Em would you like to live anywhere else in the world, and why?

Yeah Spain

Why?

'Cause it's hotter. Hotter

I'd like to live like New York for a bit. (interruption) Just 'cause it's busy it's the centre of everything

(interruption) Yeah

Be a good place. It'd be sweet wouldn't it?

Not for a long (interruption) time just for a bit

(interruption) Why don't we go? Why don't we go?

You've got a place haven't you? (interruption) That's cool

(interruption) Yeah

Yeah

(unclear) (interruption) Who?

(interruption) Sorry (unclear)

No that's fine talk away. Em, Who would you like t- so like who would you like to live with if you could live anywhere in the world? They can be like dead, alive, real, fictional? Just like someone you think would be good to live with?

Aladdin

(laughter)

Why?

'Cause he's a legend

(laughter) What else about him?

Em, I don't know he's cool isn't he?

Yeah

And he gets -- and he gets Jasmin as well (interruption) that's pretty good

(interruption) Yeah I'd like to live with someone cool, yeah like I don't know maybe Ramsey

(laughter) Gordon Ramsey?

Yeah you'd have sweet meals all the time (unclear) (laughter)

(laughter) Probably keep your house quite clean as well he's quite strict

Okay, em who -- who is your like celebrity idol? So like Gordon Ramsey, you said you liked him, is there anyone else that you think

He's not my idol!

Okay.

(laughter)

Who's your idol?

(laughter) Gordon Ramsey, aye

Er, who's yours?

I don't know really probably em.

I like someone like er like Donald Trump someone like that. I think they're pretty cool.

Why? 'Cause he's powerful?

Because he's really powerful his name's on everything. He's -- he's loaded he gets everything he wants

Em probably David Lachapelle, the photographer

Mm-mm

'Cause like his work's very surreal. Out the box. (interruption) Different

(interruption) Yep

That's cool

What do you like about him in particular?

His work. (interruption) It's

(interruption) What a- what about it?

It's -- it's like, em I think a quote he said was 'If you want reality go on a bus' er and I really like that. And his works really like (unclear)

Em, right changing subject, em. (interruption) H- h- do you live with your family when you're living at home?

(interruption) (unclear)

Yeah

yeah, em Tell me a bit about your family like favourite family member? Who do you get on with who don't you get on with?

Is this going to on anything

Are you going to tell my family anything? (laughter)

No.

It's anonymous anyway.

yeah, probably my brother I get on with my brother the most

Yeah I'd say me (interruption) brother

(interruption) My Mum's really strict (interruption) so (unclear)

(interruption) My Dad's really strict and my Mum's really chilled, like so chilled

Mm

Em, okay, what a -- you're both -- You're both here at the moment but what are you doing like jobs, uni, part-time working, full-time working?

I've just finished -- I just finished my legal practice course at Northumbria and I got a training contract which is starting in September up here (pause) working on the Quayside for a firm called Ward Hadaway. Er at the minute I'm just working full-time at Reiss trying to get some money together I'd like to go away but I keep spending all my savings so I don't know how soon that's going to happen.

Er I study graphic design at Northumbria. I'm in my third year. Don't really know why I'm studying it to be honest (pause) Em (pause) I work for Hol- (laughter) I work for Hollister part-time

(unclear) Can't you've missed eight shifts

yeah, I've missed eight shifts so it's not good

And they haven't fired him yet

Yeah they haven't fired me yet

Oh really? Must like you. (laughter) (interruption) em, what's the worst job you've ever had to do?

(interruption) (unclear)

Clean all the bin bags from our house the day we moved out our student flat. We'd just thrown all our bin bags outside in a heap for six months and they had like rats and like giant slugs and stuff like that on them and we had to throw all the bin bags out. But we just paid my friend to do it. (interruption) So we only did it for a little bit. We paid him

(interruption) (laughter) (pause) I worked for Dad for the full summer. It was the worst possible thing in the (interruption) world absolute slave labour

(interruption) (laughter)

(laughter) Slave labour? Why?

Done Monday to Saturday every day from nine till like seven.

Lonely

it was just really really tiring.

(pause) Em (pause) describe one of your best nights out in Newcastle.

