Em are you working at the moment

Yes

Yes!

(interruption) Yes!

(interruption) Whereabouts -- whereabouts are you working?

(interruption) The Wheatsheaf

(interruption) The Wheatsheaf (laughter)

The Wheatsheaf

The (interruption) Wheatsheaf

(interruption) Wheatsheaf

Where's that?

(interruption) Callerton Park

(interruption) Callerton Park, next to the airport (pause) (interruption) it's like a bar restaurant

(interruption) Oh right cool what's that like

(laughter)

What do you do are you just like bar staff or

Bar staff

Waitress

(interruption) Waitress

(interruption) Score

Ah cool it's like a pub? Wheatsheaf

Pub and restaurant two for one anything (laughter) on the yellow section (pause) if you want (laughter)

Nice (pause) ah do you both work together then is that how (interruption) you know each other aww that's cute

(interruption) Yeah

Ah no it's not how we know each other

You what sorry (pause) (interruption) oh no how do you know each other then?

(interruption) No it's not how we know each other oh my God me and (NAME) have known each other like, all wor life

Really?

Our (unclear) hauled us over a fence

(laughter) aww

We, we've known each other all wor lives

What since you were like kids

Mm-mm

(interruption) Aww

(interruption) Since we were like born

Mm-mm

That's cool

'Cause her auntie lives behind my dad and the fence is there so (pause) we used to just (pause) lob wuh over the fence (pause) didn't he?

And then we used to pick wuh up and just pass wuh over the fence for things in each other's gardens

(laughter) mint that's cool

And then we went to (pause) primary school together

Yeah

Then we went to secondary school together and she was in the same form class then we went to (pause) sixth-form together and we were in the same form class in sixth-form and then we worked together

No way (pause) that's well cool (pause) em I take it it's (pause) part-time jobs

I'm full-time

You're full-time

Full-time I'm (interruption) part-time

(interruption) You're part-time cool (pause) em what do your parents do for a living (pause) guys (laughter)

Em (pause) my dad's like a science technician

Ah right

He used to work on the railways

Ah cool does he do like work -- work for like (pause) (interruption) (unclear)

(interruption) He used to work for the Balfour Beatty but now I don't have a clue what he does

Oh right (interruption) (laughter)

(interruption) To be honest with you

Cool (interruption) what about your mum

(interruption) My mam used to be a nurse but she's retired now

Ah right cool what about you

My mam's a (pause) I don't really know what the job title is but she works with kids

Works with kids (interruption) ah cool

(interruption) Like, em (pause) I think she works for an agency but it's like different placements like nurseries and creches and

Oh right

Stuff like (interruption) that

(interruption) With like really young children and stuff ah cool what about your dad

Hm (pause) he's in prison

Ah no way

Yeah (laughter)

Jesus

I'd edit that bit out (laughter)

It's cool we can take out like whatever you want (laughter)

Em what was I going to say like how old were you guys when you left school?

Well, when we left school we were sixteen but we stayed on

You stayed on oh so you did A-Levels (interruption) and stuff

(interruption) Yeah (pause) till we were eighteen

Ah so you were eighteen then just went (pause) straight to work (pause) and you're -- you're (interruption) at college

(interruption) In college

Aren't you cool I shall ask you about that (pause) later on em (laughter) em whereabouts are you living is thi- is this Kenton?

Montague

Monty- what's that?

Montague

Montague

(interruption) Yeah

(interruption) Yeah

Ah right cool is that 'cause you live round here as well

Ah just (interruption) live down the street

(interruption) She lives round the corner (interruption) as well

(interruption) Ah no way (pause) ah that's cool are you in a flat as well or is it like

No I live with my mam

(interruption) Ah right

(interruption) Basically I live with my (interruption) (unclear)

(interruption) She lives in Legoland

(interruption) Yeah

(interruption) You know when you -- you know when you drove down did you see any big yellow houses

No?

She lives in one of them

You know the pub, The Peacock?

Yeah yeah yeah

I live on the houses just backing that

Ah right no way (pause) that's cool em do you guys speak any languages other than English?

Mm (pause) I can say a sentence in Chinese

(laughter) A sentence in Chine- (laughter) go on what's that

(NAME) (pause) means 'hello how are you I'm called (NAME)'

Oh nice (interruption) (laughter)

(interruption) Isn't that cool?

Wouldn't count that as fluent though (laughter)

(laughter) No I -- I (interruption) wouldn't

(interruption) What about you (NAME)?

I can say words in (interruption) diff- (laughter) many different languages (laughter)

(interruption) Words

Em (pause) how long have you guys been living in Newcastle

All wor (interruption) lives

(interruption) Since I was (interruption) born

(interruption) All your lives

Oh (interruption) yeah you lived next to each other didn't you

(interruption) Nearly nineteen years

Ah right that's cool em do your family live up here?

Most of them

Most of them

Some of mine (interruption) do

(interruption) Some of them do

Actually er (pause) just (pause) my auntie and uncle (pause) the rest of them live in (pause) well some of them live in Australia some of them live down South and (interruption) some of them live in Yorkshire

(interruption) Oh right

Some of mine moved down South but they lived here first

Ah that's cool (pause) em what was I going to say what do you guys think of Newcastle (pause) is it a good place to live

It's the bum        (laughter)

It's the bum        (interruption) (laughter)

(interruption) Ah no man it's mint I love it

Do you like it

(interruption) I love Newcastle

(interruption) What sort of stuff like what sor- what do you like and dislike about it and (pause) (interruption) just like for going out and stuff

(interruption) I like how (pause) I like where it is like you're dead close to the beach and you're dead close (interruption) the countryside

(interruption) Yeah yeah

But you're dead close to like shops and stuff as well

Yeah yeah that's cool

So like if you want to go for a break then you've got like loads of areas around it that you can go but you don't have to go too far

Yeah yeah do you go to the beach (laughter) or not really (laughter)

Well no but if I wanted to I could (laughter)

Yeah it's a bit cold though I find

Well it is the (interruption) beach

(interruption) Beach (pause) bit chilly (pause) what was I going to say em what about your particular area of Newcastle what do you like about it

My area?

