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Speaker 1:

interviewerTLSG19

Speaker 2:

informantTLSG19a

Age Group:

41-50

Gender:

Male

Residence:

Tyneside - Gateshead

Education:

Left school at 14

Occupation:

JCB Driver

Speaker 3:

informantTLSG19b

Speaker 4:

informantTLSG19c

Speaker 5:

informantTLSG19d

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Speaker 2:

T L S G 3 6

Speaker 1:

eh (pause) could you tell us where you were born please

Speaker 2:

Gateshead Nelson Street

Speaker 1:

whereabouts oh yes I know near the (interruption)

Speaker 2:

eh beside Swinbourne Street (unclear)

Speaker 1:

Swinbourne Street

Speaker 2:

uh-huh

Speaker 1:

ehm (pause) and eh (pause) where else you've lived and for roughly how long eh since then

Speaker 2:

eh (pause) say about thirteen I shifted to Deckham

Speaker 1:

mm right

Speaker 2:

then eh (pause) got married nineteen fifty

Speaker 1:

yeah

Speaker 2:

and eh (pause) went down to London (pause) for a year

Speaker 1:

oh I see aye

Speaker 2:

then (pause) back here again

Speaker 1:

was that for a job or something down there (unclear)

Speaker 2:

I was working down there aye uh-huh

Speaker 1:

eh which eh which of those places did you prefer to live in which did you think was the best place to live

Speaker 2:

wey it's six and two threes I think

Speaker 1:

you didn't much care

Speaker 2:

(unclear)

Speaker 1:

eh what do you think of eh of this area for instance to live in do you think it's a good place to live or

Speaker 2:

this area no not this area

Speaker 1:

what do you think's wrong with it mostly

Speaker 2:

oh it's the locality man

Speaker 1:

you don't like the locality of (interruption) this (unclear)

Speaker 2:

ah though (pause) I mean if the the house had have been all right you know but eh

Speaker 1:

oh I see right

Speaker 2:

you know

Speaker 1:

that's by the locality I thought you meant you know the character of the of the place and that (interruption) you know did you

Speaker 2:

oh it's (pause) wey (pause) some of the people around here and all like

Speaker 1:

aye yes

Speaker 2:

you know

Speaker 1:

yeah that eh l leads right into the next question like would would you say that eh you knew the people around here say in this street do you know them very well

Speaker 2:

eh (pause) a few

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

but eh they're coming and ganning you know the

Speaker 1:

uh-huh they mo people move in and out (interruption) at a very high rate (unclear)

Speaker 2:

uh-huh aye mm-hm

Speaker 1:

and eh (pause) do you I mean the people you know round here do you know them sort of just from seeing them in the street or do yous like you know go out with any of them or anything like that or

Speaker 2:

eh (pause) might gan out with one or two of them you know but eh just nodding a nodding like you know

Speaker 1:

eh (pause) so ehm (pause) you don't think you would miss this area very much if you had to leave it

Speaker 2:

no not really like no

Speaker 1:

eh (pause) is there eh (pause) anywhere else in Gateshead that you would prefer to live rather than here (unclear)

Speaker 2:

well she wants to gan to the Bensham estate you know the Bensham

Speaker 1:

eh (pause) which one do you mean by (interruption) Bensham

Speaker 3:

racecourse racecourse the racecourse estate

Speaker 2:

is that what they call it

Speaker 1:

oh I know yes Aintree Gardens (unclear)

Speaker 2:

oh aye

Speaker 1:

yes I know the one that's eh I call that High Team

Speaker 2:

is that High Team

Speaker 1:

yes I think that's what it (interruption)

Speaker 3:

no classed as Bensham or the (pause) racecourse estate

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

well I knew it I knew it was the racecourse estate like

Speaker 1:

aye they've all got names like that (interruption) like Goodwood aye

Speaker 2:

have they I couldn't tell you

Speaker 1:

aye eh (pause) and eh (pause) what do you think about eh about living in Gateshead as compared with Newcastle for instance do you prefer to live here (pause) or (unclear)

Speaker 2:

oh well we lived in Newcastle and all for a for about a year I prefer Gateshead like to Newcastle (interruption) aye

Speaker 1:

do you why is that

Speaker 2:

I divn't know just prefer it like aye maybes with being born in Gateshead like you know

Speaker 1:

I see aye yeah do you think that eh (pause) eh people from Gateshead for instance are different from people from Newcastle in any in any way

Speaker 2:

no I don't think so no

Speaker 1:

no what about eh Tynesiders do you think Tynesiders are very different from people from the other parts of the country

Speaker 2:

well when you're when when you're living amongst them you're (pause) it all sounds the same but

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

and another thing when you hear them on TV they sound different altogether Tynesiders

Speaker 1:

oh they don't sound like the people that you know like from (interruption) Tyneside

Speaker 2:

no they they they sound different altogether

Speaker 1:

aye aye that's interesting eh

Speaker 2:

I mean the the broad eh Tyneside you know y'knaa hinny

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

all this sort of stuff

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

when they when they get on telly like

Speaker 1:

aye you think that's more of a sort of joke do you (interruption) rather than the real (unclear)

Speaker 2:

it's aye didn't seem didn't seem (unclear) like (pause) maybes I would sound the same and all if I was on there (laughter)

Speaker 1:

(laughter) aye when I've finished I'll let you listen to yourself on the tape (laughter)

Speaker 2:

oh dear (laughter)

Speaker 1:

(laughter) (unclear) yeah ehm did you enjoy living in London (interruption) when you were down there

Speaker 3:

well I have to gan (pause) (interruption)

Speaker 2:

I did aye

Speaker 1:

it was all right was it how did it compare with up here was it v very different

Speaker 3:

(unclear) (interruption)

Speaker 2:

no not really no just a bit more life like you know (unclear)

Speaker 1:

yes aye eh

Speaker 3:

(unclear)

Speaker 1:

eh (pause) so let's say eh ehm (pause) if you had the offer of another job eh somewhere else in the country you would go fairly willingly would you (interruption) if it was (unclear)