When we went out that was pretty good wasn't it

When did -- When did? What? (interruption) The one when we just went out to get the mini sausages?

(interruption) When me and you went out

Yeah that was pretty funny

It was funny. It wasn't my best night ever

(laughter) You can't say that

The time when we err we err Pizza Express was all right wasn't it?

yeah, pi- yeah that was pretty funny. Do you want to tell the story?

No you (interruption) go

(interruption) Nah

No it's embarrassing

Yeah it is embarrassing

Go on.

What about the time when you went to Bar-38 and then you got chucked out?

Yeah that was funny

That was a good night

Yeah that wasn't a very good night that one

Newcastle? Best night out?

yeah, best -- just best night out, or a really great night out that you remember well.

I had a really good night at -- there's a pub called The Tyne in Ouseburn and they put on like a -- Habit put on like a free party there and they had really good DJs on and it was really hot in summer and I just remember being outside from about three in the afternoon and just drinking all day and then party started at night and it was just a wicked night. It was really good. Like one off.

(pause) What about you (NAME)?

Em, I thought this was anonymous, say (NAME)

Sorry, (interruption) they're not going to know who (NAME) is.

(interruption) How many (NAME)'s do you know?

(interruption) Yeah

(laughter)

(laughter)

One

One

How many do you know?

Just one

Ah, okay

What's your best night

I don't know really that's quite a hard question. Um, it was probably th- the end of last year. Second year. Done all our work. All -- All the boys round got drunk

Yeah

Can't even remembered what happened though (pause) It pretty spoils it dizn't it?

Good though

Yeah it was really good

Em, have you ever seen a fight in Newcastle, or been involved in a fight in Newcastle? Ever been injured?

(interruption) Huh, The other night yeah the other night

(interruption) I was involved -- I was involved in one on Fr- Thursday

(interruption) What happened?

(interruption) H- ah do you want to tell this story. This is a good story (laughter)

I was out -- I was out with er well my girlfriend and I (interruption) was, we were (interruption) in Subway.

(interruption) Ex

(interruption) Ex-girlfriend

Ex-girlfriend and we were in Subway and this guy was shouting her name going '(NAME) (NAME) (NAME)!' and I was like 'who's this guy?' I didn't know who he was. He comes over and he puts his arm round her then he grabbed her on the wrist and he's just like he's not letting go of her and then he looks at me and goes 'are you all right mate?'. I go 'I'll be all right when you take your hands off her'. Soon as I said that he squared up to me and once he squared up to me his mates saw what was going on and his two mates came over, they got like right in front of me, right in front of my face. Pushing me 'what's your problem, what's your problem? Back off' and I was just like 'look I don't want any trouble here, I don't want any trouble' and then everything got really heated, everyone was started shouting at each other. And the people that were working in Subway go to these three lads 'Get out! Get out! Just get out!' Start calling the police, and then as they were leaving he came round and he put his arm round me, like round my shoulder and he goes 'Do you know what' like starts talking. I'm just stood there listening to him. And then all of a sudden he just nutted me like as hard as he could on the side of the face. Then his two other mates jumped on us and just started hitting us hitting us. And I couldn't hit back 'cause there were too many of them

(interruption) (NAME)

(interruption) Is this still in (interruption) Subway?

(interruption) was

Yeah he was squealing as well

I was crying yeah (laughter)

(laughter) It was quite hard (laughter)

(laughter) No I wasn't crying I was close (laughter)

(laughter) Then they left and then em I called the police and it's still pending (pause) now

Oh (interruption) really? Have you had to give st- statements and stuff?

(interruption) (unclear)

Yeah yeah, did that on Friday

(interruption) Ooo!

(interruption) What's he called. You might know (interruption) him

On this anonymous tape! (laughter)

(laughter)

Ah (interruption) (unclear)

(interruption) (unclear) police interview (laughter)

(laughter) Em, what do you think about err no em (pause) yeah, what's your greatest near death experience?

Ooo!

Or like the most scared you've ever been for your life?

