| Description | Tracks 1 - 5: Actuality with a Birmingham mother (Mrs Flos Ward) and the secretary for a nursery school (Mrs Butler) with Charles Parker. Mrs Ward talks about putting on an educational puppet show for children at nurseries to teach the children road safety. She talks about how they were inspired to create the puppet show, the work involved and describes the set pieces. She talks about trying to make the puppets from diverse nationalities, and her attempts to make the play understandable across language barriers. Mrs Butler talks about the importance of parents becoming involved in classrooms. Mrs Ward talks about day trips that the mothers as a group organise, with reference to the Asian and African Caribbean mothers involved. She makes reference to her white friend who is married to a black man, and talks about their relationship. Mrs Ward talks about how important the social interaction of the group is for mothers who are depressed.
Tracks 6 - 8: Sounds of children playing, singing songs, and Parker asks them where their parents are from.
Tracks 9 - 10: Actuality with Mrs Ward and Mrs Butler resumes. Mrs Ward talks about friezes made by children with the parent group. This actuality recording precedes tracks 1 to 5 on this tape. Mrs Ward talks through the educational puppet shows that her parents group puts on for nurseries and primary schools in Birmingham. She speaks about how the group was formed.
Total: 32.39 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF565D0107080 |