Speaker 2:

well there's the (pause) (interruption) the family like (pause) aye

Speaker 1:

(unclear) aye

Speaker 2:

aye

Speaker 1:

aye yes (pause) eh (pause) and eh (pause) yes can you tell us where your parents were born please

Speaker 2:

mm-hm Gateshead

Speaker 1:

both in Gateshead

Speaker 2:

mm-hm (unclear) no m my father was born in Newcastle

Speaker 1:

oh I see aye

Speaker 2:

uh-huh

Speaker 1:

and eh had had they lived in Gateshead very long when you were born were they (interruption) local Gateshead people like

Speaker 2:

oh yes uh-huh mm-hm

Speaker 1:

ehm and eh what was your father's occupation please

Speaker 2:

painter

Speaker 1:

ta eh here's another card for you eh can you tell us eh which age group you fall into if you just say the letter that eh corresponds to it

Speaker 3:

(unclear) one

Speaker 2:

well I'm between that and that

Speaker 1:

oh I see yes

Speaker 2:

right which one

Speaker 1:

well say D

Speaker 2:

D forty one (pause) fifty years right

Speaker 1:

right eh and finally (pause) they're a right nuisance these cards can you tell us ehm on what basis you occupy this house out of those

Speaker 2:

rent

Speaker 1:

it's B is it

Speaker 2:

eh (pause) aye it's B rent

Speaker 1:

thanks ehm (pause) and eh (pause) your eh wife is from Tyneside as well

Speaker 2:

uh-huh yes

Speaker 3:

like you said I won't move (pause) to (unclear) (laughter)

Speaker 1:

(laughter) from Gateshead as well

Speaker 3:

mm-hm

Speaker 1:

aye (pause) and eh what what family have you

Speaker 2:

three girls

Speaker 1:

girls how what what ages

Speaker 2:

eh four seven and seventeen (pause) wey seventeen do you smoke

Speaker 1:

no thanks no I don't

Speaker 3:

you don't indulge in that do yous

Speaker 1:

I don't indulge in that no ehm (pause) eh whereabouts do you work please

Speaker 2:

Newcastle at the moment like

Speaker 1:

aye who who for

Speaker 2:

J H Fisher builders

Speaker 1:

oh aye

Speaker 2:

Gosforth firm

Speaker 1:

yes what eh what job do you do with them

Speaker 2:

eh driver JCB

Speaker 1:

eh (interruption)

Speaker 2:

digger

Speaker 1:

that's driving a

Speaker 2:

a digger

Speaker 1:

oh I see aye a digger a ditcher (interruption) aye oh I see

Speaker 2:

mm-hm

Speaker 1:

what eh what job are you doing at the moment what eh

Speaker 2:

drains digging drains

Speaker 1:

whereabouts like what're you building

Speaker 2:

eh Stamfordham Road there you know Stamfordham Road

Speaker 1:

yes what are they houses or

Speaker 2:

uh-huh council

Speaker 1:

yeah oh I see yes

Speaker 2:

uh-huh

Speaker 1:

(unclear) (pause) is that eh (pause) driving it's not a job that you trained for with the with them or w

Speaker 2:

well aye with them (interruption) aye uh-huh

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 2:

but I mean it (pause) what should we say is semi skilled

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 2:

you know

Speaker 1:

ehm (pause) can you tell us ehm (pause) what eh (pause) what other jobs you've done (pause) in the past

Speaker 2:

aye I can tell you eh for a when I first started work I was w working in Sowerby's glass house

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 2:

and moved from there when I was about sixteen to the pit eight year in the pit

Speaker 1:

aye which pit was that

Speaker 2:

Heworth colliery

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

and eh as I say I got married that was nineteen fifty when I came out of there went down to London BRS

Speaker 1:

eh who are they

Speaker 2:

and I came back up eh that's British Rail Services

Speaker 1:

oh yes yes

Speaker 2:

BRS and eh came back up here worked on the corporation about a year and I've been on the buildings ever since that

Speaker 1:

I see were were you driving a a wagon for BRS were you

Speaker 2:

no I was just (unclear) at the time

Speaker 1:

and eh w which of those jobs do you think was the best

Speaker 2:

eh (unclear) (laughter) it was a good job aye

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

aye

Speaker 1:

what about (pause) the job you've got at the moment

Speaker 2:

oh it's a good job I've got like but eh (pause) I mean on on the BRS (pause) you're away you're you know you're (pause) you're travelling like

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

aye where on this job you're in one one place

Speaker 1:

(unclear) eh and i is the firm you work for do you think i is it a good firm to go for to work for as builders go

Speaker 2:

well (pause) no (pause) not what I hear like well wey what happened to me the other week I was off bad for three weeks

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 2:

and when I went back they threw me off the machine put another lad on

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

and the other lad wasn't satisfactory and so they finished him on the Friday and they asked me to gan back on the machine again

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

(unclear)

Speaker 1:

when they were stuck like

Speaker 2:

mm-hm

Speaker 1:

yes (pause) eh (pause) now eh (pause) eh this I'm not going to ask you this question but if eh you know I would just like to have your attitude about it if if people ask you how much money you make do you usually tell them or do you think it's private

Speaker 2:

well it varies like

Speaker 1:

depend who they were like (unclear)

Speaker 2:

aye I mean in the winter I'm only a forty hour week you see where in the summer you get more wey you you vary (interruption) you see

Speaker 1:

yes aye yeah but on the whole you don't mind talking about it I mean some (interruption) people (unclear)

Speaker 2:

oh no no no no

Speaker 1:

right ta eh (pause) would you say that ehm (pause) you preferred ehm you would prefer a job with good eh long term prospects or a job that paid better at the moment and didn't have much security about it

Speaker 2:

wey the long term

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

I mean eh (pause) as things stand now like there's nearly a million unemployed

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

you see

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 2:

whereas if you get a job say forty pound a week for six month then that's it

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 2:

where if you get a long time term job (pause) you know

Speaker 1:

yes ehm (pause) now let's eh (pause) I want to try to eh find out if eh you know some words that you might use in various situations eh just say what occurs to you occurs to you naturally you know ehm can can you think of a word you use for somebody who's got plenty of cheek and nerve and that sort of thing thinks he can get away with (unclear) any word for somebody like that