(pause) I fell down as escalator in a pram when I was like one but I don't remember it

(laughter)

I think if I did remember it it would have been pretty scary

Mate. That's not the question

(laughter)

Em

Ever had like an accident in a car or anything like that?

yeah, em I took my Dad's car when I was -- I was sixteen. I got banned from driving for like three years because I was drunk, obviously (unclear) and I just crashed my Dad's Mercedes into a tree. And the tree like y'knaa one of the tree sticks went through the window screen and missed me and my friend straight (interruption) (unclear)

(interruption) Oh wow!

This Mexican gangster pointed a Taser at me

Where? (laughter)

In a tattoo parlour (laughter)

(laughter) When was that?

I can't really disclose all the details (laughter)

(laughter) Like he pointed his Taser at me and I was pretty worried about that

I see. Em, what's the best holiday you've ever been on or like the greatest place you've ever visited?

(interruption) Em

(interruption) Amsterdam.

Yeah?

Yeah just been. It was pretty loose

I enjoyed Mexico. Had a really good time there

Who did you go with?

My ex -- ex

Oh okay

It was cool, it was good fun though. Went into the jungle

What did you see?

Jus- like

Jungle animals?

animals, yeah leaves and stuff, trees. Lots of big trees (pause) Was good

(laughter)

And you? (pause) Favourite place?

(pause) Probably Jamaica. Been there a few times

What do you like about Jamaica?

Em (pause) I don't know. It's just like culture in general (interruption) I think it's like (pause) I don't know it's just like different.

(interruption) Mm-mm

Like (interruption) just chilled and?

(interruption) (unclear)

So yeah, it's like really laid back. Nobody's really -- nobody really worries about anything which is good.

Mm-mm

Lots of Reggae music

Yeah it's really chilled out

(laughter)

Bob Marley

(interruption) Ooo! Dubai is unbelievable as well. Dubai's really good.

What do you like about Dubai?

I don't know (pause) really (pause) I don't know

Lifestyle? (interruption) Skyscrapers?

(interruption) yeah. Like Yeah stuff like that. The nights out are pretty good

Have you not got to be careful if you're drunk in Dubai?

Yeah

Ever had any problems (interruption) while you were out there?

(interruption) (unclear)

Em not really because when you drink in a hotel's y- they're allowed but once you go outside you're not allowed to drink and you get arrested

Mm

(unclear)

Em, have either of you ever been arrested?

yeah, the other day (laughter)

(laughter) Er (pause) like (pause) when I was thirteen

What did you do? (laughter)

This i- this is -- What is this for? This tape (unclear) (laughter)

(laughter) Finding out your secrets?

Yeah I just -- I kicked a car and the owner of the car was up the road

Ah

Mate you're an absolute thug

Mate I know, s- I wasn't meaning to do it

mine was pretty good actually

What did you get arrested for?

Ooo! (pause) Won't answer that

(laughter)

I got -- it was Halloween. I was dressed up as a clown.

(laughter) This wasn't long ago was (interruption) it

(interruption) Yeah this was this Halloween just gone. And realistically em this guy wasn't trying to take, do you know when you're dressed up and people are always trying to take your costume. It's really annoying. And then we kind of started pushing each other. And then it all kind of went outside. And then we all started like fighting me in a clown suit and then all you seen was this -- me and this guy arguing and then Batman run over hit him and then everyone like, all of our costumes was just getting dragged off (interruption) and we were all fighting and stuff. And then we got a section. What was it, twenty seven or something to leave

(interruption) Nice

Leave where?

Like the -- the town. So we had to leave like Yarm town centre

Oh really?

yeah, for t- forty eight hours. And then we co- and then I got arrested 'cause I wouldn't leave

(laughter)

Bit stupid really

Where's the clown suit now?

Sorry? No, it's clowning around (laughter)

(laughter) Where is it?

No it's in my wardrobe

You told me that you had to leave it there as evidence

No -- (interruption) No I didn't

(interruption) You're such a liar man (laughter)

(laughter) Why would I leave a -- it as evidence? (interruption) Oh yeah 'cause it had blood on it right okay

(interruption) (unclear) blood on it (laughter)

That wasn't blood it was fake blood

(unclear) Yeah

(laughter)

Yeah man

Mate you kicked a car that's (interruption) so much worse. Mate how old are you? Thirteen and you're kicking cars?

