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Children Talking
From the BBC Radio Series
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Children Talking
In 1961 Harold Williamson travelled the United Kingdom asking children questions about life. The resulting interview were broadcast on Radio 4 and later on Radio 2. A selection of the recordings were also released on Vinyl, which is what we have here.
I find these recoding amazing, they are such a fascinating document of the time. The history books are not full of the voices of children, of what they beleived, and their responses, and the questions and statements made by the interviewer, are a great document of what the world was like, through children's eyes, back then.
I originally brought this record as I thoguth it would make great sample material. I have yet to take advantage of that, but having listened to it again I thought it had to be shared.
Side One:
Where do Babies Come From?
(North Wales)
Who wants to be a Millionaire?
(Children of 'Top People')
Ambition
(The East End Of London)
School Life
(Newcastle)
Life in Hospital
(Leeds)
The World of Grown-ups
(Manchester)
Weddings
(Nottingham)
Running the Home
(Sunderland)Side Two:
The Royal Family
(Northern Ireland)
God and the Bible
(Crawley)
What would you like to be?
(Manchester)
Dreams
(Liverpool)
Getting into trouble
(Burnley)
Christmas Nativity Play
(Sunderland) -
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2007.05.16 19:36 GMT
Sorry to see these recordings've been deleted, I wept tears of laughter when I first heard them at an ex girlfriend's about 15 years ago, the Northern Irish "Royal Family" one was particularly good I remember. I've been watching out for it ever since.
2007.07.30 07:59 GMT
Me too. I used to have this as a kid and spent hours listening to it over and over, memorising the lines. "Where do babies come from ?" .. "Chester." "From Chester ?" "From a shop. My mother...my mother paid for it"
Wish I could get hold of a copy of the recordings. Any chance of making them available again ?