I just like 'cause it's familiar really

'Cause it's familiar

Like ah -- ah (interruption) know people round here

(interruption) Have you lived like, (interruption) round here

(interruption) I like the town

For a while?

Yeah we've lived like pure all wor lives (interruption) haven't we?

(interruption) I like the town a lot

Aww

(interruption) Yeah

(interruption) Because it's quite a nice town though isn't it

Yeah it's w- like (pause) it's dead easy to get to places from here

Yeah

But you've got the Metro just down to (interruption) Fawdon

(interruption) Then you've got the Metro-Centre if you just jump on a bus

Yeah

No way (pause) there are good bus links and stuff then

Yeah yeah

Ah that's cool em (pause) has anything big ever happened around here (pause) at all (pause) like some sort of (pause) disaster (interruption) or

(interruption) Someone got stabbed once didn't they?

Really?

Someone got stabbed once round here and that's about it

When was that? What happened?

I don't know might not have even been true (laughter)

(interruption) (laughter)

(interruption) Even been true just

Really?

I heard someone got stabbed once

Oh Jesus is it like is there (pause) (interruption) a lot of crime

(interruption) Nice area (interruption) though

(interruption) It's not a rough area

This is really really posh compared to most places

Really what you mean like the suburbs of

Like Fenham (interruption) (laughter) no no (laughter) like

(interruption) Oh yeah no

Like Fenham and

No it's a (interruption) nice area

(interruption) Cowgate and Fawdon this is really nice (pause) if you just go on the other side of the school you've got like the proper posh estates

You, like this place you've got people who have lived here like all their lives and their like their parents lived here and stuff so it's like

Yeah (pause) so quite a sort of like family area

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah em (pause) so I was just going to say what kind of people live here just like families and

Old people as well because there's (interruption) the (pause) there's the

(interruption) Ah like (pause) Jesmond (laughter)

There's the block of flats like the big block of flats which is just for people over fifties

Oh right so it's not like a retirement thing just like a

Sheltered accommodation

Sheltered acc-

Ah right

Yeah I think it is

That's cool

That's where my nana lives

Ah yeah

Oh is it? Aww that's nice is it quite em (pause) a close community round here or is it like (pause) does everyone like know each other around here is it quite close or

Not really (pause) no everyone doesn't know

No but if you walked down the street you would (interruption) you know see someone

(interruption) You would see someone you know to say hello to

You'd know to say hello to someone

That's cool (pause) em is there anything you'd like to see change around here or (pause) is it all right?

The bus to Kingston Park

You what (laughter) the bus to (interruption) Kingston Park (laughter)

(interruption) That would be that actually no that is true (interruption) actually

(interruption) The bus to Tescos Extra

The bus to Kingston P- because there is no -- no way to get to Kingston Park

Really

Yeah

You'd think there would be (interruption) wouldn't you

(interruption) But yeah you've got like a huge Tesco there

Yeah yeah

You'd actually have to walk up to the top of Blakelaw don't you?

Yeah or (pause) Kenton shops

And get the bus down to Fawdon or something (pause) yeah

Em is there like a local place round here where everyone goes and (pause) hangs out or

No

No (pause) do you go to town and hang out and stuff or ah that's cool em (pause) have you ever lived anywhere else other than here or is this

I lived in Glanton Wind

Where's that?

In Gosforth it's well (pause) it's right next to the em (pause) where Regent Farm First School was

Oh I've no idea about Gosforth I know the high street (pause) I know the (interruption) Blockbuster on the high street (laughter)

(interruption) It's (pause) not near there (laughter)

(unclear) (interruption) Em

(interruption) I lived along the street and then I moved to up the street and now I'm in the middle of them both

Ah right (laughter) cool (laughter) nice em (pause) what's, is anything changed about (pause) this area since you were kids?

I got older

(laughter) You got (interruption) older (laughter)

(interruption) I got older and (interruption) my legs grew

(interruption) I haven't actually noticed anything really

Really is it pretty much the same?

It just (pause) took less time to walk to school 'cause my legs got longer (laughter)

(unclear) that is the only thing

That is the only thing

No way that's mad (pause) Em what's (pause) I was going to say (pause) have you seen like all the building work going on around town at the moment

Yes

All that

Yeah

Knocked down the whole of South Eldon Square

What like next to Bewick Court and stuff?

Yeah like all the Eldon Square and (interruption) stuff

(interruption) (unclear) used to be like next to The Gate and the (interruption) Haymarket is getting done isn't it?

(interruption) Yeah I love the way they're doing like everything at the same time (pause) like what do you reckon it's going to be like when it's finished

I think they need to do some more

I don't know I don't know what (interruption) their plans are

(interruption) (unclear) do loads of things

(interruption) (unclear) any of the other buildings

(interruption) I think they're going to build like, tons of new stuff and like

Well they need to, they need to knock everything down and rebuild it all (laughter)

Are they building like shops there and stuff?

I think (interruption) like

(interruption) Don't know what they're building

Designer

They're doing a new designer like, library as well and (pause) they're doing a Debenhams where The Gate is

Oh I hate people who (pause) do Debenhams

(laughter)

(laughter) Do you reckon like do you reckon it's going to be better when it's all done

No not if they're building Debenhams (pause) I can't (interruption) afford anything from there

(interruption) Why not?