Speaker 2:

brazen

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

brazen

Speaker 1:

do you call him a toucher for instance

Speaker 2:

tadger

Speaker 1:

a tadger

Speaker 2:

tadger

Speaker 1:

yeah (pause) ta eh when somebody's had too much drink too much to drink you say he's

Speaker 2:

pineapple (laughter) (interruption) he's pineapple (unclear) (laughter)

Speaker 1:

(unclear) (laughter) aye if eh if something was eh stacked away on a high shelf somewhere could you say that it was up a height do you use that expression

Speaker 2:

aye up a height aye aye up a height aye

Speaker 1:

eh could you say of eh a tool you were going to use ehm this'll do the job clever do you use that

Speaker 2:

clever aye oh aye

Speaker 1:

(unclear) and eh a question that you're eh bound to know eh what do you call the thing that ehm bricklayer's labourer carries the bricks in over his shoulder

Speaker 2:

hod

Speaker 1:

ta

Speaker 2:

(laughter)

Speaker 1:

some people've never heard of it you know so they don't know what it's called (laughter)

Speaker 2:

(laughter) a hod (interruption) aye

Speaker 1:

I thought everybody must have heard of a hod but eh (pause) ehm how old were you when you left school

Speaker 2:

fourteen

Speaker 1:

yes were you eh glad to leave school or not

Speaker 2:

I was mm-hm I wish I was back (laughter)

Speaker 1:

but you wish you were back (interruption) now

Speaker 2:

aye too true

Speaker 1:

(laughter) why were you glad to leave like were you what was w what do you think was wrong with it

Speaker 2:

well I mean I bet you were glad of it when when you left school

Speaker 1:

well in a way I haven't left like (laughter)

Speaker 2:

(laughter) ah you're still in school are you (interruption) oh well I mean eh (interruption)

Speaker 3:

(laughter) (interruption) studying (pause) (interruption) it's a different kind of school though isn't it

Speaker 1:

oh it's a lot different

Speaker 2:

I mean (pause) there's people that say oh you divn't want to leave school then you what bu but when you when you leave it you wish you were back

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 1:

I know I do

Speaker 1:

now like you think it's better than working

Speaker 2:

oh aye

Speaker 1:

you didn't like it at the time

Speaker 2:

no not the time but I wish I was back I tell you

Speaker 1:

(laughter) and eh (pause) you haven't had any further education since then

Speaker 2:

no no I'm a nugget (laughter)

Speaker 1:

(laughter) don't say it like that (unclear)

Speaker 3:

(laughter)

Speaker 1:

(laughter) eh (pause) would you say that eh your education had been worth very much to you ehm in your job for instance

Speaker 2:

no

Speaker 1:

no

Speaker 2:

no

Speaker 1:

and outside your job in any other way no

Speaker 2:

no none what so ever

Speaker 1:

eh what about (interruption)

Speaker 2:

I mean eh what you got taught at school them days was one and one and like you know

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

I mean now it's O levels a A levels and what not

Speaker 1:

do you think it's improved (unclear) since you left school like do you think that schools are better now or or worse

Speaker 2:

well I mean eh you cannot get a good job unless you've got O levels and what not have you (interruption) you know

Speaker 1:

well that's true it's true it's not (unclear)

Speaker 2:

unless eh you're like me you're a labourer (pause) you know

Speaker 1:

(laughter) aye mind you've got a better job than me at the moment like I mean eh so eh you've got children of your own like at school you know do you think that eh it's that their education's fairly important for them like

Speaker 2:

oh it's important for them (interruption) aye uh-huh

Speaker 1:

aye and if ehm (pause) you know if if one of them was deciding whether they should leave school at fifteen or something or whether they should or whether they should stay on what do you think you would say to them

Speaker 2:

well if they want to if they want to leave let them leave it's eh (pause) you cannot eh

Speaker 1:

yeah but if they wanted to stay on

Speaker 2:

I mean she left school didn't she (pause) and she she got a good job she's a punch card operator

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 2:

aye she's got a good job well what's the point of her staying at school she might have just getten the same sort of job if she had have stayed at school

Speaker 1:

very true like aye (unclear) but if they wanted to stay on like you would be (interruption) quite happy (unclear)

Speaker 2:

oh I would let them stay aye

Speaker 1:

ehm and eh all your children are girls of course but eh do you think that eh education's as important for girls as it is for boys perhaps

Speaker 2:

mm-hm

Speaker 1:

the same

Speaker 2:

aye the same

Speaker 1:

aye (pause) eh (pause) now ehm if I can take you back to eh (interruption)

Speaker 2:

do you want a cup of tea

Speaker 1:

I wouldn't say no to (interruption) a cup of tea

Speaker 2:

or coffee

Speaker 3:

(unclear)

Speaker 2:

oh she's in there or coffee

Speaker 1:

(unclear) ehm taking you back to your when you were say between five and twelve where were you living then

Speaker 2:

Nelson Street

Speaker 1:

yes eh did you think that ehm it was a good place to live for the (pause) kids (pause) did you

Speaker 2:

wey I enjoyed myself like

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

you know

Speaker 1:

you used to play a lot and that (interruption)

Speaker 2:

aye uh-huh

Speaker 1:

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

Speaker 2:

oh aye we used to bogies

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

eh (pause) gan on the bridges looking for (pause) pigeons

Speaker 1:

pigeons

Speaker 2:

aye

Speaker 1:

on the bridges

Speaker 2:

aye the high level and the Tyne bridge underneath (interruption) looking for pigeons

Speaker 1:

did you used used to catch them like

Speaker 2:

aye used to get them aye

Speaker 1:

aye mm

Speaker 2:

wey aye

Speaker 1:

and keep them

Speaker 2:

aye we used to wey aye there was a lad on wor street used to have pigeons

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

that's where he used to get them from (laughter)

