| Description | Tracks 1 - 11: Actuality with a family living in East London - Mr Sams , his daughter Rene Sams and her daughter Kathleen Martin - with Charles Parker. Mrs Sams and her daughter speak about the local area, with reference to the churches and the gipsy population. Martin speaks about children at her school who have behavioural problems. From track 4 Mr Sams joins the discussion, giving his perspective as a member of the Youth Employment Committee for Tower Hamlets and the City of London, on the problem of truancy and youth delinquency. Mr Sams talks about his background, with reference to running a blockade in the Spanish Civil War. He discusses his view of the closing of the docks in London. Mr Sams talks with Parker about local people who took part in labour politics in the area in his youth (for example Joe Vaughan, Communist councillor and Mayor of Stepney, 1920s). Martin speaks about community activities in her area of East London, with reference to jumble sales and her friends. She talks about a lack of provision of facilities for young people where she lives and talks about the games she and her friends play. She describes the rules and restrictions on the pupils at her school. She speaks about her classes and extracurricular activities at school.
Total: 32.51 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF571E0548680 |