(laughter) (unclear)

Yeah

I cannae buy nothing

I'd just walk through and go 'oh that's nice'

Yeah

'That's nice' (pause) cannae have it 'that's nice'

Aww yeah well (pause) what's your favourite thing about Newcastle?

Primark

(interruption) (laughter) Primark (laughter)

(interruption) (laughter) Primark (laughter) It's massive isn't it?

It's lush!

Especially I like the one in the Metro-Centre better (interruption) 'cause it's not like a jumble sale

(interruption) Aye that's true (pause) that's bigger (interruption) as well

(interruption) And it's (pause) you don't have to push people out of the way (interruption) (laughter)

(interruption) Yeah

Actually I don't know there's lots of things that (unclear) about Newcastle (pause) the people

Mm-mm

Yeah

People are (interruption) (unclear)

(interruption) Yeah that's true (pause) I like the people

I was going to say would you live anywhere else if you could live anywhere else?

Stratford-upon-Avon

(laughter) Why? (laughter)

'Cause it's closer to Global Gathering (laughter) so I wouldn't have to go on the train I could just roll out of bed (unclear) (laughter) and it's really pretty

Yeah I've been there actually (pause) it's all like (interruption) (unclear)

(interruption) Lush isn't it? It's all the -- but it's got the canal so (pause) and -- and the swans are really friendly (laughter)

Aww

Aye the swans are mint

And I love ducks

Aww

The only other place I've ever (pause) well (pause) I'd either like to live in New Zealand (pause) or Alnwick

Alnwick?

I know (laughter) it's really different (laughter)

What's Alnwick?

Alnwick it's like (pause) well, it was like a little town but it's kind of a bit bigger now but it's like Alnwick Castle Alnwick Gardens and stuff (pause) and I just really (interruption) really like Alnwick

(interruption) Where is it, is it like

E- Em (pause) (laughter) I think i- it's up past Morpeth I think

Oh (interruption) right

(interruption) Like (pause) like it's further up the country I think (pause) is it further or was it further down?

Up I think (interruption) can't remember now

(interruption) I don't know think it's up (pause) but I just really like Alnwick (pause) it's like it looks like some kind of cute little town

Aww

And (laughter) I just really like it (laughter)

Aww

I think it's up 'cause Cragside's up as well

I think it's up as well it and yeah (pause) 'cause there's signs for Cragside when you're going to Alnwick isn't there?

Aww (pause) Em (pause) Which schools have you guys been to (pause) and what were they like?

Wyndham School

Where's that?

You went to another one for a couple of years

Yeah

I went to (pause) when I lived in Gosforth I started off at em Regent Farm First School I went there until I was like in year four

Yeah

Then I went to Gosforth West for a year

Mm

Then I went to (pause) Wyndham School until I finished in year six and then went to Kenton from year seven until (pause) year thirteen

Yeah oh so you did your A-Levels there? (pause) Ah that's cool what about you (NAME)?

I went to Wyndham (pause) after nursery, at Wyndham (pause) till year six then I went to Kenton from year seven till year eleven and I went to Kenton sixth-form till year thirteen

Ah cool (pause) did you go, is it quite local to here then?

Yes

Ah yeah it's just up the road yeah

Oh right what primary school as well or are they all really close (pause) ah that's pretty cool did you enjoy school or did you hate it?

No well (pause) (unclear) I really really really enjoyed it, especially the last year

Ah yeah the last year was (pause) was really good fun

Why how come?

We just all we just had a laugh (pause) like (pause) dinner times and that we just I mean quite a few of wuh just used to sit on like one big table and just have like a big laugh and (pause) it was just funny

We made willies out of salt

(laughter) God (pause) what was I going to say em (pause) did you ever go on a like a school trip or anything?

No because I was never allowed

Yes

Why not?

I don't know it was (interruption) like

(interruption) Em

Em (pause) some good some bad

Why which, does any one stick on your mind?

Yeah the one where I (pause) somebody got (sigh) it was the worst one ever they took wuh to like this field and we had to, like (pause) I don't know like (pause) just take a spade and (pause) cover this molehill up and that was it

What like a geography thing or like a

It was just (pause) stupid it was like they did a art week thing and you -- you either got a really good (pause) trip or you got (pause) stuck with a really        one -- one (laughter) and then this guy said he this lad said he didn't want to do it so because it was stupid so he had to sit on the coach all day

(interruption) Really?

(interruption) And (laughter) (unclear) (laughter) and we decided that we were going to do that in the afternoon

Yeah

Just to get out of going and like walking miles just, like

Oh God

S- S- So we (interruption) kind of

(interruption) What so everyone just sat on the coach?

Everyone sat on the coach for the rest of the day it was like it was really good

Ah right

And (pause) good one (pause) was when I was tiny (pause) was when I was in Wyndham (pause) and I went to Cragside and then we all had to (pause) dress up with little old (unclear)

Aww

And my name was (NAME) after my auntie

(interruption) Aww

(interruption) And (pause) they did a thing where they showed you how to (unclear) and they showed you how to do it being made at (interruption) in Cragside

(interruption) Oh like (pause) Victorian wear (interruption) I I did one of them

(interruption) Yeah (pause) it was really good

I've been on I -- I lie I've been on one school trip and I was in primary school like year three

Mmm (pause) (interruption) where did you go?