Speaker 1:

(laughter)

Speaker 3:

(unclear)

Speaker 2:

we used to we used to gan a Newcastle end Newcastle end you know where the Salvation Army is

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

or was we used to get on that old hut there get under the bridge and there's big massive pipes under there

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

we used to crawl along the pipes to the lift

Speaker 1:

ahh that's under the Tyne bridge

Speaker 2:

under the Tyne bridge aye

Speaker 1:

whoo hoo

Speaker 2:

looking for pigeons

Speaker 1:

(laughter) incredible

Speaker 2:

aye then eh on the on the high level bridge

Speaker 1:

yeah

Speaker 2:

you know them cradles what the painters use

Speaker 1:

yes aye

Speaker 2:

them on the bridge you know

Speaker 1:

yeah

Speaker 2:

we used to get on them and gan on one side and come up on the other

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 2:

aye

Speaker 1:

very adventurous do you know ehm (pause) what you call eh a game where eh one of the kids chases the others to try to touch them

Speaker 2:

tuggy (laughter)

Speaker 1:

that's right and eh

Speaker 2:

oh another game we used to play is multikitty

Speaker 1:

oh aye that that's eh the jumping one is it

Speaker 2:

aye somebody stands against the wall then eh you're like that

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

jump on (laughter)

Speaker 1:

(laughter) aye I used to play it myself eh and ehm when when one of the kids is chasing the others y you say that he's what do you say about him the one who's got to chase the others

Speaker 2:

oh

Speaker 1:

when you're playing tuggy

Speaker 2:

I've forgetten now what that that one was

Speaker 1:

would you say he's on

Speaker 2:

he's on aye he's on aye

Speaker 1:

eh and what do you say eh when you want to call a s a halt in a game for some reason you know if you want to stop and tie your shoelace and you want to

Speaker 2:

hold it

Speaker 1:

you don't say eh s skinchers or anything

Speaker 2:

no hold it

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

aye ho that eh they used to say skinchers like if we were having a bit scrap you know you know carrying on like

Speaker 1:

aye (unclear) yes

Speaker 2:

(unclear) skinchers

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 2:

you know

Speaker 1:

eh now a few few questions about the house can you tell us eh what you call each of the rooms of your house please go through them in turn

Speaker 2:

just the the bedroom bedroom and the kitchen (laughter)

Speaker 1:

this is the kitchen

Speaker 2:

aye scullery

Speaker 1:

and that's the scullery

Speaker 2:

aye

Speaker 1:

ehm and ehm to get out of the back door you have to lift the

Speaker 2:

latch

Speaker 1:

ta eh

Speaker 2:

eh sneck

Speaker 1:

you call it the sneck as well (interruption) (unclear)

Speaker 2:

wey you can sneck or the latch

Speaker 1:

you use both in fact

Speaker 2:

can aye

Speaker 1:

eh (pause) and ehm (pause) what do you call eh the thing that your wife uses to sweep the floor with when she does it by hand

Speaker 2:

she's got a hoover like but eh

Speaker 1:

(laughter)

Speaker 3:

thanks very much

Speaker 2:

no

Speaker 1:

no no when you do it by hand

Speaker 3:

what the floor

Speaker 2:

brush

Speaker 3:

(unclear) brush

Speaker 2:

eh scrubbing oh the eh the carpet you mean

Speaker 1:

aye do you just call it the brush do you

Speaker 2:

brush

Speaker 3:

(unclear) brush the floor

Speaker 1:

yes eh and what do you call eh do you use your coal fire what do you what do you call what you stand in front of it to get it going

Speaker 2:

the bleezer

Speaker 1:

aye and you can talk about bleezing it up

Speaker 2:

aye bleezer aye

Speaker 1:

and eh what do you call ehm cleaning the eh plates and crockery and that after a meal

Speaker 2:

washing up

Speaker 1:

ta eh (pause) now eh could you tell us eh how you spend your d your spare time in the evenings and eh w weekends

Speaker 2:

mostly watching telly like

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

and if the weather's (pause) nice as it is now w we generally gan down the caravan

Speaker 1:

oh I see

Speaker 2:

it's (pause) down Blyth

Speaker 1:

oh I see yes

Speaker 2:

aye

Speaker 1:

it's your that's your own caravan is it

Speaker 2:

aye uh-huh

Speaker 1:

eh (pause) but (pause) you don't you don't go out very much then

Speaker 2:

no maybes of a Saturday night you know if there's owt good up the club like but otherwise we divn't bother

Speaker 1:

yes ehm (pause) and eh are there any eh I don't know a are are there any things that eh that you would like to do but that you know you've never got round to or you've never had the chance to do

Speaker 2:

well if I had the money there's a lot of things I'd like to do (laughter)

Speaker 1:

like what for instance I mean say eh say you won a hundred thousand pound tomorrow on the pools

Speaker 2:

oh I'd have good holiday abroad somewhere follow the sun around a bit I think

Speaker 1:

that's the first thing that occurs to you like (interruption) travel

Speaker 2:

aye uh-huh buy a house

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 2:

you know (pause) in a good locality like

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

(unclear)

Speaker 1:

eh (pause) you eh you watch television a canny bit

Speaker 2:

mm-hm

Speaker 1:

yes what eh what sort of programmes (pause) do you like

Speaker 2:

well eh sport that's (pause) number one like racing football (pause) and eh Hawaii aye is it 5 0 you know Hawaii aye 5 0 or something (unclear) (interruption) isn't it

Speaker 1:

that's I don't know I haven't I haven't even I haven't got a one (interruption) myself

Speaker 2:

all these thrillers and that like

Speaker 1:

oh I see yes

Speaker 2:

you know and a good comedy like

Speaker 1:

yes and eh (pause) and do you think that eh do you think that the standard of programmes is fairly reasonable or not

Speaker 2:

well there's some repeats on like there's too many repeats I think

Speaker 1:

what do you think (pause) eh what do you think's the the worst sort of rubbish that comes on television

Speaker 2:

oh there is some on and all mind

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

I mean eh what's the what's the point of putting the telly on when you've already seen it

