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Speaker 1:

interviewerTLSG17

Speaker 2:

informantTLSG17

Age Group:

51-60

Gender:

Female

Residence:

Tyneside - Gateshead

Education:

Left school at 14

Occupation:

Housewife (previously Dinner Lady)

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  Interview Transcript

Speaker 1:

(unclear) find the tape (unclear) right

Speaker 2:

T L S G twenty four

Speaker 1:

thanks (pause) could you tell us first ehm whereabouts you were born please (pause) in Gateshead was it

Speaker 2:

far as I know Benwell

Speaker 1:

Benwell

Speaker 2:

mm-hm

Speaker 1:

ah yeah and eh (pause) whereabouts else have you lived since then

Speaker 2:

Gateshead

Speaker 1:

yeah

Speaker 2:

and eh Lobley Hill

Speaker 1:

yes (interruption) eh

Speaker 2:

we've been up here thirty odd year

Speaker 1:

in this house

Speaker 2:

in this house

Speaker 1:

yeah and eh how long did you live in Newcastle before you

Speaker 2:

oh well that I couldn't remember (interruption) just

Speaker 1:

just you were very young when you (interruption) moved from there

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 2:

uh-huh

Speaker 1:

yeah (pause) eh (pause) and eh (pause) where whereabouts in Gateshead did you used to live

Speaker 2:

eh Pine Street

Speaker 1:

oh yes

Speaker 2:

and then we (unclear) moved from Pine Street to Grainger Street

Speaker 1:

yeah

Speaker 2:

from Grainger Street to Spencer Terrace

Speaker 1:

yes uh-huh

Speaker 2:

and from Spencer Terrace up to here

Speaker 1:

aye yes I I've

Speaker 2:

we've been here ever since

Speaker 1:

yeah I've interviewed quite a few people down there like in (interruption) Pine Street (unclear)

Speaker 2:

yes uh-huh

Speaker 1:

eh (pause) which of those places did you think was the best to live in you know what I mean how does this area compare with (pause) (interruption) (unclear)

Speaker 2:

oh well this area up here is a big comparison

Speaker 1:

yeah

Speaker 2:

because I mean you have the fresh air

Speaker 1:

yes yeah

Speaker 2:

the countryside

Speaker 1:

yeah

Speaker 2:

you know and I mean you have your ehm (pause) more or less everything that you really require bath hot water

Speaker 1:

yes yeah yeah

Speaker 2:

you know and there's a a vast difference

Speaker 1:

yeah do you think there are any disadvantages do you I mean did you find that the people down there were more neighbourly for instance or (pause) anything like that

Speaker 2:

oh yes

Speaker 1:

they were

Speaker 2:

they were

Speaker 1:

mm-hm

Speaker 2:

yes (pause) eh well quite different from up here you more or less reserve yourself

Speaker 1:

mm-hm yes

Speaker 2:

you know where down in eh (pause) down the Teams and that

Speaker 1:

mm

Speaker 2:

well they were neighbourly and they sort of come forward if you were in trouble or

Speaker 1:

uh-huh yes

Speaker 2:

anything like that you know but up here it's (pause) you know (interruption) (unclear)

Speaker 1:

you don't you don't know your neighbours round here so well

Speaker 2:

no

Speaker 1:

no (pause) eh and ehm what do you think about ehm Gateshead com eh compared with say Newcastle as a place to live I mean (pause) do you th w w would you prefer to live in Gateshead (pause) rather than Newcastle

Speaker 2:

yes I think I would I'll tell you why because eh Gateshead now is eh seems as though it's becoming more advanced than than Newcastle area

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 2:

I mean there's a lot of new development in the Gateshead area (interruption) comparing it with the Newcastle area

Speaker 1:

(unclear) yeah very true yeah yes (unclear)

Speaker 2:

they have done an awful lot in Gateshead

Speaker 1:

mm (unclear)

Speaker 2:

no doubt they're doing quite a bit in Newcastle but they don't seem as far advanced as eh (interruption) Gateshead

Speaker 1:

that's right that's true yeah

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

ehm (pause) so you would say that you have eh fairly strong attachments to Gateshead

Speaker 2:

to Gateshead

Speaker 1:

you wouldn't you wouldn't think of moving away sort of anywhere else in the country

Speaker 2:

oh no

Speaker 1:

no

Speaker 2:

no

Speaker 1:

definitely not (pause) do you think that ehm do you think that people from Tyneside are very different from people from other parts of the country in any way

Speaker 2:

well yes I think they are because eh Tynesiders I know we get all called Geordies you know

Speaker 1:

yeah

Speaker 2:

but eh (pause) well I think there's more eh (pause) they seem more friendlier in every way

Speaker 1:

mm-hm

Speaker 2:

you know

Speaker 1:

yeah yes

Speaker 2:

to what they are down south and so forth (interruption) you know

Speaker 1:

yeah eh have you you've never actually been away from Tyneside for very long periods

Speaker 2:

oh (interruption) no

Speaker 1:

just holidays

Speaker 2:

just holidays you know

Speaker 1:

yeah yeah ehm (pause) eh whereabouts were your parents born please do you know

Speaker 2:

oh now that I couldn't tell you

Speaker 1:

(laughter) probably in Newcastle

Speaker 2:

most probably (interruption) Newcastle area

Speaker 1:

yeah yes eh but they were local Tyneside people

Speaker 2:

oh yes

Speaker 1:

(unclear) yes they they didn't come from anywhere else

Speaker 2:

no

Speaker 1:

no ehm and what about your father's occupation (pause) do you know

Speaker 2:

eh my father was a labourer in a shipyard Walker Naval Yard

Speaker 1:

ah yes

Speaker 2:

he worked there for years

Speaker 1:

yeah ehm (pause) (unclear) cards could you tell us please ehm which age group you come into on that card if you just say the letter

Speaker 2:

E

Speaker 1:

ta and eh (pause) on what basis you occupy this house again if you could just say the letter

Speaker 2:

oh these ones is privately owned

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 2:

they belong to Leach

Speaker 1:

I see yes (unclear) (pause) ehm (pause) and eh do you have any children by the way

Speaker 2:

all married

Speaker 1:

they're all married aye yes so you just live here with your husband

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

yeah ehm (pause) and eh w what what does your husband do or did he do

Speaker 2:

my husband works in a foundry

Speaker 1:

does he whereabouts

Speaker 2:

Blairs Newcastle

Speaker 1:

aye yes

Speaker 2:

he's worked there thirty odd year

Speaker 1:

mm

Speaker 2:

but I don't think he'll work anymore

Speaker 1:

no not after his illness (unclear) no

Speaker 2:

no

Speaker 1:

(unclear) wouldn't think so ehm (pause) and eh what about yourself what's what eh jobs have you done

Speaker 2:

oh just house I don't work at all

Speaker 1:

you don't no you don't work at at the moment

Speaker 2:

no

Speaker 1:

but eh what did you do after you left school for instance

Speaker 2:

oh me first job

Speaker 1:

(unclear)

Speaker 2:

now I'll tell you what me first job was when I left school in a pickle factory

Speaker 1:

yeah

Speaker 2:

I peeled onions

Speaker 1:

(laughter)

Speaker 2:

(laughter)

Speaker 1:

(laughter) yeah where was that

Speaker 2:

oh eh who was it for again now (pause) Roberts (pause) they lived in ehm (pause) Sidney Grove Gateshead

Speaker 1:

aye yes yeah (pause) and what what other sorts of jobs have you done can you remember any (unclear)

Speaker 2:

well I worked for quite a long time at ehm (pause) oh now what did they call him (pause) oh now I can't think of their name (pause) oh I just can't think of the name now

Speaker 1:

(laughter)

Speaker 2:

but I know Bowers Bowers in Newcastle they bought them out

Speaker 1:

yeah yes what was it

Speaker 2:

restaurants

Speaker 1:

ah yeah uh-huh

Speaker 2:

I worked for years in them

Speaker 1:

ah so that was in a (unclear) in a restaurant was it

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

yes yeah (pause) were they good jobs did you enjoy it

Speaker 2:

they were yes

Speaker 1:

but you haven't y you haven't worked since you were married

Speaker 2:

never since I was married

Speaker 1:

no

Speaker 2:

no

Speaker 1:

(unclear)

Speaker 2:

oh yes I tell a I tell a lie I was working for the education

Speaker 1:

yeah

Speaker 2:

eh (pause) for a while part time you know on eh the eh meals (interruption) on a dinner time

Speaker 1:

ah yes the school dinners (unclear)

Speaker 2:

but I had an accident there (laughter)

Speaker 1:

is that right what happened

Speaker 2:

and eh I fell and hurt me spine

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

and I've been off over twelve month

Speaker 1:

(unclear) yeah (pause) yeah (pause) eh (pause) these are just eh (pause) a few questions to find out if you use certain expressions in certain situations ehm (pause) if something was eh up on a high shelf could you say that it was up a height do you use that expression

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

up a height yeah

Speaker 2:

Geordie

Speaker 1:

yeah and eh (pause) rather more rare one this if eh could you say of a ehm of a tool or something this'll do the job clever do you ever use that expression

Speaker 2:

no I can't (interruption) say I do

Speaker 1:

no (unclear) ehm and eh if somebody's had too much to drink he's (pause) what do you usually say

Speaker 2:

well normally I say he's been well sozzled

Speaker 1:

(laughter)

Speaker 2:

(laughter) see it's all Geordie slang up here you see

Speaker 1:

uh-huh oh aye yes aye it's what we want ehm (pause) eh how old were you when you left school please

Speaker 2:

fourteen

Speaker 1:

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

Speaker 2:

well in a way yes but the point is after you leave school sometimes you wish you were back

Speaker 1:

mm yes

Speaker 2:

you know for a while

Speaker 1:

yes did you

Speaker 2:

then you automatically get used to it don't you

Speaker 1:

yeah did you find did you think work was worse than school (unclear)

Speaker 2:

no not actually but work was very hard to get

Speaker 1:

mm-hm (interruption) yes

Speaker 2:

you more or less just had to take anything that came along

Speaker 1:

mm-hm

Speaker 2:

you know you couldn't pick and choose that was how I got a job in a pickle factory

Speaker 1:

mm-hm (unclear)

Speaker 2:

because there was no work

Speaker 1:

yes yeah ehm (pause) and would you say that eh looking back on your education ehm would you say that it's ever been worth very much to you in your life since you left school (unclear)