(interruption) I went to (pause) I went to Beamish (pause) I we all (interruption) dressed up as Victorian people

(interruption) Ah yeah yeah yeah

It was dead good and that's the only school trip I've ever been on

(laughter) Did you do all the little (pause) dressing up in all the little (interruption) Victorian things and that I I did all them

(interruption) Yeah (pause) with the stupid (pause) bonnet things

I loved it me I thought it was amazing (pause) 'cause that was the first trip I'd ever been on

(laughter) You go to go to Beamish though I went to Cragside

Yeah 'cause that was the only trip I ever was allowed to go on though I was never allowed to go on any other ones

How come?

I was (pause) naughty

Aww (laughter) no way (laughter)

I wasn't naughty I just talked too much and they was like 'you're not allowed to go on any school kr- school trips because you'll er'

That's well (interruption) cruel

(interruption) 'You'll (pause) bring shame to the school' (laughter)

What was the worst telling off you ever had?

Oh (pause) God I don't even know (pause) I've had loads of them

At school like (pause) really bad

I -- I was never in loads of trouble I just talked too much and (pause) got sent out loads

Really (pause) what about you (NAME)?

(unclear) (laughter)

Did you ever get properly told off at school?

(laughter) Yeah (pause) when I locked Mr (NAME) in the cupboard

(interruption) (laughter) What? (laughter)

(interruption) (laughter)

Well I act- I told her I was like he went in the cupboard and I was like 'ah (NAME) go and lock Mr (NAME) in the cupboard' and she went and did it, 'cause she's stupid

What was (interruption) he your teacher?

(interruption) She actually went and locked the teacher in locked the teacher in the cupboard and I was like '(NAME) that was a joke' (interruption) (unclear)

(interruption) It wasn't 'cause you told us it was just I -- I was bored and (pause) I -- I went (pause) I went you went 'go and lock Mr (NAME) in the cupboard' and I just went (pause) I don't know so I just like locked him in the cupboard

How (interruption) long was he in there for?

(interruption) One time we got (pause) (interruption) oh

(interruption) Oh it was only about five minutes I (unclear) the door and he was going 'If you (laughter) if you don't (laughter) open this door you're going to have to pay for it and I shouted back (laughter) 'well if you stop kicking the door I can get the key in the keyhole' (laughter) and then he came out (pause) and he was like 'right, everybody get out of class now apart from (NAME)' and I was like (interruption) 'oh       '

(interruption) Oh no

And he went what did he say to us? 'I don't want to see you do that to anybody ever again now go to your class'

Was that it?

(laughter) Yeah! (laughter)

You didn't get       ?

No (laughter) that's 'cause I was hoping for you to do it next time (interruption) (laughter)

(interruption) Another time (pause) another time we got        (pause) and us three us four had to stand up in front and everyone's just proper shouting at wuh (pause) and em (pause) she was like 'Do yous all understand (pause) why yous are being told off?' And (NAME) just went to them and went 'yeah' (laughter) that was ace and like we got proper tol- ah it was dead funny you know

Ah no way

Yeah (pause) it was dead good

Mm tennis (interruption) seven

(interruption) Ah it was good (pause) it was tennis seven all you had to do was

Aye (unclear) (interruption) seven balls

(interruption) We just had seven people and seven balls and lobbed them all at (laughter) each other (pause) it was great (laughter) while shouting 'tennis seven'

It was dead good it (interruption) was (unclear)

(interruption) Shouting 'tennis seven'?

(laughter) Yeah (laughter) 'tennis seven'

(laughter) What's the er what's the best thing you remember from being a kid?

(NAME)

(NAME)

Aww (laughter) how cute! (laughter)

Just, getting chucked over fences and

Getting chucked over fences like, launched

Like yeah

What like each other's gardens or like

Yeah

Aww

Like getting picked up and just like 'go -- go play with (NAME)'

(laughter) Ah that's well cool (pause) how about what about like your earliest memory

A don't think I have one

I don't have one

I actually (pause) well I've got (pause) I think back to when I was three when I was in Greece and I remember waking up and smelling some bacon and that's like it

(laughter)

(laughter) That's like my memory I woke up and I smelled some bacon I thought 'that smells nice' and then that's my memory

I actually don't have one apart from my back garden that's like (pause) the earliest that's why I always say to everyone 'how long have you known (NAME) for' and I just say that 'cause that's like my (interruption) earliest memory

(interruption) Since chucking each other over (laughter) our back fences (laughter)

(laughter) Yeah (laughter) it was great

Ah dear (pause) do you ever remember a time when you were like out and lost your parents (pause) and (pause) got really scared

Yeah but ah -- ah (interruption) at a supermarket ah just kind of

(interruption) Well probably at a supermarket

Used to wander

Yeah

Do you not? Really? (pause) I lost my parents at Disneyland and that was the scariest thing ever (pause) everyone was French (laughter) it was horrible! (laughter)

Well French people are horrible

I was in Matalan (pause) but it's all right I can find my mam 'cause I just listen for her cough (pause) for her cough (pause) and it's a distinctive cough (pause) and I just (pause) she just coughs and I'm like

(unclear)

I was never like a worrying child I just used to kind of wander

Wander off?

Yeah (pause) then my mam would come after us like frantically like 'where you been' I'd just be like

Yeah

Used to get really like 'mam you walked (interruption) away'

(interruption) I knaa 'you walked away from me' what you playing at?