Speaker 1:

yeah

Speaker 2:

see you know what's going to happen

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

oh there's another heap of rubbish here look

Speaker 1:

can't see

Speaker 2:

Get Smart (laughter)

Speaker 1:

oh yes this has been on before as well hasn't it mm and eh (pause) do you usually switch it off if you don't like what's on

Speaker 2:

I generally switch over see what's on the other side if there's nothing on the other side right we switch it off you know

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

because we only get BBC One see and ITV we haven't got BBC Two

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 2:

there's some canny pictures on BBC Two like you know

Speaker 1:

yes aye that's true like mm-hm eh now here's eh a few questions about ehm some of your opinions about ordinary matters you know eh what do you think ehm parents should do when their children misbehave

Speaker 2:

well you give them a clout (laughter)

Speaker 1:

aye that's eh is that for you know a more or less universal remedy for anything like think it's the eh the best way for them (interruption) the best policy

Speaker 2:

some of the eh s sometimes like just tell them other other times you know but if they're too bad just give them a (pause) clout along the earhole

Speaker 1:

what about eh sort of older children you know a young person of sixteen or so do you think that somebody like that should be more or less allowed to do as they want to

Speaker 2:

oh no

Speaker 1:

no

Speaker 2:

no I I mean you can gan to a certain extent

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

but eh no further you know I mean I'm not hard altogether you know but eh (pause) there's a limit

Speaker 1:

yeah yes (pause) ehm

Speaker 2:

I mean to say he's not going to come in at half past one of a morning some some fathers would say I want you in here at half past ten

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

never mind half past one

Speaker 1:

but you don't mind that

Speaker 2:

no no no

Speaker 1:

eh this (unclear) this is a question that you don't have to answer if you don't want ehm which way do you vote

Speaker 2:

Labour

Speaker 1:

yeah

Speaker 2:

(laughter)

Speaker 1:

and do you always vote the same way

Speaker 2:

mm-hm

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 2:

aye Labour

Speaker 1:

eh why why you you you wouldn't consider changing the way you vote for you know what I mean

Speaker 2:

wey to tell you the truth (unclear) six and two threes of them like

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

but eh (pause) I've always voted Labour so there's there's no point in changing you know

Speaker 1:

mm

Speaker 2:

I mean I voted Labour last time this government got in

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

but it's I don't know what they were going to do and what they're not going to do

Speaker 1:

but eh do you feel that eh y you've got a sort of duty to vote for this party it would mean do you turn out for instance in eh local government elections eh like the ones that are coming up you know

Speaker 2:

uh-huh (interruption) oh aye

Speaker 1:

you do vote in them

Speaker 2:

aye

Speaker 1:

eh (pause) and eh what do what eh what do you expect of a government once they're elected you know what

Speaker 2:

wey (interruption)

Speaker 1:

what sort of things do you think they should do

Speaker 2:

keep their promises that's the that's the first thing they should do (laughter)

Speaker 1:

yes (unclear) (pause) eh you know ehm well there's a a very high rate of unemployment at the moment (unclear)

Speaker 2:

aye there'll be more and all the the way it's ganning on

Speaker 1:

oh aye do you think that who do you think is mainly responsible who or what do you think is mainly responsible for

Speaker 2:

wey they should freeze the wages I think freeze the freeze everything

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 2:

I mean (pause) one man shouldn't there's the boilermakers somebody in the shipyard the fitters they want a rise now the boilermakers want two pound more than them

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 2:

see then i i i it snowballs somebody else wants something else see and it's gans out of proportion man

Speaker 1:

yes so eh you think eh like the the government should t take more control

Speaker 2:

should uh-huh

Speaker 1:

aye (pause) eh

Speaker 2:

I mean there there's there's the dockers they're getting a colossal wage for a thirty odd hour week

Speaker 1:

aye I know yes

Speaker 2:

and yet they're still wanting more

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 2:

I mean eh (pause) we cannot gan on strike the builders

Speaker 1:

aye are are you in a very bad position like do you think for that eh

Speaker 2:

no I wouldn't s (interruption)

Speaker 1:

I mean you know for striking do you think you're not in much of a position to strike

Speaker 2:

no I mean eh (pause) on the on the building site a labourer (pause) he's here today gone tomorrow

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

you know

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 2:

but a a skilled man (pause) it's different a different again you see

Speaker 1:

are very many very many of the people that you work with in a union

Speaker 2:

well the tradesmen are in a union but the labourers are not you see

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 2:

I mean I used to be in the union

Speaker 1:

yeah

Speaker 2:

on eh the other job I had but eh the man used to come along of a Friday to collect the money you know

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 2:

and half the job would vanish see they wasn't in the union

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 2:

so I chucked it in I says why should I pay union money and them get the same rights as me like so I just chucked it in it was eh

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 2:

it's not right I mean one in everybody in see I mean eh (pause) if you're in a if you're in a union you're going to pay about four a bob a week

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 2:

and the man next to you he's getting the same wage as you he's not going to pay nowt so I just chucked it in

Speaker 1:

aye I suppose in the present state of affairs as well like you know the labourers must be pretty replaceable as well there's so many (unclear)

Speaker 2:

oh aye it wey you get them (pause) twelve a penny labourers (pause) I mean eh one one finishes the the morrow another one steps in his shoes see

Speaker 1:

yes (pause) we're a bit nearer home do you think eh does your wife work by the way

Speaker 2:

no no

Speaker 1:

do you think eh it's a good idea for the woman of the house to work at all or not

Speaker 2:

well I don't think she should work if she's got children to look after

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 2:

but otherwise it's all right

Speaker 1:

yes what about eh equal pay for women do you think that's eh a reasonable demand

Speaker 2:

well I tell you I'll tell you something now (pause) if they all worked like my wife yes

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 2:

(laughter) I wish I could work like her lad

Speaker 1:

(laughter) yeah mm eh now eh if we could go on for a bit to the thing that we are particularly interested in like the way you talk and what you think about the way people talk ehm (pause) do you think that you ever change the way you speak according to the person you're talking to or (interruption) any other circumstances

