Audio File Name:				170221_0090
Date:							25th September 2017
Comments:			
Duration:			6:22
KEY: 
Cannot decipher = (unclear + time code)
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I: = Interviewer (Interviewer in bold)
R1: = Respondent 1
R2: = Respondent 2	

I:	Can I ask your age?

[Tape interference 0:00:03:8-0:00:12:8].

I:	Education?

[Tape interference 0:00:13:4-0:00:21:8].

I:	And employment status?

R1:	Retired.

R2:	Retired.

I:	From, what was your occupation?

R1:	I was a postman.

R2:	And I worked in the accounts department
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I:	Where do you live?

R2:	Sheffield.

R1:	Sheffield, yes.
 
I:	Where do you come from?

R1:	Sheffield.

R2:	No, Newcastle today.

I:	Your original town?

R1:	Sheffield.

R2:	Original town is Sheffield, sorry.

I:	Why did you come to Beamish?

R1:	We always come on a week’s holiday and this is part of the holiday, a day at Beamish.

I:	Okay.

R2:	Yes.

I:	But you were interested in Beamish?

R2:	Oh yes, we’ve come before.

R1:	We’ve come to Beamish.

I:	why did you come? What were you interested in? 

R2:	We just wanted to see how things were in the past. 

I:	[Tape interference 0:01:14.8- 0:01:18.6], do you like history?

R2:	Oh yes.

I:	[Tape interference 0:01:26.0- 0:01:26.0] region?

R1:	Region? We’ve been to one or two places similar to this, how it used to be, so [tape interference 0:01:42.6).

I:	Which period, for example, [tape interference 0:01:52.3]? In Sheffield, and also…?

R2:	Whatever...

I:	[Tape interference 0:01:55:0- 0:01:57:01]?

R1:	No general.

R2:	General. [Tape interference 0:01:58:9-0:02:04:5].

I:	In particular, time period?

[Tape interference 0:02:06:8- 0:02:13:9]

I:	Anywhere else or is it just British history or is it anything else?

R2:	It’s mainly British.

R1:	British.

I:	Is this really important to you, personally?

R1:	No, it’s just something that we enjoy doing, not important.

R2:	Not important but it’s nice to know, you know, a bit about.

I:	Okay.

R2:	Yes.

I:	I have this section about your identity, which of these is most important to you? Please, place a number against each word with one being most important.  If any of these are equally important to you, then give them the same number.  If you feel any do not apply then mark them with an “x”.

R2:	Yes.

I:	I will do [tape interference 0:02:56:8], European identity, where you live, your occupation, your political beliefs and other things, like gender, religion, anything else that you want to say.

R2:	National identity cause we’re British.

I:	Comes first for you, British?

R2:	Course.

I:	And would you say, one?

R2:	Yes.

I:	And for you?

R1:	Same, British.

I:	And is this first one?

R1:	Yes.

I:	Anything else? I mean you can keep the same number if you think they are equally important.

R2:	Sheffield.

R1:	Sheffield.

I:	Sheffield, yes.

R1:	Yes, born and bred Sheffield.

R2:	Born and bred, Sheffield so that’s important.

I:	Would you put second or first again?

R2:	First.

R1:	First.

I:	Anything else you’d like to add. European identity, is it important?

R1:	Not really, no. Occupation, retired, so that doesn’t matter, does it?

R2:	That is number one. [Laughter].

I:	Occupation in those days, it used to be. Okay.

R2:	Yes, but –

I:	You’ll keep it like that?

R2:	I’ll keep it like that, yes.

R1:	Yes, yes.

I:	Just a last question about your region and also Europe, what do you feel about the future, this is about North East but you can tell us about your region, maybe. What do you feel about the future of the region that you’re from?

R1:	Well, it’s got a bright future really.

R2:	Yes, I think it has, yes, yes.

R1:	Yes, it has. We’re getting super train in, aren’t we, things like that.

R2:	Super train.

R1:	Why people don’t want it, it’s not that they don’t want it, they just don’t want upheaval, do they?

R2:	They don’t want upheaval, yes.

I:	No.

R1:	No, no.

I:	But you are positive.

R1:	Yes, that’s right, that’s right.

I:	What do you feel about the future of UK and Europe?

R1:	I don’t mind being in Europe, I just don’t like common market. I don’t like rules and regulations of the common market, other than that, yes.

R2:	Like my own rules, where I come from. I don’t want somebody in Belgium telling me what to do and what not to do.

I:	Is this the issue that you have with Europe?

R2:	Yes.

I:	European Union I mean?

R2:	Yes.

R1:	That’s right.

I:	But from that, you think it’s…?
 
R2:	No, no it’s fine. Europe’s a good thing to be in, obviously.

R2:	Yes.

R1:	Originally, it was designed for no borders, weren’t it? And then they started red tape and that and cuffs come out. Free trading, yes that’s what it’s all about.

R2:	Yes.

I:	So you want to have a good relationship with…?

R2:	Oh, yes.

R1:	Yes, yes, we should have a good relationship.

I:	Should Britain be in the EU?

R2:	No, out.

R1:	Not how it is now, no, no.

I:	Anything else?

R2:	No.

R1:	No.

I:	Thank you very much.

[End of Recording]