for to talk to you about it

yes

when did it happen you

yes

I've got money belonging him

uh-huh

eh could you mind your head so as I can see out of the back

will you shift your head (laughter)

so as I can see out the back

uh-huh

I'm going to get some wool for our Pamela a jumper

yes

it's all right for you you're used with it

yes

we've been waiting of for a bus

yes

I think they're going to give him the job permanent

yes

I don't bother much about the television and that

yes

there was all these bottles of beer what we had brought

yes

many people were there there

yes

where did you get it at

yes

never mind I'll manage but

no I'd just say I'll manage

yes you wouldn't put the but on the end

no

eh (pause) no the wonder I couldn't get it to work it's not plugged in would you say no the wonder

no wonder

no wonder uh-huh me and George is going to the town today

yes I always put me first (laughter)

Jack didn't think much to the race

yes

all the caravan sites are good and I've stayed on them nearly all

but the caravan sites aren't bad and I've been in most of them (pause) something like that

they'd not seen it

mm

they'd they'd not seen it

yes (pause) or I haven't seen it

yes yes which do you think you say they had t seen it rather than they'd not seen it

I think I'd say I hadn't seen it

yes thanks ta it's far too long this

it's what

it's far too long this

it's long isn't it something like that

mm mm (pause) how's your wife and family then

I'll ask that yes

Joe can't come tomorrow being as he's working late

because he's working late

what is what is it he does for a living

uh-huh what does he do

what does he do for a living uh-huh he wants his wages paid immediately

just he wants his wages (pause) now

eh just light the fire on will you

will you put the fire on (laughter)

put it on you don't say light it on

no you put it on or stick the poker in

yeah eh I'll clout yous both in a minute

yes

eh how much have they offered we

how much

have they offered we

yes

pass us one of them spanners

uh-huh

eh I've broke a plate

yes

I come this morning but you weren't in

(unclear)

he dinnet all right

yes

I had forgetten to buy the onions

oh I haven't got the onions (laughter)

aye do you say eh eh (pause) (unclear) eh he give us a pound for doing it

yes

we had went to the coast for the day

we've been the coast

eh I seen Albert on Tuesday

yes

I'm not going to stand being tret like that

I'm not going to stand for you carrying on like that or something

do you say do you ever say being tret like that

no

that's what happens when you be naughty

sometimes say that

yes but (unclear)

or when you don't behave yourself

aye I'll probably seeing her Saturday

yes

I doubt he'll have to stay in hospital for a long time

yes

you've letten him get away

yes

eh my mother's keep coming in to see us

(unclear)

we'll sharp get this done

yes

he's as Tyneside as what I am

yes

eh yous used to sweep the floor and us used to wash the dishes yes

uh-huh

eh (pause) could you give us ehm it's a little bit more complicated than eh

(unclear)

could you give us eh the opposite of I'll be going there this week does that make sense

wey I think I'd just say I'll not be going there you mean

yes the opposite of he's got some

I haven't got any (laughter)

ta eh he opposite of he's seen that picture

oh I've seen it

eh the opposite of it

oh he's seen it or I haven't seen that picture

eh again the opposite of you're working late tonight

oh you'll be in soon then will you

ta eh the opposite of I gave him one

I have I never gave him one

thank you ehm suppose eh you went up to somebody in the street to ask them for a match what would you say

can I have a light please

ta and eh could you just finish off this sentence ehm (pause) I couldn't get it done yesterday but I'll do it

I'll do it today

thanks that's the lot thank's very much

I'll have to see what the time is for her