Speaker 2:

no I might try to like you know but eh

Speaker 1:

in what sort of situations like do you think you do it

Speaker 2:

if I'm on the phone

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

you know

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 2:

I try and speak eh a bit more refined then all of a sudden it deserts us like and I'm back to normal again (laughter)

Speaker 1:

(laughter) yeah (pause) ehm and you've never tried to sort of make any eh permanent changes in your speech or anything

Speaker 2:

no I as I say I was in down London on the BRS and I just used to talk the way I'm talking now and this fellow says listen him you know Cockney like the way them talk listen him he's singing he's singing

Speaker 1:

(laughter) yes

Speaker 2:

see

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

I never used to change I don't think I could change

Speaker 1:

no

Speaker 2:

I mean here's people gan away down to London for about six weeks they come back they're Cockneys

Speaker 1:

aye s yes some people change a lot quicker than others

Speaker 2:

hey I I couldn't I couldn't change my (pause)

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 2:

my eh my sister's been down there oh (pause) twenty odd year

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

and she's she's not Cockney she's just refined you know what I mean

Speaker 1:

yes (pause) eh do you eh like to hear people talking in local Tyneside accents

Speaker 2:

well as I say when you're amongst them you you divn't eh you know what I mean

Speaker 1:

think about it

Speaker 2:

no see I mean if I was a a Londoner and hearing a Tynesider I might eh say it's terrible that the way them talk eh you know but when you're amongst we it doesn't occur to you

Speaker 1:

aye well what do you think about people I mean like Cockneys for instance or people from Liverpool do you like their their accents or (pause) not

Speaker 2:

no not not Cockneys

Speaker 1:

yes are there any accents that you like or or do you do you just dislike it because it's a different accent

Speaker 2:

Lancashire

Speaker 1:

you like that

Speaker 2:

aye it's (pause) aye you know eh or Yorkshire

Speaker 1:

mm-hm

Speaker 2:

Yorkshire

Speaker 1:

eh do you think eh when you sort of say when you meet somebody for the first time you know do you think that if he talks like you you're more likely to get on with him

Speaker 2:

no not necessarily no no

Speaker 1:

ehm (pause) and you know the way that the eh say the newsreaders talk on television when they're reading out the news you know eh (pause) do you like that way of speech or not

Speaker 2:

well I I I I like their way of speech but as I say they've got different pronunciations than us you know what I mean

Speaker 1:

yes yeah but you think it's fairly pleasant like (interruption) you wouldn't object to it

Speaker 2:

oh aye mm-hm no no no I divn't object

Speaker 1:

yeah what how do think ehm how would you react if eh the news was read out on television in say in a local Tyneside accent or in a Liverpool accent or something would you feel that was improper

Speaker 2:

aye I think it would be

Speaker 1:

mm-hm (pause) yes

Speaker 2:

because I mean we can understand them (pause) you know the London eh newscasters

Speaker 1:

yeah

Speaker 2:

I mean the whole country can understand them

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 2:

but if they put a Geordie on the Londoners wouldn't understand him see

Speaker 1:

yes eh (pause) now eh this is a question some people find rather difficult to c eh what sort of things do you think you can tell about somebody from the way he speaks

Speaker 2:

no I cannot no

Speaker 1:

nothing in particular

Speaker 2:

no

Speaker 1:

what about eh you wouldn't pre be prepared to hazard a guess at the sort of job he does for example

Speaker 2:

no he could could be owt couldn't he

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

you know

Speaker 1:

you don't think ehm somebody who worked in an office for instance might be you know might tend to talk differently from somebody who worked in a factory

Speaker 2:

she wey she works in an of the the ministry (laughter)

Speaker 1:

yeah that's that's an expert view is it they don't?

Speaker 3:

no

Speaker 2:

there you are she might talk refined in the office but eh no

Speaker 3:

I divn't talk refined

Speaker 2:

oh you divn't oh

Speaker 1:

eh (pause) when eh when you're in other parts of the country do people can usually tell that you come from Tyneside and that

Speaker 2:

oh aye

Speaker 1:

what about when you're in other parts of Tyneside can people ever tell that you come from Gateshead

Speaker 2:

no I divn't think they can

Speaker 1:

nobody's ever guessed that from your speech

Speaker 2:

no

Speaker 3:

but you can tell a Chester le Street (unclear)

Speaker 2:

oh aye you can tell a they've got a different twang altogether

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 3:

(unclear)

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 2:

but them are not Tynesiders Chester le Street

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

you've got to be (pause) in eh the the sound of the Saint Mary's (laughter) you know Saint Mary's? (laughter)

Speaker 1:

(laughter) and the smell of the river of course (laughter)

Speaker 2:

(laughter)

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 2:

well I was only a stone's throw away from it like

Speaker 1:

(laughter) could you eh read that list of words out for us please

Speaker 2:

all them

Speaker 1:

all them yes please

Speaker 2:

oh dear 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 field been new moon school revolution but none seven one long holiday room book good maker wafer happy Harry Mary yes better something fall with which apple tissue television absent realize Newcastle Seahouses method concert descend chocolate explain industry and condemn

Speaker 1:

thanks very much yeah now I'm going to read out a list of words and eh for each one I would like to know eh if you know what it means secondly if you use it and thirdly if you hear it used you know eh eh ahint meaning behind ahint the wall

Speaker 2:

hint or a nod

Speaker 1:

no I mean ahint sort of behind

Speaker 2:

oh ahint ahint end (interruption) ahint end (interruption)

Speaker 1:

(interruption) ahint the wall (interruption) yes I suppose that's it yes what about eh aside meaning beside do you say that standing aside something

Speaker 2:

put put it aside you

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

aye uh-huh

Speaker 1:

you would use that

Speaker 2:

uh-huh

Speaker 1:

ehm bairn

Speaker 2:

bairn aye I use bairn aye mm-hm

Speaker 1:

ehm bait

Speaker 2:

oh aye bait aye (laughter)

Speaker 3:

(laughter)

Speaker 2:

choppy (laughter)

Speaker 1:

yeah eh beck

Speaker 2:

beck wey well beck and call

Speaker 1:

no I mean (interruption) a stream

Speaker 2:

beck (pause) a stream oh aye a stream

Speaker 1:

you've heard of it

Speaker 2:

no I've heard of that oh aye a beck aye

Speaker 1:

but you don't use it

Speaker 2:

B E C K beck aye

Speaker 1:

do you use it yourself

Speaker 2:

no

Speaker 1:

no

Speaker 2:

no

Speaker 1:

bonny

Speaker 2:

bonny oh aye bonny

Speaker 1:

yes (pause) eh bray

Speaker 2:

a bray that's Scotch that though isn't it

Speaker 1:

no for to hit I mean

Speaker 3:

bray man

Speaker 1:

to bray (interruption) (unclear)

Speaker 2:

oh to bray oh that sort of bray

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 2:

I thought you meant eh the Scotland bray oh aye bray I'll bray you in a minute

Speaker 1:

(unclear) eh bullets

Speaker 2:

bullets oh aye black bullets

Speaker 1:

yes but for other sorts of sweets as well (pause) do you call sweets in general bullets

Speaker 2:

no bullets all bullets

Speaker 3:

oh bloody hell I'm going to get out

Speaker 2:

there's bloody hell there look a

Speaker 3:

(laughter)

Speaker 1:

(laughter) lovely eh boody

Speaker 2:

aye boody money wey aye

Speaker 1:

wh what's boody money

Speaker 2:

eh china (pause) china (interruption) (unclear)

Speaker 1:

(unclear) what's boody money though

Speaker 2:

what's what

Speaker 1:

boody money

Speaker 2:

boody money you see you get one of them

Speaker 1:

uh-huh

Speaker 2:

and it breaks right

Speaker 1:

oh yes I know what yes

Speaker 2:

now you get a one with a a gold in (interruption) you see

Speaker 1:

oh yes

Speaker 2:

that's dearer (interruption) than the the ordinary

Speaker 1:

oh that's right the kids play with it

Speaker 2:

aye that's what they call boody money

Speaker 1:

aye yes yes I have heard of that yeah eh clarts

Speaker 2:

oh aye plenty of them (laughter) aye clarts

Speaker 1:

coin the corner

Speaker 2:

coin

Speaker 1:

aye

Speaker 3:

coin a corner

Speaker 1:

coin a corner

Speaker 2:

oh coin a corner oh aye coin a corner aye wey aye

Speaker 1:

do you use it

Speaker 2:

aye coin

Speaker 1:

aye cree

Speaker 2:

cree (pause) cree (pause) cree (pause) oh aye pigeon duckets wey aye

Speaker 1:

you use that do you

Speaker 2:

aye wey aye I just couldn't get it for the minute there (laughter)

Speaker 1:

dunch

Speaker 2:

dunch oh aye dunch into you there

Speaker 1:

yes what about dwong

Speaker 2:

dwong dwong

Speaker 1:

no (pause) most people haven't like it's a bit old you know eh fettle

Speaker 2:

aye fettle aye

Speaker 1:

do you mean do you use that to mean I'll fettle (unclear) or I'll fettle it

Speaker 2:

fettle or in fine fettle

Speaker 1:

aye both

Speaker 2:

mm-hm aye I'll fettle you in a minute if you divn't shut up (laughter)

Speaker 4:

mam wants to see if you're nearly finished

Speaker 2:

aye mm-hm

Speaker 3:

what

Speaker 2:

put the kettle on (NAME)

Speaker 3:

what for

Speaker 2:

put the kettle on

Speaker 1:

gonial

Speaker 2:

gonial

Speaker 1:

uh-huh

Speaker 2:

gonian what's that mean

Speaker 1:

I think it's it's a fool

Speaker 2:

no never heard of that one

Speaker 1:

mm gully

Speaker 2:

gully oh aye a gully aye the knife

Speaker 1:

eh howk

Speaker 2:

howk aye

Speaker 1:

meaning what

Speaker 3:

howk your ear (laughter)

Speaker 2:

wey you (unclear) aye (interruption) howk your

Speaker 3:

howk your ear

Speaker 2:

I'll howk I'll howk you in a minute

Speaker 1:

aye to sort of work somebody over aye

Speaker 4:

where are you going

Speaker 2:

hoy oh aye

Speaker 1:

ken

Speaker 2:

know know know

Speaker 1:

do you use it

Speaker 2:

oh eh sometimes aye do you do you ken him

Speaker 1:

kep

Speaker 2:

kep aye catch

Speaker 1:

aye eh lowe

Speaker 2:

lowe lowe

Speaker 1:

a light

Speaker 2:

oh aye gis a lowe aye aye gis a lowe oh I use that aye

Speaker 1:

see they're just (pause) the way they're

Speaker 1:

it's hard to think of them just (interruption) on their own like

Speaker 2:

yes just on their own lowe aye

Speaker 1:

yeah parky

Speaker 2:

oh aye eh she's parky (laughter)

Speaker 3:

(unclear) (laughter)

Speaker 1:

eh stot

Speaker 2:

stot aye stot the ball

Speaker 1:

varnigh

Speaker 5:

who van anne

Speaker 1:

varnigh

Speaker 5:

eh

Speaker 2:

varnigh

Speaker 5:

gan get us a light

Speaker 1:

very nearly no

Speaker 4:

the what

Speaker 5:

oh varnight wey aye

Speaker 2:

oh aye wey aye varnigh wey aye

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 2:

aye

Speaker 5:

go and get us a (unclear)

Speaker 4:

where's yours (unclear)

Speaker 1:

I'm going to read out these sentences and eh I want to know for each one whether it's okay to you whether it sounds okay

Speaker 2:

aye

Speaker 1:

that's whether you know it sounds like the sort of thing you might say because some of them will have something a bit wrong with them (unclear)

Speaker 2:

mm-hm

Speaker 1:

ehm if you can just try and make up your mind about each one right eh were you wakened last night when I came in is that okay or not