Ah dear em (pause) what kind of upbringing did you guys have were like was it strict or (pause) (interruption) not

(interruption) mine wasn't really

I don't know

Normal

It was really (pause) it (sigh) it was strict to me when I didn't get what I wanted (laughter)

Yeah (laughter)

Aye (pause) you think it was strict until like

Until like (interruption) you get older and you

(interruption) You get older and you realise actually they weren't being strict they were just looking out for wuh

Yeah yeah

Like 'no you can't go out until twelve o'clock you're four years old what you playing at'

(laughter) Yeah exactly (pause) were you like naughty kids or were you (interruption) quite

(interruption) Yes

Well behaved (pause) (interruption) a bit naughty

(interruption) Yes I was really naughty

At (interruption) home like what sort

(interruption) Well I like I wasn't dead naughty I was just (pause) I had to touch everything (pause) and I'd never listen (pause) no like seriously like (pause) I'd be in a shop and I'd be like (pause) just picking things up and just being like 'mam what's this?' (pause) like 'put it down it's a china cup'

(interruption) (laughter)

(interruption) I'd just be like (pause) I had to touch everything I was always wandering off and I was like dead loud and like (pause) I was just a really hyper child

I used to be dead nosy

Nosy (pause) how do you mean?

I just wanted to know what everything was and (pause) my mam said that even when I was little and in my pram there was a girl who was born (pause) called (NAME) (NAME) (pause) and like her mam and my mam were friends

Yeah

And I used to always sit up in my pram and look at her

(interruption) Aww

(interruption) See what she was doing and she was just like (laughter)

Ah dear (pause) that's not naughty though that's -- that's cute! (pause) Right

I've got a (unclear) like it's not a memory or (unclear) when I was pure naked in the bath covered in bubbles

You what sorry?

And I used to play the bubble shop

Bubble shop?

(laughter) Yeah the bubble shop rocks (laughter)

What?

The bubble shop! (interruption) Do you not remember?

(interruption) I can't remember that

Right, when I was dead little y- you know when you used to have to get a bath when (interruption) you were younger

(interruption) Yeah yeah

With your brother or sister

Mm

My sister used to, like she's older than me she's five years older (pause) so I would've been like four and she would have been like (pause) I don't know (pause) eight or something

Yeah

And she used to put loads and loads of bubbles in the bath and steal them and she used to say you had to buy all the bubbles off her

(laughter)

So we had to play bubble shop and (pause) I never got any

Aww

(interruption) (laughter)

(interruption) Aww (pause) how cute!

(laughter) It's dead sad (laughter)

Buy your bubbles now

(unclear)

So you've got a sister is she older or

Yeah

Younger?

I've got two sisters I've got a (pause) sister who's like nearly forty (pause) and I've got (interruption) (NAME)

(interruption) Forty?

Yeah

No way

(laughter) My mam's sixty -- sixty one (pause) (interruption) em

(interruption) My sister my sister's like one and a half

Aww

She's tiny (pause) yeah what you saying you've got (pause) (interruption) older sister

(interruption) And then (pause) (NAME)'s (pause) twenty four

Yeah

Twenty four she's five years older than us

Aye she's like the same age as my (NAME) and (NAME)

Em (pause) she lived in London for a while and then I don't know what she's doing I don't talk to her

Really?

Really I don't talk to anyone in my family

How come?

I don't know (pause) One's in (unclear) one's in Newton Aycliffe one's (pause) (laughter) (unclear) (laughter)

What are they all doing in what's she doing in Brazil?

Hm?

What are they doing in Brazil?

Bristol

Oh Bristol! Thought you said Brazil I was like bloody hell!

(unclear) As well I was thinking I never knew that

Bristol

What was it like growing up with your (pause) brothers and sisters have you got any? (interruption) (unclear)

(interruption) Got one brother

One brother (pause) what was it like growing up with all siblings (pause) I'm an only child

And I say well it doesn't feel like you're I feel like an only child now

Really?

So yeah (pause) so (pause) I wish I still had like family like I lived with brothers and sisters but then I know for a fact that I'd just get annoyed and they'd pinch my clothes

It's okay I do that now

(laughter) I know (laughter) (NAME) (pause) pinches my clothes

Do you remember being like little kids together and stuff like your brothers and sisters (pause) did you get on or did you like argue loads when you were

We got on and argued (pause) (interruption) at the same time

(interruption) You what sorry

We got on but then we did argue

Yeah

We got on

Aww what about you?

Me and my brother used to hate each other

Really

We just absolutely hated each other (pause) like, one time I did something that annoyed him so I've got this like, this toy monkey that I've had since I was like really tiny

Yeah

And em (pause) he painted its eyes (pause) red with nail varnish like

(interruption) Aww yeah

(interruption) To -- to annoy us back so I was like, convinced it was real and I was like 'oh my God you've like blinded it' (pause) I was (interruption) pure gutted

(interruption) Aww -- Aww bless!

He used to do that and like pull the heads off my Barbies and stuff (unclear) if I'd done something that (interruption) annoyed him like

(interruption) Really? Aww

We get on mint now though 'cause he's away and married because

There was a

No way

We got on 'cause when (pause) er (pause) we used to (pause) knock around with (pause) (NAME)'s cousins, (NAME) and (NAME) who was the back (pause) of my dad's

Oh (interruption) right

(interruption) So on my bedroom and (NAME)'s bedroom you used to used to be able to see (pause) out the windows to each (interruption) other

(interruption) Yeah (pause) aww

The problem like there was a little tree in the way

Yeah

And when we were dead little we used to get torches and (laughter) one would be like flashing one (laughter) if someone was like ever going to the toilet (laughter) or (unclear) so we used to play that (laughter) and then we used to get all wor -- wor little toys that we didn't want any more and take them over to theirs

Yeah

And we used to get theirs and we used to trade them like -- like a little troll for a rubber or (interruption) something

(interruption) Aww! That's well cute (pause) so did you all used to play together when you were kids?