(interruption) Shut up Man! That was a long time ago

Did that a long time ago

Mate that's not the point

Mate, enough about this

(interruption) (laughter)

(interruption) Sweet, whoever sees this is going to think you're a thug. Yeah it's (NAME) (interruption) (NAME) if anyone wants to know

(interruption) Mate, you're going to have to edit that out I think (laughter)

(laughter) Em, well we'll talk about something else then. Em, what are, what's your favourite place in Newcastle and why? Like it can be like restaurant It can be like a view, well it doesn't even have to be in Newcastle, in or out of Newcastle. It can be like a pub it can be anything?

Have you been to The Baltic?

(interruption) The Baltic?

(interruption) The -- you know the restaurant above?

Em, no is that nice?

It's amazing

(interruption) What's it called?

(interruption) It's a bit pricey. Sorry?

What's it called?

I don't know

Is it c- is it six?

I think so (interruption) yeah That's correct yeah

(interruption) Yeah it's Six

I've heard (interruption) about it

(interruption) It's a number. I knew it was a number

It's got garden furniture (interruption) and that though. It's not -- it's not (interruption) comfortable (unclear)

(interruption) Yeah (unclear) (interruption) It's not. Not comfortable. The food's unbelievable though

There's (interruption) an awesome spot

(interruption) That bit is Jesmond Dene as well that's really g- that's really nice place

Yeah th- the restaurant (pause) place

The restaurant, yeah

Fisherman's Lodge?

I haven't ate there (pause) There's a really awesome part of Jesmond Dene though where I used to walk my dog and if you keep going down you get to this bit where there's like three waterfalls like just after each other and it's really nice and I don't think you'd get that in any other big city

Mm

Do (interruption) you want to walk there after this? (interruption) Show me

(interruption) Yeah

(interruption) No

(laughter)

Ugh there's lots of people go like cruising in Jesmond Dene

What's cruising?

It's like where you just like you go down into like Jesmond Dene and like you sit in your car and then someone flashes you with their headlights. then you get out your car and you go f- (unclear)

Oh Really?

Yeah there's loads of cruisers down there

Have you ever did it before?

No No I've just got friends

Oh right yeah? (NAME)? (NAME)? (interruption) (NAME) (NAME) goes all the time.

(interruption) No (laughter)

(laughter) (NAME) (NAME)

Add him on Facebook anybody (laughter)

(laughter) Em, what, er why did you -- why did you choose to stay in Newcastle Uni rather than go anywhere else? Or like Northumbria Uni?

I was just comfortable here. I had lots of stuff here going for me, I had like a job and a bird here at the time. A- I just had loads of friends here and stuff, I was just quite happy to stay, I didn't really feel like I was missing out on much

Mm-mm

Why did you fancy staying?

Em, because Newcastle's not far from home (interruption) and it's the right distance away if you get me?

(interruption) Mm-mm

Yes, to stay enough away that you can go do your washing.

yeah, or get my Mam to do it

(laughter) (pause) Em What have you thought of the recent student riots and protests? All the like things that were going on on Wednesday?

That's a good (interruption) question

(interruption) Em I think they're the wrong people who should be protesting (pause) They're not going to be affected by higher fees are they?

Oh what the people who are (interruption) protesting now?

(interruption) Yeah

Wh- What else do you think could be done about it like?

Er I j- I also think it's natural progression I think it was going to happen anyway I guess what happens in America they can charge what they want and like we're -- we're kind of moving forward as fast as they are trying -- kind of dragging at their heels a little bit so I just think that it was going to happen. Yeah they might be taxing the wrong people to solve this crisis but I thought University fees were going to go up, they went up the year that I started University when we faced top-up fees and it was just a harsh blow for everyone you've just got to get used to it

Do you think it's -- it's fair or?

Er I think it was going to happen, I don't really think it's fair the way that they're trying to get money back for the economy to get it up and running again by taxing students like these are the wrong people to be taxed for it. But (pause) at the end of the day I think everyone's going to suffer. I don't think it's just kind of being pointed at them

yeah, okay, em what about you? Do you think that fees will affect you at all or is it all just a bit like?