Speaker 2:

as regards education

Speaker 1:

mm have you have you found it useful in you know well in your in your jobs for instance

Speaker 2:

well the point is when we were young I mean we didn't get the privileges that the youngsters get nowadays

Speaker 1:

(unclear)

Speaker 2:

you know you were just (pause) taught in school and (pause) more or less sometimes you learnt more when you left school than what you did when you were at school

Speaker 1:

yes (unclear)

Speaker 2:

that was the point

Speaker 1:

yeah yes

Speaker 2:

you sort of learnt yourself (interruption) after you left school

Speaker 1:

(unclear) yeah (pause) yes do you think ehm do you think education's improved a lot since you left school

Speaker 2:

oh oh yes

Speaker 1:

yeah

Speaker 2:

quite a lot

Speaker 1:

ehm (pause) and do you think that eh (pause) education's particularly important for children these days you know (interruption) for for young people now

Speaker 2:

it is very important

Speaker 1:

yeah (pause) and would that go as much for for girls as for boys (unclear)

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

yes just the same

Speaker 2:

yes I would say that

Speaker 1:

mm (pause) eh (pause) now if we can take you back ehm (pause) can you remember where you were living when you were say under twelve between five and twelve whereabouts were you living then

Speaker 2:

Pine Street

Speaker 1:

Pine Street yeah

Speaker 2:

mm-hm

Speaker 1:

eh did you think that that was a a good place to live from your point of view as a child then you know did you enjoy your childhood there

Speaker 2:

oh yes

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 2:

every minute of it

Speaker 1:

yeah

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

eh (pause) can you remember ehm any of the games that they used to play or (pause) things (interruption) you used to get up to when you were (unclear)

Speaker 2:

oh now we used to get a tin block

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

I think it's what eh we used to call it cannon ball

Speaker 1:

uh-huh

Speaker 2:

you used to put the sticks on and throw the ball you know

Speaker 1:

yeah

Speaker 2:

and knock all the sticks off and then (interruption) you used to run

Speaker 1:

uh-huh

Speaker 2:

you know

Speaker 1:

yeah

Speaker 2:

and we used to really enjoy it

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 2:

but we called that canon ball

Speaker 1:

oh yes and eh and you had to catch the other (unclear) (interruption) something like that

Speaker 2:

yes yes

Speaker 1:

yes (pause) and eh can you remember what you used to call a game where one of the kids has to chase the others to try to touch them

Speaker 2:

tiggy

Speaker 1:

yeah ta

Speaker 2:

mm

Speaker 1:

and eh and what did you used to say about the one who had to chase

Speaker 2:

how do you mean

Speaker 1:

you know I mean if you dipped up for it or something and you've and one one of them had to t you know there was one of you who had to chase the others and all the others ran away what did you say about the one who has to chase

Speaker 2:

well if they didn't do it we used to (pause) you know we used to call them different various different names you're (interruption) spoilsport or

Speaker 1:

yeah uh-huh

Speaker 2:

something like that you know

Speaker 1:

mm but did did you used to say eh you're on when you had to

Speaker 2:

oh uh-huh (interruption) yes

Speaker 1:

yes you used to say he was on

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

and eh (pause) and what did you used to say when you wanted to eh call a halt in a game for some reason you know if you wanted to ehm stop and tie your shoelace or something you know when you you want to stop the game

Speaker 2:

oh now we had a s a special name for that

Speaker 1:

did you used

Speaker 2:

if I can remember it (pause) oh it's that far back now (interruption) you know

Speaker 1:

did you used to cross your fingers and say (unclear) (pause) skinchers did you used to say that

Speaker 2:

aye but we had a a it wasn't skinchers we had another

Speaker 1:

a different word yeah

Speaker 2:

another name for it I'm just trying to think of it it it'll come back to us

Speaker 1:

(laughter) right and eh what did you call the ehm the glass things that that that boys flick along the ground

Speaker 2:

oh glass allies

Speaker 1:

allies do you do you yes (unclear)

Speaker 2:

(laughter) glass allies (laughter)

Speaker 1:

ehm (pause) a a simple question wha w w could you just tell us just what you call each of the rooms of this house please what your normal word is for them what's this room for instance

Speaker 2:

well we call this the sitting room

Speaker 1:

uh-huh (unclear)

Speaker 2:

dining room

Speaker 1:

yeah

Speaker 2:

and the bedrooms is upstairs

Speaker 1:

yeah and what about

Speaker 2:

lobby way

Speaker 1:

yes yeah ta ehm (pause) and ehm (pause) to get out of my back door you have to lift the (pause) what do you call that

Speaker 2:

the latch

Speaker 1:

ta and ehm (pause) what do you call the thing you have to stand in front of the fire to get it going if you've got a one you know a sheet of tin that you put in front of the fire (interruption) (unclear)

Speaker 2:

oh bleezer

Speaker 1:

bleezer

Speaker 2:

aye

Speaker 1:

uh-huh do you talk about bleezing it up

Speaker 2:

uh-huh

Speaker 1:

yeah (pause) ehm (pause) and what do you call eh (pause) cleaning the plates and things after a meal (pause) you know when you've had a meal and you've got to you know I'll just have to I'll have to go and

