| Description | Interview with John McLoughlin who talks about the reasons for his involvement in the civil rights movement, and the fact that people with different political views have taken part in civil rights marches. He discusses his view of John Hume and Bernadette Devlin, and other politicians and the hope that people have that they will be able to change things (tracks 1-2).
Patrick Rodgers talks about getting married and having to live apart from his wife because they are not eligible for housing, and describes some of the excuses that he thinks people have given him for not allocating him a flat. He describes his wife's accommodation with her mother and the lack of space in the house, the time he can spend with her when he is able to visit, his difficulties in paying rent, and his employment history since leaving school at fifteen, both in Northern Ireland, and Scotland and England. He explains that he wants to settle in his home town of Derry but that he and his wife feel that there is no hope of him getting a job or a house there. He goes on to talk about the length of time he has been out of work, his involvement in civil rights marches and resisting against the police. He gives his opinion about the police and the security forces, his views about future political developments and the prospect of a united Ireland (tracks 3-7).
Track 8: John McLoughlin talks about the numbers of men from Northern Ireland killed during the First and Second World Wars, and his view that they wasted their lives after being told they were fighting for democracy 1.14 mins
Track 9: unidentified woman talks about an attack by police on an adolescent 0.53 mins
Track 10: recording setup 0.23 mins
Track 11: record of Rory O'Connor singing 'The Battle of Derry' 2.24 mins
Track 12: Charles Parker asks a group of men about the record, the singer and where it was produced 0.29 mins
Interview with an unidentified man who talks about his job with Ulsterbus, Catholic workers being in a minority since the company was taken over by a Protestant organisation, and employees being given payouts. Another man joins the conversation to talk about particular problems involved in living on one side of the bridge, in Donegal, being able to go over the border to the Republic to get a drink on a Sunday, and the feeling that Derry should have been the capital of Donegal. Both men discuss their feelings of affection for the city of Derry and its sense of community and give their views about the solution to the political problems in Northern Ireland. They feel that Derry has become a ghost town, that Belfast has taken control of the shipping trade and that there are no employment opportunities. Another man discusses his views about the actions of the police and his hopes for the future. He goes on to talk about his early employment history working in England and the difficulties he had in getting a job in Derry (tracks 13-19).
Track 20: silence 0.19 mins
Total: 32.44 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF565D0081380 |