No, it won't affect (interruption) me

(interruption) See that's the other thing I don't care because it doesn't affect me

(interruption) Yeah

(interruption) yeah, I see I don't have really any thoughts on this but I thought like them smashing and making a million pounds worth of damages they should really be paying for that whoever (interruption) did that.

(interruption) Who did that?

Em studen- students.

In London?

yeah, right. Made a million pounds worth (interruption) of damage

(interruption) That's stupid isn't it?

Yeah

(interruption) Em

(interruption) I don't agree with that

Yeah fair enough.

But I don't really have any views on it either 'cause it doesn't affect me

yeah, understandable. Em who did -- why have you oh well sorry I'll rephrase that. Who do you live with at the moment in your flats in Newcastle and why did you choose to live with them?

Em mine was very last minute because I was supposed to be taking a year out, supposed to be going to New York to get a job and stuff but that kind of fell through so I had to live with. w- well not randoms but didn't know them not very much but (interruption) they're not really like close friends. I -- I should be living with (NAME) and all them but

(interruption) Don't really like

Mm-mm

by the time I got sorted they'd sorted their house and stuff like that

I -- I've moved back home. I s- (interruption) I was out last year but I just I wanted to save up some money for travelling so er (pause) I'm trying to get my money back together by doing that. But I'm just spending it anyway (interruption) It's not happening

(interruption) Okay.

(interruption) (laughter)

Where would you like to go travelling?

I wanted to go to Brazil. I wanted to go to South America do like the Inca trail go to Argentina. And then I've got some friends up in er America so I wanted to go like Chicago and stuff and stay with them but (pause) I just can't save

Mm-mm

It's just not happening

(unclear)

(unclear)

No just this from Reiss

Oh right good

We don't do vests

Uh-huh, where's ye vest from?

It's from Ibiza actually, it's from Pacha

Yeah (unclear) it's a good (interruption) t-shirt

S- So you've both been to Ibiza, why don't you t- tell me about that? Like tell me a story or tell me what was the best part about Ibiza

It's -- it's er. I don't know I went this year and didn't enjoy it as much as usual. I think it's kind of wearing off the whole thing like (pause) I don't know, I might be being a bit cynical because I've been so many times and kind of there's all these people who are like 'I love Ibiza' like 'Ibiza!' Like you know. (interruption) And it's just (pause) they don't go out there for the right things. Like kind of it all started in the sixties a -- it was like somewhere where people could go to smoke weed (interruption) like hippies would all meet there and that's when Pacha was founded and then it became about the music and now it's not about the music it's about the scene

(interruption) Yes

(interruption) Mm-mm

Yeah

It's about being part of the scene and that -- that annoys me a little bit. I think like a lot of the shine's taken away from what it's all about

What and about just going to look cool, that sort of thing?

Yeah that's the thing. Saying 'I did a season in Ibiza' and stuff like that like it's just -- I don't know I think it's a cool place but I think more or less might have had its time there's going to be somewhere else that emerges soon. (interruption) (unclear)

Mm. (interruption) Can you think of anywhere else or, like is there anywhere else you'd like to go that'd be better?

Germany. Berlin.

Yeah?

Berlin's like (pause) everyone who's been to Berlin like tells me it's like just so kind of organic and just so everything there is just kind of just completely totally like cultural and there's no kind of        on it (interruption) all

(interruption) And Dutch

Yeah exactly it's just all raw

(laughter)

It is it is! Kind of like with the Berlin wall and all that sort of stuff like that's still (interruption) there

(interruption) Raw?

No man, it is it is. It's just supposed to be kind of all (interruption) that

(interruption) I've heard amazing stuff about it

So if I can get there I er would like to go

Mm-mm. How about you? Any party destinations this summer?

I've been to Ibiza but totally agree with (NAME) it's over-rated.

Yeah? What else is o- is it the same reasons or?

Yeah pretty much

Em, anywhere else you'd want to go since you don't fancy Berlin? (laughter)

Rio! That's what my whole thing of travelling was I wanted to go to Carnival. (interruption) It's on in February it's supposed to be the best party in the world

(interruption) Mm-mm

When are ye going to Carnival?

Do you want to come with me

Yeah when do you (interruption) want to go

(interruption) Why don't we go it's the er (pause) twelfth to the sixteenth of February?