Speaker 2:

oh scrape the plates

Speaker 1:

wash aye

Speaker 2:

or wash the plates (interruption) is that what you mean

Speaker 1:

yeah yeah

Speaker 2:

mm

Speaker 1:

eh (pause) could you tell us ehm how you like to spend your spare time you know assuming that you ever get any what sort of

Speaker 2:

well my spare time I don't read (pause) I never (interruption) read

Speaker 1:

you never read no

Speaker 2:

never read a paper or anything my spare time's devoted to knitting

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 2:

every minute or every chance I can get

Speaker 1:

yeah

Speaker 2:

my knitting needles is out

Speaker 1:

oh that's grand I bet you never have to buy anything do you

Speaker 2:

I don't I knit for all the grandbairns and I (interruption) knit for the family

Speaker 1:

yes mm-hm

Speaker 2:

they never (unclear) know what it is to buy a woolly

Speaker 1:

yes (unclear)

Speaker 2:

but I've got to (pause) even if sit down for a few minutes in between doing anything (interruption) I've got to

Speaker 1:

uh-huh (unclear)

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

(unclear) (laughter) eh (pause) and what eh so (pause) you spend most of your time in the evenings in do you (interruption) you don't usually go out yeah

Speaker 2:

yes (pause) (interruption) uh-huh

Speaker 1:

yeah (pause) ehm

Speaker 2:

with the exception of a Sunday night I like to go dancing

Speaker 1:

oh where whereabouts do you go dancing

Speaker 2:

oh just down at Lobley Hill club

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

there's a club just around the corner you know

Speaker 1:

aye I didn't know about I didn't know about that I didn't know it was there

Speaker 2:

mm

Speaker 1:

(unclear) very nice ehm (pause) and do you think there's any eh (pause) any things that you would like to have done but you've never had the chance to do or you've never got round to you know what I mean

Speaker 2:

oh aye of course at times

Speaker 1:

yes what kinds of things

Speaker 2:

riding on the back of a motor bike

Speaker 1:

yes (laughter) thank you yeah eh

Speaker 2:

I love motor bike riding

Speaker 1:

do you

Speaker 2:

mm

Speaker 1:

but you've never had the chance

Speaker 2:

well I had about a couple of year back my son bought a big motor bike (interruption) you know

Speaker 1:

ah yes

Speaker 2:

and eh (pause) he says mam he says you've always said you'd love to go on the back of a motor bike I says I was on motor bikes before you were born pet

Speaker 1:

(laughter)

Speaker 2:

but I says I've never had the the chance of going on in the past years I've been married

Speaker 1:

mm-hm (unclear)

Speaker 2:

he says well I've bought meself a nice new motor bike he says when it comes he says eh after I've broke it in he says I'll take you for a ride I say it'll have to be a fast one mind

Speaker 1:

yes (laughter)

Speaker 2:

so he says right (unclear) one Sunday he came in he says right mam it's a lovely day take you for a fast ride he says you'll never want to go up on the back of it again when I'm done

Speaker 1:

(laughter)

Speaker 2:

I says right that's a bet so away we go gets on the road I says have you had it opened right up he says no mother I says open it up if he was here he would tell you

Speaker 1:

(laughter)

Speaker 2:

I says open it up he say are you sure you're not frightened mother I says no no I say I'm not frightened I says eh the more speed the better (pause) and he opened it up to ninety odd (pause) and he starts shaking

Speaker 1:

(laughter)

Speaker 2:

I said that's enough just (unclear) it down when he come back he said mother he says I frightened mesel he says I thought I'd (unclear) frighten you (unclear) (laughter)

Speaker 1:

(laughter)

Speaker 2:

that's one thing I really love

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

getting on the back of a motor bike

Speaker 1:

yeah

Speaker 2:

you know real fast

Speaker 1:

really fast

Speaker 2:

right

Speaker 1:

yeah (unclear)

Speaker 2:

mm-hm yes

Speaker 1:

eh what about the television do you watch television very much

Speaker 2:

yes quite a lot

Speaker 1:

quite a lot yeah

Speaker 2:

mm-hm

Speaker 1:

what eh what sort of programmes do you like

Speaker 2:

well we more or less just eh we put it on at tea time it never goes off till (interruption) it's finished

Speaker 1:

mm yes do y do you usually watch it or is it just sort of on in the corner you know (unclear)

Speaker 2:

no there's eh different eh items that we watch like sometimes there's some eh items on eh doctors on various eh things which is very interesting

Speaker 1:

aye yeah

Speaker 2:

I always find it very interesting

Speaker 1:

mm-hm

Speaker 2:

you know because they give speeches on cancer and (interruption) what have you and heart (interruption) and various other things which eh (interruption) I'm really interested in you know (interruption)

Speaker 1:

(interruption) mm-hm yeah (interruption) yes yeah (interruption) useful like you know (interruption) yeah (pause) and eh what sort of programmes do you dislike is there any programmes you really hate

Speaker 2:

no I don't think there is I think that oh I can interest myself in them

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

you know no matter what they are

Speaker 1:

(unclear) yeah

Speaker 2:

I like watching the cartoons mind I'm worse than the bairns

Speaker 1:

aye Tom and Jerry (laughter)

Speaker 2:

(laughter)

