| Description | Tracks 1 - 13: Actuality with a group of young Londoners in the Isle of Dogs, including Jimmy Munro and Alan Spraggon, and Charles Parker. The language and discussion on this tape is at times racist. Munro talks about the academic qualifications he achieved before he left school to work at a roofer. Spraggon talks about his family's move from Bow to the Isle of Dogs. One of the young men speaks about his father being made redundant from the docks. The group discuss the difference a youth club has made to them and their social lives. One of the young men talks about excursions he has been on with the youth club, for example to the Isle of Man. The group discuss their schools and what they enjoy learning about. They talk about playing truant from school, what motivates them to do his and their option to leave school at 16. They complain about students at their school who are not fluent in English, and about a teacher with an Irish accent.
Track 14: Silence, 2.20 mins
Total: 32.48 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF571E0102180 |