I'll be at Uni then still won't I?

Just sack it off

No mate third year now

(laughter)

All right

All right

That'll be fun for (interruption) you (NAME)

(interruption) It'll be just after exams you might be able to take four days off.

Really?

(laughter) It'd be fun. Expensive though (pause) Em, what was your favourite subject or why did you pick your respective degrees? What was it about (pause) well design and law?

My favourite subject I liked Art I (interruption) really did

(interruption) Mm-mm

Like I didn't find it a subject I found it a -- just something which kind of you know you'd sit there and you'd be chilling out it wouldn't be like lesson time

Mm-mm

And em (pause) yeah I really really enjoyed that but (pause) I was kind of -- had too much pressure on me to do other things (pause) Kind of like I took Art all the way up to A-Level and it might have been the reason I didn't get on to the course I wanted to get on like I applied to do Medicine

Mm-mm

And er I was doing Art, Bio Art, Chemistry (pause) and Biology. And a lot of universities didn't consider Art a real subject so you had to have three A-Levels and to counter that I took up economics in my final year. In sixth-form. Last year. And I reapplied and they said 'No ye can't get in' so I kind of wasted a whole year's application then (interruption) I got Law on clearance

(interruption) That's annoying

That's cool

So, I jus- I ended up doing that

(pause) Do you want to do law or?

I've got a job at a solicitor yeah (interruption) so I'm doing it

(interruption) Oh good, is that what you want to do now? So it's probably a

Yeah yeah well it's what I'm doing

(interruption) What would you rather be doing?

(unclear)

I'd love to be doing Art but it's not safe. (interruption) like. It's not a safe career. I know I've got friends who do Fine Art and they jus- they have to do more things as well 'cause it's just not a sust- it's just too risky an option. So yeah in an ideal world I'd be doing that but. I'm not (unclear)

(interruption) Yeah

What's your plan (NAME)? Or why did you choose your degree?

Em, I don't really. I used to play football. Em I used to play for Middlesbrough for a while. Then I got released from there and (interruption) that was the the only subject I kind of liked at school

(interruption) That's cool

Is it what you want to do as a career?

No I don't know what I want to do. Em (pause) I'll probably end up working for my Dad (interruption) to be honest but that's got nothing to do with it (pause) At all

Mm-mm

Well, I mean do you want to work for your dad or would you rather? Is there anything you'd rather pursue or?

(interruption) No I'm

(interruption) Would you be more than happy to

Yeah I'm more than happy to go work for him

What does he do and what would you have to be doing

Sorry, em commercial property

Mm-mm

So it would be buying land trying to get commercial use

Cool

(interruption) Em

(interruption) (unclear) couldn't I. Increase revenue through images (unclear)

(laughter)

Boom

Boom

Boom

Em, is there anything about Uni you don't like or that you wish you could change?

It's very unorganised

They're too big. Th- They're too like there's jus- just like 'do you want to go to Uni', 'Yeah' it's not like you're (interruption) part of anything like

(interruption) yeah. (interruption) I agree

(interruption) Yeah

Maybe they've still got that in Oxford and Cambridge (pause) how they've got all the little colleges and you become part of a college and do you know what I mean?

(interruption) Yeah

(interruption) Whereas here you could study and not go to Uni you can still get the qualification you could just sit at home, you could sit in -- in India! And do your degree from there if you want (interruption) do you know what I mean? You're not part -- you're. And it feels exa- you just feel a bit alienated. Like I don't know with all these clubs and (interruption) stuff like

(interruption) Yeah yeah

(interruption) You're just another dot in a big -- big crowd aren't you really (interruption) if you know what I mean

(interruption) Yeah (pause) Yeah that's it. I never felt part of anything. Never felt any (pause) kind of (pause) responsibility towards anything.

Do you think it doesn't help that everything's online now? So you could just (interruption) literally watch it

(interruption) yeah, I suppose that's true 'cause I would sack off so many lectures and just read them online? On Blackboard. I could get Blackboard on my phone. (laughter)

(laughter) Just do that

Can you get on Blackboard?