Mm-mm

Yeah because I've got a picture o- of mine of em (pause) of me (NAME) (NAME) (pause) my brother em (pause) (NAME) and (pause) my cousin (NAME) all of wuh lined up (interruption) on the lawn

(interruption) Have you? (laughter) I'll have to see that!

All of wuh lined up in a row on the field (pause) we're all we're all standing there I'm standing there with a handful of Barbies (laughter) like (laughter)

Aww

I've got a I've got a picture of your cousin and your -- your two cousins (pause) in my swimming pool in my back garden

Your swimming pool?

Yeah

Oh you mean a paddling pool or like a swimming pool

A -- a big paddling pool

Ah cool

A swimming pool (laughter)

Yeah I was going to say like bloody hell!

I'm not (unclear) (laughter)

Em (pause) reet. Have you guys ever had any pets?

Yes

(interruption) Yeah

(interruption) You've got one now haven't you?

I've got loads

You've got one (pause) oh loads?

Yeah I've got a dwarf hamster in that corner (interruption) little dwarf hamster

(interruption) Aww! Is it asleep?

Yeah

(interruption) Aww

(interruption) I've got Molly (pause) somewhere (pause) she's my (pause) kitty-cat (pause) who's (pause) always in heat (pause) I'm surprised she hasn't        your leg yet

(laughter)

I've got (pause) my little black googly-eyed fish (interruption) called Chi Chi

(interruption) Called Chi Chi

Ah (pause) Aww

And (pause) another little fish (pause) and a pure ugly one

(laughter) The ugly one (laughter)

Did you used to have any like (pause) when you were kids?

Major (pause) Major bless her

What's that?

Major was mint Major was my golden Labrador

Aww (interruption) I love them!

(interruption) Class (pause) he was class

So cute

What happened was we had to give him away because he couldn't manage the -- the stairs

Ah did he get really old?

Yeah it was 'cause I had him since I was really really little

Ah bless (pause) poor thing did you ever have any (unclear)

I've had like (pause) a billion animals pure (interruption) ridiculous

(interruption) Billion animals (laughter)

I swear to God (pause) I had em (pause) when I was little I had a hamster called Simon (pause) which I painted (pause) em

You painted?

I wanted to make hamster footprints when I was little so I painted his feet

(interruption) Yeah

(interruption) But then it just like spread all over then my cat ate him

(laughter) Your cat ate him? (laughter)

Then my cat ate him (pause) we heard like a crunching noise behind the door opened it and the cat was eating the hamster (interruption) (laughter)

(interruption) Aww (pause) aww (laughter) no! (laughter)

It's pure disgusting (pause) (interruption) funny though

(interruption) Oh really were you little?

Aye

Oh no!

(laughter)

I'd have never got over that

Pure funny man

(laughter) Oh my God (laughter)

No it was (interruption) I was a bit traumatized though

(interruption) Did he not go (laughter) blue off the paint or something (laughter)

It was yellow paint

What he ate it when it was painted and got

Because I never closed the lid properly after I finished painting it (laughter)

Oh no!

Now the only thing I can do is laugh about it (pause) or (interruption) else I'm crying

(interruption) Aww (pause) that's horrid as well like

Em (pause) and I had (pause) had a rabbit called Nibbles (pause) which

I did! I had a rabbit called Nibbles

Every rabbit (interruption) has to be called Nibbles

(interruption) I know (laughter)

It's like 'I have to call it Nibbles'

Yeah

Which like, proper lived up to its name and ate through a game gear wire and got electrocuted

(laughter)

Did you just have like a (pause) million pets with horrific deaths

Yeah well then I had another rabbit called Smudge which my mam put underneath a laburnum tree and it ate laburnums and (laughter) it died (laughter)

(laughter) Ah no! (laughter)

And then I had em (pause) I had

Tarzan?

Oh he comes later (pause) and I had em (pause) two gerbils called (pause) Pudge and Tinker 'cause I was little right and I called them stupid names

One was called mister something or was that later and

No that was a plant (pause) em (laughter)

(laughter)

(laughter) We won't talk about that now (NAME) (laughter) that was a conifer (pause) (interruption) and em

(interruption) What was it called?

Mr Fern

Mr Fern

(interruption) (laughter)

(interruption) And em (pause) and then we thought they were two girls and they had like flipping loads of babies (pause) and then they ate them (pause) and then they had some more babies (pause) and then (pause) (interruption) all a

(interruption) Is this rabbits?

No these were ha- these were gerbils

(interruption) Oh gerbils

(interruption) And then they died and then we kept three of them (pause) and then I dropped a cage lid on one of them (pause) and it died (pause) no but I was really little though right and it had a like piece of wood on the top and I was trying to push it (pause) and like I grabbed a (unclear) and I like fingered it and I squashed it and oh

(laughter) Oh no! (laughter)

Even now I still haven't got over it I proper gutted I just wanted to die at that moment

(interruption) Aww

(interruption) And then (pause) then there was one just I don't even know what happened to that I think it just died (pause) and then I had (interruption) a hamster called Trudy

(interruption) You can tell why she wasn't allowed on the cool -- school trips (laughter) (unclear)

And then I -- I had a hamster called Trudy and she just got old and she died in my hand

(interruption) Aww

(interruption) Because like I didn't kill her she was just like dying and I was like stroking her and then she died

(interruption) Aww

(interruption) And then I had one called Tarzan because he used to swing off the bars and (pause) he just died

Were these all gerbils and (pause) (interruption) rabbits

(interruption) No these were those -- those three were ham- those two were hamsters

(unclear)

Hamsters

And I had a dog called Cassie (pause) which

What type?