Speaker 1:

eh these are just a few questions about your opinions on some ordinary matter ehm what do you think that parents should do when their children misbehave what sort of ehm

Speaker 2:

as regards discipline

Speaker 1:

yeah

Speaker 2:

I know I I know what I used to do with mine

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

used take me slipper off to them

Speaker 1:

yes (pause) fairly often

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

aye (pause) eh (pause) and ehm what about say a young person of sixteen what sort of eh what sort of control do you think their parents should exercise over them

Speaker 2:

well as regards that I don't know because I mean mine was brought up with discipline from they were very very young

Speaker 1:

mm-hm

Speaker 2:

and eh mine never took no hurt

Speaker 1:

(unclear)

Speaker 2:

they've never ever been in any trouble or brought trouble to the door

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 2:

in any way

Speaker 1:

yeah you mean that if they are brought brought up properly you don't really need (unclear)

Speaker 2:

you don't you don't need

Speaker 1:

no yeah it's true

Speaker 2:

no but I'll tell you one thing mine was always brought up broad minded

Speaker 1:

mm-hm yeah

Speaker 2:

you know (pause) certain things that they eh (unclear) they say well there's was always two ways of putting it more or less

Speaker 1:

mm-hm yeah

Speaker 2:

you know well mine was brought up to take it either ways

Speaker 1:

yes yeah

Speaker 2:

and eh I've never once had any bother as regards mine

Speaker 1:

(unclear) great

Speaker 2:

but you see I always think that the the trouble with eh youngsters of the day has all been brought on least this is my opinion from the war there was too many mothers out at work

Speaker 1:

yes (unclear)

Speaker 2:

and their children was just left

Speaker 1:

yeah

Speaker 2:

when the mothers come in of a night time I've witnessed it I've seen it done

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

there's four shilling go to the pictures I can't be bothered

Speaker 1:

(unclear)

Speaker 2:

weekends come along (pause) I've been working all the week I want nights out

Speaker 1:

mm-hm yeah

Speaker 2:

and the bairns was pushed at one side again

Speaker 1:

yes mm-hm

Speaker 2:

they were left there's two shilling go and get something for your dinner well I mean that's no way to bring children up

Speaker 1:

you're dead right (unclear) yeah I think there's a lot of truth in that (unclear)

Speaker 2:

there is a lot of truth in it

Speaker 1:

I've never thought of that before either mm (pause) ehm (pause) now eh going on to something different and eh this is a question you don't have to answer if you don't want ehm which way do you vote (unclear)

Speaker 2:

well we've always voted Labour

Speaker 1:

mm-hm and (pause) you still do

Speaker 2:

we still do yes

Speaker 1:

y yes you al you always vote the same way

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

yeah would you say that eh you feel a duty to vote for the (interruption) for the party or

Speaker 2:

not necessarily I mean eh (pause) you look back while the either Conservative's in or Labour's in I mean you look back and you you sit and study and see what good they've done (interruption) in that five year

Speaker 1:

mm-hm (pause) yeah (pause) mm-hm so it it it is a matter of (interruption) weighing up like

Speaker 2:

so that yes

Speaker 1:

how well how well they've run the country

Speaker 2:

I always think that you've got to think of the (unclear) eh which is the best party which is doing the best in the period eh time that they've been in

Speaker 1:

yeah yeah and eh w do you usually eh turn out to vote pretty regularly I mean do you vote in local government elections for instance

Speaker 2:

oh yes (interruption) municipal elections yes

Speaker 1:

you always always do do you yes (pause) eh (pause) eh now if we could just go on to talk a bit about ehm the thing we are most interested in like that's the way you talk and what you think about it ehm firstly eh do you think that you ever change the way you speak according to the person you're talking to or (pause) other circumstances

Speaker 2:

well I don't think I've ever changed

Speaker 1:

(unclear) (pause) ehm (pause) yes you you think that you've always talked the same as you do now

Speaker 2:

always yes

Speaker 1:

and that no matter what the circumstances you always talk (interruption) in the same voice

Speaker 2:

always talk the same

Speaker 1:

yeah yes ehm

Speaker 2:

and it's just tough luck if you don't like it

Speaker 1:

quite right too (unclear)

Speaker 2:

(unclear)

Speaker 1:

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

Speaker 2:

well more or less used eh to the Tyneside language

Speaker 1:

yeah

Speaker 2:

but eh well such as Londoners and the (interruption) likes of that when they come

Speaker 1:

mm-hm yeah

Speaker 2:

(unclear) really interested in the way they talk it seems (interruption) something different sort of (interruption) style from your speech you know

Speaker 1:

(interruption) (unclear) (interruption) mm yeah yes yeah you don't

Speaker 2:

or Scot Scottish people for instance (interruption) you know

Speaker 1:

mm-hm (pause) so you don't think it would be a good idea if everybody talked the same way

Speaker 2:

oh definitely not

Speaker 1:

no

Speaker 2:

no

Speaker 1:

definitely not ehm (pause) eh and what about you know the way the ehm the way the newsreaders speak on television when they're reading out the news you know that way of speech eh do you do you like that that manner at all or

Speaker 2:

well yes it's ehm (pause) you can really understand it and every word seems as though it's precise you know

