Z1205/069

Male. Schoolteacher. (Former trolley bus driver in Nottingham). b. 25.02.1934 Side A (00 mins)Upbringing in Nottingham. 7 children. Memories of schoolboy pranks. Father engineer in munitions factory during Second World War. (05 mins)Childhood experiences of wartime bomb sites in Nottingham. Reflections on the socialisation of children; neighbours disciplining children in their area. (10 mins)First jobs on leaving school at 15. Includes projectionist at The (?) Grove cinema, Nottingham. Ease of moving from one job to another. After engineering jobs, became trolley and bus driver in Nottingham. (15 mins)Decided to study for "O" Levels and "A" Levels, at Beeston College and Arnold & Carlton College and train to become teacher. Studied Physics at Nottingham University. First teaching post in 1977, aged 43. (20 mins)Four years teaching in 11-16 secondary school in March, Cambridgeshire. Next school post in Biddenham. Bedford. Looks back to when he was drove the last trolley bus in Nottingham. Views on the importance of teaching. (25 mins)Criticism of National Curriculum for state schools. (30 mins)Criticism of political interference in the educational system. End of Side A Side B (00 mins)His school involvement with Stewartby Lake sailing club, Bedfordshire. Trained as instructor. (05 mins)Gender differences in learning sailing. Re-use of clay pits from brickfields to fill as lakes for leisure purposes. Observations on some of the local wildlife. (10.4 mins) End of Side B End of interview Original interview 40 mins

19 November 2001

From: 1930 To: 2001

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bus driver, school teachers, air raids over UK, punishment, cinema, physics, University, EDUCATION, sailing, clay, Leisure, fauna, Nottingham, Cambridgeshire, March, BIDDENHAM, STEWARTBY