Audio File Name:		170225_0108
Date:				23rd Sept 2017
Comments:			
Duration:			6.58
KEY: 
Cannot decipher = (unclear + time code)
Sounds like = [s.l + time code]
I: = Interviewer (Interviewer in bold)
R1: = Respondent 1
R2: = Respondent 2.

I:	Can I ask your age?	

R1:	64.

R2:	69.

I:	Education [tape interference 0:00:13.2 - 0:00:20.0].

R1:	General Certificate [tape interference 0:00:20.4].

I:	[Tape interference 0:00:21.6]?

R1:	Yeah, yeah, yeah.

R2:	[Tape interference 0:00:21.3 - 0:00:31.6].

I:	Employment status? Are you currently…?

R1:	Retired.

R2:	Still working with my technical. 

I:	Technical?

R2:	I’ve managed to get into the technical side of things, yes.

I:	Is it for a company? [Tape interference 0:00:41.6 - 0:00:44.3].

R2:	It’s an engineering company. [Tape interference 0:00:47.1 - 0:00:55.2].

	I was an office worker – local Government.

I:	Local Government. [Tape interference 0:00:57.0 - 0:01:09.6] in relation to Europe [tape interference 0:01:12]. Different questions in relation to [tape interference 0:01:14.0 - 0:01:27].

	So, where do you live?

R1:	South Yorkshire.

I:	And you?

R2:	Same – South Yorkshire.	

I:	And where do you come from?

R1:	South Yorkshire [laughter].

I:	Why did you come to Beamish?

R1:	We came up to Sunderland [tape interference 0:01:44.6] air show and that was yesterday. So, we thought we’d have a day at Beamish because we were in the area. [Tape interference 0:01:51.5 - 0:02:11] we can remember: trams [tape interference 0:02:13.4]. Things that are on [tape interference 0:02:16.4].

I:	(Unclear 0:02:17.2 - 0:02:18.9).

R1:	Yeah, you can identify things that you saw when you were kids.

I:	Is it your first visit?

R2:	Second. [Tape interference 0:02:26.1 - 0:02:44.0].

R1:	No, normally. This is the only one.

I:	What are your impressions of Beamish?

R1:	I think it’s impressive. It’s very well kept.

R2:	Exactly the same. It needs more people to come. It needs more money spending to get bigger.

I:	Bigger?

R2:	To grow.

I:	[Tape interference 0:03:03.8 - 0:03:08.9]. Are you interested in the history of the region? [Tape interference 0:03:10.4 - 0:03:19.0].

R1:	Not really. I’m not particularly interested in this region. But these are things that we identify with and don’t see anymore. [Tape interference 0:03:27.1 - 0:03:30.7].

R2:	These are coal mining areas. We come from a coal mining area in South Yorkshire so the two are together. Durham miners and Yorkshire miners – 

I:	Like linked?

R2:	Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I:	Are you interested in the history of other places? [Tape interference 0:03:43.8 - 0:03:50.2].

R1:	<R2> and myself are interested in aeroplanes, so we take an interest in the stuff that was around in the Second World War.

I:	Are you more interested in the war period?

R1:	Well, yes, but specifically the aeroplanes [tape interference 0:04:01.8 - 0:04:05.3].

I:	Okay. Is history important to you personally?

R2:	Not really, no.

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:	Well, for me, it’s national identity first.	

I:	Uh huh.

R2:	I’m proud of being British. Then, secondly, it’s where you’re from and I’m proud to be from Yorkshire.

I:	Okay, I see that. Great, I’ll write this down. So, it’s British number one and then Yorkshire.

R2:	Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I:	And number one or number two?

R2:	Two. Definitely two.

R1:	I’d say exactly the same.

I:	Exactly the same. (Unclear 0:05:06.4 - 0:05:11.3). They go together. They don’t want to split. Okay.

	So, number one is British.

R2:	Yes.

R1:	I’d put one as well.

I:	Put Yorkshire as the (unclear 0:05:23.7). Okay. You want to share. Anything else you can think of?

R2:	No, not for me.

R1:	No, that’s fine that. That’s exactly what I believe.

I:	Ah ha.

R1:	British.

I:	And you like the other things: religion, ethnicity, occupation (unclear 0:05:45.9 - 0:05:47.0).

R2:	They don’t come into it at all really.

I:	That’s perfect. Thank you. [Tape interference 0:05:51.7 - 0:05:55.1]. What do you think about the future of the North East [tape interference 0:05:56.7 - 0:05:59.0].

R1:	The future of?

I:	The future of [tape interference 0:06:01.8 - 0:06:08] Yorkshire - your region or whichever?

R2:	It has to progress. We have to get people working and moving again. Get the economy booming and the area will thrive from that; Yorkshire and North East.

R1:	Yeah, I’d say the same.

I:	What do you feel about the future of the UK and Europe? That’s my last question.

R1:	Both of us, we’re firm believers in Brexit, so we’re quite happy the way things are going now. As long as we see it through.

I:	Yes. As long as they definitely do it.

R1:	They come out, yeah.

I:	And you?

R2:	Exactly the same. We need to be away from Europe. We need to get our national identity back. That’s what we need. We don’t need to be governed by Europe anymore.

I:	Yes, well, great. Anything else?

R1:	No, no.

[End of Recording]