Speaker 1:

mm-hm yeah yeah do you actually know anybody yourself who talks like that

Speaker 2:

no (unclear) we always seem as though we just talk the same

Speaker 1:

yeah yes (pause) do you in in fact do you think that ehm (pause) it sounds as if more or less everybody you talk to talks more or less the same as you

Speaker 2:

the same

Speaker 1:

you feel like you feel or

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

yeah ehm (pause) and do you does that you know does it make you feel ehm eh let's say if somebody talks like you do you feel that you're more likely to get on with them you know do you feel closer to them because they talk like you or something like that

Speaker 2:

well yes I think so

Speaker 1:

mm mm-hm (pause) eh (pause) this is a very general sort of question ehm (pause) what kinds of things do you think you can tell about somebody from they way he talks (unclear) are you ever conscious of guessing things about (pause) (interruption) (unclear)

Speaker 2:

oh not much eh

Speaker 1:

not particularly you don't think

Speaker 2:

no I couldn't judge anybody by that

Speaker 1:

yeah y you wouldn't say that ehm I mean listening to me talking for instance w y y have you got any particular reaction to the way I talk

Speaker 2:

no

Speaker 1:

would you say it was eh more or less the same as the way you talk

Speaker 2:

yes sounds (unclear) just the same

Speaker 1:

(unclear) I'm glad you said that (interruption) (unclear)

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

some people tell me that eh you know they don't think that I've got a Tyneside voice at all seems very odd to me

Speaker 2:

no

Speaker 1:

you think I talk more or less (unclear) (interruption) same

Speaker 2:

same

Speaker 1:

same group (unclear)

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

yeah (pause) eh (pause) if we could just do you think you could read that list of words for us please just straight down from top to (interruption) bottom

Speaker 2:

straight down

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

(unclear) find mind fly bill well men head back farm wall daughter down take straight cold alone poor fire four tower path after (pause) earth year me field 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

Speaker 1:

ta (pause) eh now eh now I'm going to read out a list of words and eh for each one I want to know firstly if you use it yourself and secondly if you're familiar with it you know I mean it may be the case that you wouldn't use it yourself but you hear it quite often you know (unclear) there again you might use them all eh they're all fairly local words you know ehm (pause) what about eh aside meaning beside do you say it's just aside the fire

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

yeah ehm (pause) bairn

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

yes (pause) bait

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

eh beck meaning a stream

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

you do yes eh bonny

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

yeah eh bray for to hit

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

yeah eh bullets

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

for sweets aye clamming

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 2:

hungry (laughter)

Speaker 1:

eh boody

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

yes did you used to play with it (interruption) when (unclear)

Speaker 2:

(unclear) (laughter)

Speaker 1:

eh (pause) clarts

Speaker 2:

yes muck (laughter)

Speaker 1:

eh coin (pause) (interruption) a corner

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

mm-hm cree

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

mm-hm

Speaker 2:

I've got two up the garden (laughter)

Speaker 1:

have you (laughter) eh (pause) dunch

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

yeah ehm (pause) fettle

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

yeah (pause) gully

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

yes do you use that all the time

Speaker 2:

aye

Speaker 1:

uh-huh (pause) ehm howk

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

yeah eh hoy

Speaker 2:

(unclear) yes

Speaker 1:

uh-huh ken

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

for to know

Speaker 2:

mm-hm

Speaker 1:

do you ken him

Speaker 2:

mm

Speaker 1:

uh-huh ehm kep

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

yeah lowe

Speaker 2:

lowe

Speaker 1:

lowe

Speaker 2:

no (interruption) can't say I do

Speaker 1:

lowe give us a lowe for give us a light

Speaker 2:

no (interruption) don't use that one

Speaker 1:

you don't (unclear) no right ehm mense can you say (interruption) it'll be more to your mense to (unclear)

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

mm-hm ehm parky

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

about your food

Speaker 2:

mm-hm

Speaker 1:

mm ehm (pause) varnigh

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

yeah eh mell

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

uh-huh a hammer

Speaker 2:

for a big hammer

Speaker 1:

aye (laughter)

Speaker 2:

uh-huh

Speaker 1:

eh (pause) knool or knooled

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

uh-huh yeah (pause) eh now eh more or less on the same lines I'm going to read out ehm (pause) this list of sentences and eh for each one I would like to know whether it sounds natural to you you know like (pause) that is whether it sounds like something that you might say if the circumstances arose you see what I mean you know if just if it sounds okay really

Speaker 2:

mm-hm

Speaker 1:

some of them you know if one of them sounds odd you know (unclear) then just say no but but (pause) ehm (pause) were you wakened last night when I came in

Speaker 2:

mm-hm

Speaker 1:

that's ok eh I was still a bed when you called this morning

Speaker 2:

mm-hm

Speaker 1:

yeah eh he never gave us any

Speaker 2:

mm-hm

Speaker 1:

(unclear) do you not go there very often

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

yeah eh they're useless them

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

aye eh me and John went to the races on Saturday

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

yeah eh it's me and him's last day

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

yeah I might could manage it

Speaker 2:

yeah

Speaker 1:

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

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

mm ehm it's ower big to get through there

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

mm-hm you know me cousin that her husband died

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

mm-hm ehm with the wife being ill I had to stay in and look after her

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

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

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

(unclear) eh they go to the pictures of a Sunday

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

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

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

yeah ehm these ones are pretty big to them others

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

yeah (pause) here she had left her pram standing outside the shop

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

mm-hm I think we're going to be soon for the picture

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

yeah (pause) would you mind stop talking

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

(unclear) do you want a cup of tea making

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

(unclear) you know him that used to work on the railways

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

yeah (pause) eh he happened a nasty accident

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

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

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

yeah I wanted for to talk to you about it

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

(unclear) (pause) when did it happen you

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

(unclear) eh I've got money belonging him

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

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

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

(unclear) eh I'm going to get some wool for our Pamela a jumper

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

(unclear) (pause) I'm going shopping for John a pair of trousers

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

yeah (pause) it's all right for you you're used with it

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

yeah ehm we've been waiting of a bus

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

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

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

mm (pause) I don't bother much about the television and that

Speaker 2:

oh I wouldn't say (pause) no comment on that one (laughter)

Speaker 1:

no ehm (pause) there was all these bottles of beer what we had brought

Speaker 2:

(unclear)

Speaker 1:

(laughter)

Speaker 2:

(laughter) (unclear)

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

eh (pause) many people were there there

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

mm-hm eh where did you get it at

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

mm-hm never mind I'll manage but

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

ehm (pause) no the wonder I couldn't get it to work it's not plugged in

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

yes ehm me and George is going to the town today

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

yeah (pause) Jack Jack didn't think much to the race

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

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

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

mm ehm (pause) had they seen it no they'd not seen it

Speaker 2:

aye (interruption) yes

Speaker 1:

they'd not seen it (unclear) ehm (pause) it's too long this

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

yeah eh how's your wife and family then

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

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

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

yeah ehm what is it he does for a living

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

yes ehm he wants his (unclear) he wants his wages paid straight away

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

yeah (pause) eh just light the fire on will you

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

yeah eh I'll clout yous both in a minute

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

yes ehm how much have they offered we

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

eh pass us one of them spanners

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

right eh I've broke a plate

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

I c I come this morning but you weren't in

Speaker 2:

(unclear) yes

Speaker 1:

eh he done it all right

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

yeah eh I had forgetten to buy the onions

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

eh he give us a pound for doing it

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

we had went to the coast for the day

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

I seen Albert on Tuesday

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

mm eh I'm not going to stand being tret like that

Speaker 2:

yeah

Speaker 1:

that's what happens when you be naughty

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

(unclear) ehm I'll probably see him a Saturday

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

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

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

you've letten him get away

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

me mother's keep coming in to see us

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

ehm (pause) we'll sharp get that done

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

yeah ehm me husband's as Tyneside as what I am

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

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

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

yeah (pause) and ehm (pause) ehm eh (pause) could you give me ehm the opposite of (pause) eh I'll be going there this week does that make sense to you the opposite of

Speaker 2:

going there this week

Speaker 1:

(unclear)

Speaker 2:

I'll be ganning

Speaker 1:

no ehm I would I would mean eh I'll not be going there this week or ehm I won't be going there this week you know what I mean

Speaker 2:

oh the reverse

Speaker 1:

the reverse yes the reverse (unclear)

Speaker 2:

mm

Speaker 1:

so eh what about (pause) the reverse of he's got some

Speaker 2:

he hasn't any

Speaker 1:

ta and the same the opposite of he's seen that picture

Speaker 2:

he hadn't

Speaker 1:

ta eh the opposite of you're working late tonight

Speaker 2:

he wasn't

Speaker 1:

ta eh the opposite of I gave him one

Speaker 2:

you didn't

Speaker 1:

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

Speaker 2:

have you got a light

Speaker 1:

ta ehm and eh could you just finish off this sentence in a way that seems natural ehm I couldn't get it done yesterday but I'll do it

Speaker 2:

today

Speaker 1:

ta that's it thanks

Speaker 2:

they're typical things that's said a thousand and one times a day

Speaker 1:

yes all those sentences

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

yeah eh

Speaker 2:

mm-hm

Speaker 1:

you said ehm (pause) you said yes to them all you know but

Speaker 2:

mm

Speaker 1:

a lot of people s just say you know just say yes to some of them I think ehm it's not everybody who you know who accepts them all

Speaker 2:

but everybody uses these these things every day

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

they're all typical things that you use everyday

Speaker 1:

eh yes although there's some of them I th I think there's some of them that I probably wouldn't that I probably wouldn't say you know like I don't think I say I'm used with it for instance

Speaker 2:

mm-hm

Speaker 1:

I I you know I always say used to it (unclear) but eh you would say used with it

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

yeah yeah (pause) I know they're all common like because I I've you know they're all ones that I've actually heard you know

Speaker 2:

mm-hm

Speaker 1:

I've just sort of taken them straight down from people like but it's eh (pause) it's surprising some people cannot believe that some of those are said you know

Speaker 2:

mm-hm

Speaker 1:

some some (interruption) people say I don't say that you know (laughter)

Speaker 2:

(unclear) (pause) well yes a thousand and one times a day

Speaker 1:

yes (pause) whose are the dogs are they yours

Speaker 2:

they're ours they're (interruption) eh racing dogs

Speaker 1:

eh no thanks no

Speaker 2:

do you not smoke

Speaker 1:

no

Speaker 2:

you haven't got bad bad habits

Speaker 1:

(laughter) I haven't no I I run you see and it's eh bad for your running

Speaker 2:

oh yes (pause) they keep saying don't smoke but I still smoke

Speaker 1:

(laughter) yeah well that's the thing well you know (pause) me father's always trying to persuade you know well me when I was younger and me brothers like not to smoke but they've always you know he's smoked all his life like

Speaker 2:

mm-hm

Speaker 1:

he's smoked since he was fourteen or something

Speaker 2:

I've smoked since I was fourteen

Speaker 1:

mm

Speaker 2:

mind my husband doesn't smoke now

Speaker 1:

no (unclear)

Speaker 2:

he never used to smoke them he used to eat them (pause) he smoked about eighty a day

Speaker 1:

oh dear me no

Speaker 2:

eighty cigarettes a day

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 2:

and he had done that for years and years

Speaker 1:

yeah I suppose in that sense (interruption) (unclear)

Speaker 2:

and eh when he first collapsed and went in hospital

Speaker 1:

(unclear)

Speaker 2:

he was in eh coronary unit you know

Speaker 1:

mm-hm mm

Speaker 2:

and what is it eh care unit

Speaker 1:

oh the intensive care aye

Speaker 2:

intensive care unit eh he was in there three weeks you go in any time to see him you know he was so ill

Speaker 1:

yes yeah whereabouts was he which hospital

Speaker 2:

Queen Elizabeth

Speaker 1:

Q E aye

Speaker 2:

and eh (pause) he's never smoked since then

Speaker 1:

yeah yes (unclear) I'm not surprised about that

Speaker 2:

last February

Speaker 1:

yeah there's eh just recently my brother was in eh Shottley Bridge with a collapsed lung you know

Speaker 2:

yes

Speaker 1:

and he said eh oh if you had been in there he said you would give up smoking straight away he said you know if you had eh because he I think he had a you know a very bad time in hospital

Speaker 2:

and yet I can give them up

Speaker 1:

without sort of (interruption) feeling it very much

Speaker 2:

without (pause) any bother I take spasms

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

and I say oh that's me last one I'm getting buying no more I could go for months

Speaker 1:

mm-hm

Speaker 2:

and then just automatically I just pick a one up and (interruption) smoke again

Speaker 1:

yes it's surprising but some people find that they you know they can't you know they just (interruption) can't give them up at all (unclear)

Speaker 2:

oh I can I can

Speaker 1:

mm very odd

Speaker 2:

dozens of times I've given up just eh to see if the dad would follow suit you know (interruption) give him a bit of encouragement you know

Speaker 1:

uh-huh yes aye yes

Speaker 2:

I used to say to him 'well look I can give it up straight away there's no such a thing as can't' but he could never give them up

Speaker 1:

(unclear) oh it's it's certainly (interruption) (unclear)

Speaker 2:

if he hadn't a cigarette for an hour

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 2:

he was like that

Speaker 1:

mm aye

Speaker 2:

you know you were glad to go out automatically and buy him a packet of cigarettes to

Speaker 1:

uh-huh yes

Speaker 2:

and since then he's never bothered

Speaker 1:

mm

Speaker 2:

but I think this has give him a fright you know

Speaker 1:

mm well it would do aye

Speaker 2:

I mean he's had three attacks since February you know

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 2:

he's just came out at the weekend

Speaker 1:

dear me

Speaker 2:

you never know when he gets carried in and it's always on a Thursday night

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

always at about eleven o'clock

Speaker 1:

(unclear)

Speaker 2:

same time

Speaker 1:

yeah it must

Speaker 2:

he gets two or three Thursdays running

Speaker 1:

uh-huh

Speaker 2:

then all of a sudden always m always on a Thursday night he takes these attacks

Speaker 1:

yeah

Speaker 2:

round about the same time

Speaker 1:

aye it must be very worrying (interruption) (unclear)

Speaker 2:

I've asked the doctor if he could throw any light on that

Speaker 1:

mm-hm it certainly seems odd doesn't it

Speaker 2:

but there was a doctor eh writing in the paper a few weeks back and I was reading it he said it eh the the body works in a cycle

Speaker 1:

uh-huh yeah (pause) yeah

Speaker 2:

it sort of rotates

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

and it eh and if one was subjected to that at that particular time

Speaker 1:

yes yeah (interruption) could happen (unclear)

Speaker 2:

so whether he's eh one of them persons I don't know

Speaker 1:

(unclear)

Speaker 2:

but it all these attacks he's had's been on a Thursday night and as soon as it comes to the Thursday night oh my inside just turns over you know you feel sick inside

Speaker 1:

(unclear)

Speaker 2:

there's nothing you can do with him here you know just have to phone an ambulance

Speaker 1:

mm-hm

Speaker 2:

because he's stone out

Speaker 1:

yeah (pause) do you do you race the dogs

Speaker 2:

uh-huh (unclear)

Speaker 1:

oh yes I wondered what they were for (unclear) (pause) whereabouts do they ra whereabouts do they race at eh do they race at Redheugh Park

Speaker 2:

eh no eh we race at eh Dipton

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

various other places where there's open races Birtley you know ehm South Stanley

Speaker 1:

mm

Speaker 2:

and different place

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