Yeah well, I could on my other phone. I had like a Windows phone (unclear)

That's handy

Yeah it was all right, was all right

Em (pause) do -- oh err sorry em are you in -- s- sorry I haven't really spoken to you much about school. How was school for both of you? Where did you go?

Are you doing like psychiatry or something? (laughter)

No (laughter) no I've just got my little em like buzz questions.

Right, okay

Em, yeah and we haven't talked about school at all so how was school? Do you still speak to school friends?

(pause) Er em (pause) I got thrown out by my first school,

Mm-mm

Em there was a big like huge seminar kind of thing

(interruption) Mm-mm

(interruption) this was for the full year. I got a, used to have my mobile and then a bought a little -- little Nokia old one. And I put behind the curtain and I started ringing it while he was er speaking and he was just sort of through the queue like that at the front of the crowd and was like 'whose -- whose phone is ringing will you please answer it or turn it off' a- and everyone was looking round and I'd stopped it and I just kept ringing and kept ringing again and he was getting so wound up and then he found it behind the curtain and I saved my number in it by accident and he rang it and I was sat there like this right, and I got excluded for that

Ho (interruption) w old were you?

(interruption) What were you expelled?

Expelled for that

Oh, Man!

Sorry?

How old were you?

Er (pause) fourteen fifteen

What school was that?

Sorry Yarm

And when -- then where did you go?

Sorry, I went to just normal school after that. 'Cause they (interruption) wouldn't (pause)

(interruption) Take you

(laughter)

Yeah they take me anywhere else

Did you -- do you still keep in touch with school friends or?

Em yeah I've still got loads of friends from up there, from that way

Yes?

Don't really keep in touch with them much 'cause I'm all the way up here (interruption) but Facebook (unclear) most the time

(interruption) Mm-mm

That's cool. And what about you? Keep in touch with school friends?

Yeah yeah keep in touch with them I'd say I'm a lot closer with my Uni friends like. I was one of the only ones who stayed here when everyone else went off to do their own thing

Mm-mm

But I'm really happy that I stayed here 'cause like I've still got tonnes of mates now whereas they've come back and they've just kind of got each other

Yeah

Whereas I've kind of made loads of stuff for myself here. When we're at school I always wanted to leave like I never really enjoyed it when I was there but then now that I've left like I wish I could go back.

Well I, yeah, I know what you mean. But I guess, well, you always think that about the (interruption) last thing you've done don't you?

(interruption) yeah, yeah I was just like you know I can't wait to go to be free go to Uni and all this and you look back and you're like God school was just chilled

Yeah (pause) It'll be -- I reckon it'll be exactly the same when we go to work?

(interruption) (laughter)

(interruption) Probably, yeah (laughter)

Em, have em. Here's an interesting question 'cause we talked about Halloween. What did you do for Halloween? Did you go trick or treating? Did you go?

Just got smashed

Yeah just went out

Whereabouts? What did you do?

What did you get dressed as again?

A clown

No on (interruption) Halloween

(interruption) Oh -- Oh on Halloween Halloween, yeah we went out in Newcastle. I -- I was a dead runner wasn't I?

No a dead lifeguard or something

No I wasn't. Was it? (interruption) Yeah

(interruption) It was like a dead Baywatch guy or something (laughter)

(laughter) Dead Bayw- I was a dead Baywatch guy. What were you? You were (interruption) Batman

(interruption) Just Bat (interruption) man yeah but I didn't want to wear my mask. (laughter) Blackman

(interruption) Blackman (pause) You (laughter)

(laughter) Yeah so just recycled last year's outfit. It was last minute.

Did you go anywhere special or just same old same old?

Nothing special. Er where did we go?

Em Candypants wasn't it?

Oh! It was quite special (interruption) then yeah yeah we went to Candypants.

Yeah Yeah it was good

Good. Any stories apart from your ridiculous fight? (laughter)

No (pause) N- No, this is -- we went out twice. (interruption) I went before and then we didn't get arrested then did we?

(interruption) Oh. Oh right

That was a pretty sane and normal night wasn't it (interruption) I had work the next day I had work at nine so pretty chilled out

(interruption) Yeah

(unclear)

Well it was on a Sunday wasn't it? Was it on a Sunday? Yeah?