A little I a little when I was little (pause) she was a little Yorkshire terrier then she died

Aww

And then a (laughter) all my animals just died God (laughter) I had seven goldfish and (interruption) they died

(interruption) Had a (unclear) in a little (interruption) (unclear)

(interruption) Seven?

Seven at one time and they all died and then I had em (pause) I went through a fish stage where I just wanted fish (pause) and then they all kept dying it was a really it was like a minging story once I was like

Oh

Em (pause) I bought a goldfish and then it had a shell in a -- the tank

Yeah

And then on -- it just disappeared and I didn't even know where the hell it had went and my mam was like it might have went in the shell and died so (pause) I put the shell in the tap and put the tap on full belt and this like, half, decomposed goldfish just went puw and splattered (interruption) and I was like

(interruption) Oh my God!

(interruption) Oh yeah you told me about that ages ago

Proper disgusting (pause) and then I had some aquatic frogs (pause) and then (pause) they died and I got a snail (pause) and then (pause) some more aquatic frogs (pause) I got an aquatic snail (pause) and I gave it my brother 'cause I was bored of them and bought (pause) two hamsters (pause) these two little hamsters I've still got them and I've got a German shepherd

(interruption) Aww

(interruption) Told you I'd had a lot of animals (laughter)

Bloody hell that is a lot (pause) Jesus Christ

I -- I -- I've had a lot too but I -- I decided to shorten it (laughter)

Don't worry it's cool

(laughter) To be honest with you (laughter)

Was there like (pause) an animal you ever like, really wanted when you were a kid but you never got

Yeah Yeah (interruption) a rabbit

(interruption) Monkey

Monkey?

A rabbit

And I still haven't got one

What sort of monkey like one of them little (pause) pygmy things (pause) or like a proper big monkey

No like a monkey monkey

(interruption) Right

(interruption) Like a proper monkey (pause) I really want a proper monkey

My God

I wanted a rabbit

You what a rabbit?

I wanted a rabbit or a hamster or a- anything rodenty

(interruption) Rodenty

(interruption) I like rodents

Yeah and my mam was like 'you're not allowed one' so like a year ago I brought two home

What and just (pause) announced (interruption) (laughter) just like (laughter)

(interruption) And she was like 'eeh! It's a rodent!' and I was like 'it's a hamster aww look it's cute' and now she loves them more than I do

Aww (pause) that's cute (pause) right guys what's the first job (pause) you ever had

(unclear) out of school club (pause) when I was at (interruption) Wyndham School

(interruption) Prostitution (laughter)

What's that?

I said a prostitute

(laughter)

I know (pause) (unclear)

Whereabouts did you work?

Just at Wyndham School I did an kid -- an out of school club

Ah right

Em

What was that like

It was er (pause) before school so I like, started at six till ten to nine (pause) then I had to like run up to sixth-form then as soon as I finished sixth-form at quarter past three run back down again because it started at half three

(interruption) Ah right

(interruption) Till eight

Oh yeah you did didn't you

(interruption) Used to kill us that

(interruption) What sorts of stuff did you do just like (pause) play with the kids

Yeah it was like all school age kids

Not in that way though

(laughter) Well no (pause) obviously (laughter)

That's foul I've got my police check man (unclear)

Police check

You're saying I'm a paedo that's foul

(laughter) Ah dear (pause) what about you (NAME)? What did you do?

Er well baby-sitting but that wasn't really properly em (pause) worked at Stage Door

Oh what when it was the Stage Door?

Yeah it was the Stage Door I worked at Stage (interruption) Door

(interruption) Didn't it used to be like cheesy eighties and

No I used to work on the rock nights for all the under eighteens because I was only like, (laughter) sixteen or seventeen (laughter) and I worked as a pure little bouncer (laughter) and when my mates hadn't like, seen me for ages I screamed at them to tell them to walk down the left of the stairs so it used to be packed (pause) so nobody could move so like (pause) there'd always be (pause) people walking up the stairs back and forward so so -- so so many could fall down I used to have to stand at the top of (pause) I just used to do loads of things

Yeah

For them and that and now (unclear) the Stage Door because we (unclear) for free every time I go

Ah! (pause) (interruption) that's well good

(interruption) So (pause) yeah and then I worked at the proper one was like (pause) my first part-time one was (pause) USC, in Eldon Square

Oh yeah

I need a wee

Has that been there for a while (pause) Eldon Square

It used to be where Republic is ages ago

It used to be?

Where Republic is

Oh no I mean like El- Eldon Square itself has it been there for (pause) (interruption) a while

(interruption) Years (pause) yeah since my mam was little

Really?

Yeah apparently there was like a bomb -- bomb scare when she was little there

Really what in the (pause) (interruption) in Eldon Square

(interruption) Put in the war or something

You what sorry?

In the war or something

In the wall? What happened did they just like (interruption) chuck everyone out?

(interruption) Well I don't know I'm (pause) saying I think she said that I can't (interruption) remember

(interruption) No way (pause) that's mad (unclear) (pause) what was your favourite TV programme when you were a kid?

Brum

Brum (pause) ah I love Brum!

Brum was mint! (pause) Which is why I said to (NAME) that I'm going to get him a little Brum thing for his car (pause) 'cause -- 'cause I know so many (NAME)

Yeah

There's ginger (NAME) (laughter) (NAME), boyfriend (NAME)

My (NAME)

Southern (NAME) so I thought well there's (interruption) instead of just

(interruption) Southern (NAME)?

Yeah so -- so -- so Southern (NAME) now 'cause he's a Southerner from here so

(interruption) Ah right

(interruption) Otherwise I called him Brum (laughter)

Brum

Because he's got a brum-brum (pause) he's the only one who drives so that (interruption) was easy

(interruption) What my (NAME)?

