| Description | Recordings of interviews for the 'Battle of St Ann's' project:
Tracks 1 - 10 follow on from MS 4000/6/1/66/1 and MS 4000/6/1/66/2 and continue on MS 4000/6/1/66/4, MS 4000/6/1/66/5 & MS 4000/6/1/66/6. The recordings are interviews with Bil Sil and Ken Coates regarding the survey undertaken by the social study group into 'slum dwellings' and 'poverty' in St Ann's area, the location of the interview is not identified. The tracks frequently run into each other.
Track 1 - 6: are interviews with Ken Coates or Bil Sel?
Track 1: The continuation of a discussion about 'problem families' and people migrating into the community. 3.17 mins.
Track 2: A discussion around 'problem families' being a 'cross for respectable people to carry'. 3.03 mins.
Track 3: A discussion regarding an instance of a row of derelict houses with one old woman living in the middle of the row, who woke one morning to find all the toilets, including hers, had been gone from the row. A general discussion about derelict houses in the area. 3.34 mins.
Track 4: A discussion regarding the old sewers under the houses starting to crumble and blocking causing floods of sewage and increasing the number of rats, of residents keeping dogs to keep the rats numbers down and then a discussion of the general rat problem. Followed by a new discussion of Nottingham city development and the history of the area. 3.30 mins.
Track 5: The discussion follows on from the previous track about 'slum' clearance, council housing and the start of a discussion that continues on the following track, 3.10 mins
Track 6: The discussion follows on from the previous track discussing affordable housing, high rents/low earnings and then a discussion about the effectiveness of the current housing strategy. 3.03 mins.
Track 7: The discussion follows on from the previous track, discussing the lack of faith in social/political movements; their inability to reform and perceived public disillusionment, interviewee Ken Coates. 2.16 mins.
Track 8: A discussion regarding low paid workers, 2 wage households and how this contributes to poverty rates, interviewee Bil Sel? 3.56 mins.
Track 9: A discussion about wage councils, pay scales and low paid families who would be better of claiming relief than continuing to stay in employment; interviewee Ken Coates? 3.30 mins.
Track 10: The discussion follows on from the previous track discussing low wages; interviewee Bil Sel? and Ken Coates? 3.54 mins.
Total: 33.15 mins.
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF5760016680 |