What did you do on Halloween?

Er I did last man standing which was fun.

W- You can't ask questions to the question girl

(laughter) Turn it round. Em (pause) have you ever done anything like last man standing? Like, do you do carnage do you do things like that?

I did it once

yeah, What do you think?

We didn't get a t-shirt so we just had wristband so I just felt pretty (laughter) left out to be honest. (interruption) Everyone was just like 'Carnage' and I was just in my normal clothes

(interruption) (laughter) I felt it yeah yeah

(laughter)

Got the wristband. Went to Tuxedo Princess which was an absolute mess

(laughter)

I'm from Newcastle and I would never step foot on there in any other situation

It's finished hasn't it now?

Yeah (interruption) yeah yeah

(interruption) What was it like? Tell me about it 'cause (interruption) I didn't know it.

(interruption) It was absolutely disgusting. It smelled like sick. Like the whole place just smelled like sick and it w- it had really low ceilings so you just felt quite claustrophobic and realised who you were around (pause) so

What does that mean? Realised who you were around?

Ah, you were just around freshers

(laughter) Freshers?

Yeah

Em

Young?

(pause) Yeah but I was a fresher as well at the time

So it can't have been too bad

Oh it was

You just (unclear)

No because like the average fresher

Oh right okay

Do you know what I mean

Yeah

Em (pause) right, living in Newcastle what -- what would you change about it? Like are there things in Newcastle that need to be changed. Are there -- you know t- how's sort of transport is there enough to do?

I keep getting tickets on my car (laughter)

(laughter) Tickets? (laughter)

(laughter) All the time right. It's not even funny no more I got like four hundred pound worth of fines

Oh no

Yeah

Is that in Jesmond

Yeah I got one here the other day as well thanks for that

(laughter)

(unclear)

(interruption) Who gives tickets in the snow? That surely can't be allowed.

(interruption) We need (unclear) We need more shops in Newcastle, we were supposed to get a Selfridges

Mm-mm

Where the Odeon is, the old Odeon building. I don't know if you know where that is?

(interruption) You want a Miss Selfridge?

(interruption) No, Where's (interruption) that?

(interruption) Not a Miss Selfridge, a Selfridges and co

Oh right okay

Where's the (interruption) old o-

(interruption) We were supposed to get one of them but em the old Odeon is (pause) er do you have any idea where the fire station is?

No (laughter)

The police station?

Yes

Okay well b- between the police station and the bottom of Northumberland Street (interruption) th- the old Odeon's there

(interruption) Oh right yeah (pause) Oh yeah, (interruption) yeah

(interruption) It's just a disused building now. But Selfridges bought it and they couldn't get planning to turn it into em (pause) a shopping centre because it's a listed building it has to be kept as cinema

Oh I see

So, er I think we need something like that 'cause there isn't really that many shops

What about the Metro-Centre? Do you go there much or not really?

I don't drive so -- oh I wouldn't go out there

(interruption) Yeah

(interruption) It's too big isn't it? It's so confusing

It's full of       

Yeah isn't it (interruption) abso-

(interruption) completely full of        in there

yeah, I had my first experience the day before yesterday.

What did you think?

It's all right.

Used to have Metro Land as well, that's gone

What's that? What was that?

It was like a theme park (pause) I think it was Europe's (pause) third or fourth biggest indoor theme park

Really?

Yeah It was pretty cool like

(unclear) Did you used to go when you were a kid?

Yeah all the time, it was like six quid for a day-pass had a

Did you miss out on (interruption) that (laughter)

(interruption) Had a rollercoaster in. (interruption) Had a rollercoaster in

(interruption) Yeah I think I've been left out here

It had a roller coaster in.

Did it?

Yeah man (interruption) it was sick

(interruption) I missed that, can we go oh no we can't go now

It's finished now, it ended I think they've still got like Laserquasar and stuff like that.

What's that? Oh when you run about with a g- oh yeah okay

Yeah come on

Laserquasar

Laserquest

We just call it Quasar. Not Laserquasar. (interruption) I hadn't quite got it so you (unclear) Quasar (unclear)

(interruption) Is that not what it's called Laserquasar? (laughter)

We don't call it Quasar