Yeah

Southern (NAME)?

Yeah

(laughter) He's not southern everyone calls him a dirty Manc

(laughter) Dirty Manc (laughter)

Dirty Manc

That's horrible!

No!

Well dirty Manc sounds really horrible

Dirty Manc no like Manchester Manchester!

Dirty man

No dirty Manc!

Manc?

As in Manchester (pause) (laughter) not dirty man (laughter)

No I know but Manc sounds (interruption) horrible

(interruption) Oh right do you think?

Yeah I never knew that (interruption) one

(interruption) (unclear) Manchester

Manc

Manc (pause) it's like Geordie (pause) Manc

He likes being called (interruption) Manc?

(interruption) He doesn't mind (pause) he's fine (laughter)

That's a horrible thing to (laughter) call (interruption) someone (laughter)

(interruption) (laughter) You think? (laughter) It's like Geordie have you not heard anyone say that?

Manc?

Manc

Ugh it's just it ugh

Do you think?

(NAME)!

What?

If I said Manc to you (pause) does it sound horrible?

Manc?

Yeah (pause) would you like being called Manc?

It's like Manchester, Manc

Oh thought it was like a (pause) nasty name no I wouldn't want to be called a Manc (unclear) from Manchester

(laughter) No he -- he loves it he's fine

I call him Brum

Southern

Well I like Brum anyways

Yeah (pause) aww

Brum and Rupert the Bear

(unclear) kids TV programmes

I I love kids TV

(laughter) (interruption) (unclear)

(interruption) I've got the (unclear) ah right

(laughter)

See I've got the Lazy Town tune on my phone

(laughter) Have you? (laughter)

It's banging man

Yeah I used to watch that in the gym (interruption) (unclear) though

(interruption) He-Man He-Man all the way ah (interruption) He-Man and Masters of the Universe

(interruption) He-Man yes!

Prince Adam I have the power

What about Bananaman?

That was (interruption) all right but it didn't -- didn't beat He-Man

(interruption) 'When Eric eats a banana' (pause) that's amazing I (interruption) love it

(interruption) He-Man ah the Battle Cat (pause) ah yeah

Did you ever watch Thundercats?

Ah yes!

I love that! (gasp)

Oh!

(interruption) It's so good!

(interruption) She Ra, She Ra turned to Battle Cat and was like 'ah here, I'm just going to run with my own show 'cause I'm better than you Prince Adam'

Yeah (laughter)

I liked boys things

Penny Crayon

Ah! Penny Crayon (pause) ah I love that (unclear) they had that (unclear)

Man that was mint Penny Crayon

Wizadora (pause) flipping loved (interruption) Wizadora

(interruption) Yeah

Spot

Spot

Love Spot (unclear) Spot the Dog

Snoopy

Snoopy?

I didn't used to watch Peanuts

What was Snoopy again? (pause) What (pause) I'm getting conf- am I getting conf- I'm (interruption) getting confused with

(interruption) Peanuts (pause) was it not Peanuts?

Oh Snoopy! I'm getting confused with Sooty and Sweep (unclear) (interruption) yeah

(interruption) Yeah I was going to say something like that

Oh Snoopy like (pause) (interruption) (unclear)

(interruption) Fun house (pause) I used to (interruption) like Fun House

(interruption) Fun House (pause) we wa- we watched Fun House (pause) it's on the net you know

(laughter) Is it? (laughter)

Yeah

What no way

Yeah it's well good!

That thing was like (pause) Pat Sharp was like this girl came off the off the slide and he was like 'ah i- it's fine it's fine undo your top if you want to' (pause) it was like 'ugh!' no (unclear) you        it was like

Ugh

That's rank (pause) but yeah

Fun House it's a whole lot of fun (pause) mint

Prizes to be won

(unclear) (pause) whole lot of fun there's prizes to be won oh it's pure mint I want to watch (interruption) it now

(interruption) I know (pause) I know the whole theme tune how sad is that

Molly

Why don't you stop being so posh

I know (laughter) she's dead posh isn't she (interruption) my cat (laughter)

(interruption) What the cat?

Yeah (pause) Molly (pause) 'don't look at me I'm eating my sushi' (interruption) (laughter)

(interruption) She's cute (pause) aww

Flipping heck I killed off this Sunny-D

(laughter)

Yous are on wine and that and I'm rocking Sunny-D

Are you not going out tonight?

She's going out tomorrow (interruption) night

(interruption) Don't I (pause) don't drink wine and stuff anyway

Ah no

Vitamin C all the way

(laughter) What was I going to say em (pause) how about nowadays what's your (pause) what TV do you watch now

Heroes, Prison Break, America's Next Top Model

(interruption) Series (pause) ah yes!

(interruption) I still watched the stuff I watched back (interruption) then

(interruption) Yes! America's Next Top Model!

(laughter) I've watched every series (interruption) (laughter)

(interruption) What even apparently there's a new one on the net and I've not seen it

Ah have you not I've already watched it (laughter)

What series ni- series (interruption) nine?

(interruption) Series nine

Ah I've not seen it (interruption) yet

(interruption) It's not as good as series eight

Is it not?

No

Ah I've not even seen it

Not as good as series -- series three was the best

Which o- which one was that?

Em the one where the crazy one with the Mohican won it

Oh with (interruption) Naima

(interruption) What was her name (interruption) again?

(interruption) With Naima yeah

I like that but well actually I do quite like that

What sort of stuff do you watch? (pause) (interruption) Series

(interruption) Anything on Dave channel

Kids TV (interruption) (laughter)

(interruption) (laughter) Kids TV (laughter)