| Description | Recording of interviews for the 'Battle of St Ann's' project:
Tracks 1 - 11 follow on from MS 4000/6/1/66/1 and continue on MS 4000/6/1/66/3, MS 4000/6/1/66/4, MS 4000/6/1/66/5 & MS 4000/6/1/66/6. The interviews are with Bil Sel (Bill Shilbern?) and in later interviews with Ken Coates regarding the studies undertaken by the social study group into 'slum dwellings' and 'poverty' in St Ann's area, the location of the interview is not identified: for more information see Sub Series level. The tracks frequently run into each other.
Tracks 1 - 7: Probably interviews with Bill Sel.
Track 1: A discussion of how the group tried to approach the study without preconceptions, how they studied the whole community: interviewed everybody those in/not in poverty and cycle of poverty. 3.27 mins.
Track 2: A discussion of how the 'poor' lack resources and that the whole community is suffering from deprivation. The discussion then moves onto the reaction to the study from their contemporaries. 3.02 mins.
Track 3: A discussion about the study group class. The start of a discussion about food and diet continued in next track. 3.47 mins.
Track 4: A discussion of food and diet continues on from the previous track. A discussion about the approach/attitude of study group members who worked for the local authority etc; how their approach/attitude changed over course of study and how the class changed across the first year's work. 2.20 mins.
Track 5: A discussion of the group meetings and how the group worked. 3.31 mins.
Track 6: A discussion of the problem of the scheduled class end, interpreting data, statistical returns and analysis report, then a discussion of subsequent years' studies. 3.01 mins.
Track 7: A discussion of the general bad housing and its impact on residents and the second year survey; performed by Bil Sel?. 1.37 mins.
Tracks 8 - 11: are interviews with Ken Coates or Bil Sel?, the location of the interviews is not identified.
Track 8: A discussion regarding errors in their expectations based on other studies i.e. the notion of the extended family. 3.53 mins.
Track 9: Discussions regarding solidarity/sense of community and the lack of these features in St Ann's. This was followed by a discussion of the clearance/demolition. 3.17 mins.
Track 10: A discussion about 'problem families'. 3.19 mins.
Track 11: Discussions regarding the clearance/demolition and boarded up houses. 1.07 mins.
Total: 32.23 mins.
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF5760016480 |