| Description | Recording of interviews for the 'Battle of St Ann's' project:
Tracks 1 - 2: the interviews are with Mrs Wilson and her daughter who are also featured on the previous recordings MS 4000/6/1/66/6 - 8; the interview is recorded in her home. Mrs Wilson is a long term resident of the St Ann's area; a study by local social commentators has categorised the houses as 'slum dwellings' and where many residents are living in 'poverty'. The tracks frequently run into each other.
Track 1: A discussion regarding the high cost of rents and other housing costs, this moves on to a discussion about neighbours and partying until 4am, 3.40 mins.
Track 2: The discussion carries on from previous track, 0.40 mins.
Tracks 3 -10: the interviews are with Mr & Mrs Priestley, the interview is recorded in their home. Mr & Mrs Priestley are long term resident of the St Ann's area. The tracks frequently run into each other.
Track 3: Discussions regarding their personal history, the house, work, early relief system and 'hard times'. 3.35 mins.
Track 4: The discussion carries on from previous tracks and covers means testing. The discussion then moves on to the community and neighbourly attitudes. Then follows a discussion regarding apprenticeships. 3.10 mins.
Track 5: The discussion carries on from the previous tracks about trade unions. Then moves on to discussing to how in their opinion St Ann's used to be a nice area. Again the discussion moves onto how hard women used to work to keep their houses nice. Then the discussion moves to the war years. 2.19 mins.
Track 6: Discussions about her personal history. The discussion then moves to how the area has become run down because of people leaving and the area degrading/deteriorating; then moves to positive things about the area. Then moves on to discussing their family. 3.08 mins.
Track 7: The discussion continues from the previous track about the children and schools: the children feel an inferiority/embarrassed about admitting they are from St Ann's. The arrival of Mrs Bolter/Walter who talks about the damp conditions in her house and that in her opinion many people are not willing to take good care of the houses. 3.36 mins.
Track 8: Discussions carry on from the previous track about general apathy: especially towards: the decoration and condition of houses. Then moving on to discuss wages/earnings and illness. 2.46 mins.
Track 9: Discussions regarding the neighbours who have lived there along time, others who have moved away by exchanging with people in newer houses (the old houses have lower rent) and the types of people who have migrated into the area and the condition of the area. 3.37 mins.
Track 10: Discussions about how old people struggle and young people wont bother/don't care, then moving onto how the old people are worried about the redevelopment and how there is no 'neighbourliness'. 3.50 mins.
Track 11: A discussion regarding increased costs following the move to newer housing. Then a discussion about low wages. 2.48 mins.
Total: 33.11 mins.
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF5760017580 |