| Description | Tracks 1 - 12: Actuality with a group of young male Londoners with Charles Parker. The young men talk about their primary and secondary schools in Tower Hamlets, with reference to examinations, transitional experiences between primary and secondary and naming the schools that they attended. They talk about which subjects they liked and disliked and how they behaved at school. The group talk about their families, with reference to their father's occupations. One of the group talks about his unsuccessful efforts to find work after leaving school at 15 or 16 years old. One of the group talks about being suspended from school. Another member of the group talks about his interest in motorbikes, and his job manufacturing accessories for motorbikes which he had to leave for health reasons. The group talk about the lack of apprenticeship opportunities in Tower Hamlets, and the types of work that they want to do. They talk about what it is like to be unemployed and to live on government welfare money. One of the young men whose family is from Dominica in the West Indies talks about his experiences of school, growing up in the area and trying to find a job. The group talk about whether they plan to stay in the East End, or in London at all.
Total: 32.52 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF571E0102680 |