Speaker 2:

was I wakened

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 2:

were you awake

Speaker 1:

right eh I was still a bed when you called this morning

Speaker 2:

that's all right aye I was still a bed aye

Speaker 1:

he never gave us any

Speaker 2:

he never give us any

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 2:

that's all right (interruption) aye

Speaker 1:

that's okay right do you not go there very often is that okay or not

Speaker 2:

no I don't do you not do you go there very often

Speaker 1:

that's that's a wee bit odd is it they're useless them (laughter)

Speaker 3:

Newcastle (unclear)

Speaker 1:

(laughter)

Speaker 2:

well just eh they're they're they're useless

Speaker 1:

there's something odd about the 'them'

Speaker 2:

aye the 'them' 'them' shouldn't be in there I don't think

Speaker 1:

okay eh

Speaker 2:

I mean you are saying that they are useless

Speaker 1:

yeah

Speaker 2:

but leave out the 'them'

Speaker 1:

mm okay eh me and John went to the races on Saturday

Speaker 2:

that's all right

Speaker 1:

it's okay

Speaker 5:

should be John and I

Speaker 2:

no John and I

Speaker 1:

(unclear) no I don't no I don't want to know what you think's right or wrong

Speaker 2:

oh I see (interruption) oh you just want another question aye right uh-huh

Speaker 1:

I just want to know whether you know whether you would say it like I might could manage it

Speaker 2:

aye

Speaker 1:

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

Speaker 2:

no it doesn't sound right

Speaker 1:

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

Speaker 2:

that seems all seems all right

Speaker 1:

it's okay eh it's ower big to get through there

Speaker 2:

aye that's all right

Speaker 1:

eh you know my cousin that her husband died

Speaker 2:

that's all right aye

Speaker 1:

eh with the wife being ill I had to stay in and look after her

Speaker 2:

that's all right aye

Speaker 1:

would you eh I'm going to stay with the son for the holidays

Speaker 2:

mm-hm

Speaker 1:

do you want out

Speaker 2:

that's all right aye anything aye

Speaker 1:

no I mean do you want to be out do you want out

Speaker 2:

that's all right aye

Speaker 1:

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

Speaker 2:

mm-hm

Speaker 1:

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

Speaker 2:

fine uh-huh

Speaker 1:

these ones are pretty big to them others

Speaker 2:

aye seems to be all right aye

Speaker 1:

here she had left her pram standing outside the shop

Speaker 2:

mm-hm

Speaker 1:

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

Speaker 2:

mm-hm

Speaker 1:

yes would you mind stop talking

Speaker 2:

mm-hm

Speaker 1:

okay eh do you want a cup of tea making

Speaker 2:

that's all right aye

Speaker 1:

okay do you want this wall painting

Speaker 2:

mm-hm

Speaker 1:

mm you know him that used to work on the railways

Speaker 2:

mm-hm

Speaker 1:

he happened a nasty accident

Speaker 2:

mm-hm

Speaker 1:

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

Speaker 2:

that's all right aye

Speaker 1:

okay eh I wanted for to talk to you about it

Speaker 2:

I want you for to talk

Speaker 1:

I wanted I wanted for to talk to you about it no

Speaker 2:

no

Speaker 1:

when did it happen you

Speaker 2:

when did it happen you

Speaker 1:

yes

Speaker 2:

aye it could be aye mm-hm

Speaker 1:

yes eh I've got money belonging him

Speaker 2:

that's all right aye

Speaker 1:

that's okay could you mind your head so as I can see out the back

Speaker 2:

uh-huh

Speaker 1:

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

Speaker 2:

aye that's all right aye

Speaker 1:

it is I'm going shopping for John a pair of trousers

Speaker 2:

mm-hm

Speaker 1:

okay

Speaker 2:

aye

Speaker 1:

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

Speaker 2:

mm-hm

Speaker 1:

we'd been waiting of a bus

Speaker 2:

aye that's all right

Speaker 1:

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

Speaker 2:

mm-hm aye

Speaker 1:

I don't bother much about the television and that

Speaker 2:

aye that's all right aye

Speaker 1:

there was all these bottles of beer what we had brought

Speaker 2:

aye all right

Speaker 1:

many people were there there

Speaker 2:

many people are

Speaker 1:

many people were there there

Speaker 2:

yes mm-hm

Speaker 1:

that's okay eh where did you get it at

Speaker 2:

uh-huh

Speaker 1:

yes never mind I'll manage but

Speaker 2:

mm-hm

Speaker 1:

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

Speaker 2:

aye that's (unclear) aye

Speaker 1:

me and George is going into town today

Speaker 2:

mm-hm

Speaker 1:

Jack didn't think much to the race

Speaker 2:

Jack didn't think much to the race

Speaker 1:

yes something wrong with it

Speaker 2:

oh uh-huh

Speaker 1:

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

Speaker 2:

uh-huh aye

Speaker 1:

yeah had they seen it no they'd not seen it

Speaker 2:

that's all right aye

Speaker 1:

that's okay eh my coat's too long this

Speaker 2:

my coat's too long this

Speaker 1:

yes no

Speaker 2:

no

Speaker 1:

okay how's your wife and family then

Speaker 2:

all right

Speaker 1:

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

Speaker 2:

all right mm-hm

Speaker 1:

what is it he does for a living

Speaker 2:

that's all right aye

Speaker 1:

he wants his wages paid immediately

Speaker 2:

mm-hm

Speaker 1:

just light the fire on will you

Speaker 2:

right

Speaker 1:

right I'll clout yous both in a minute

Speaker 2:

that's all right mm-hm

Speaker 1:

how much have they offered we

Speaker 2:

that's all right

Speaker 1:

yeah pass us one of them spanners

Speaker 2:

mm-hm

Speaker 1:

I've broke a plate I'm afraid

Speaker 2:

that's all right

Speaker 1:

I come this morning but you weren't in

Speaker 2:

that's all right

Speaker 1:

that's okay he done it all right

Speaker 2:

that's all right

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