Listening Project
Conversation between father and daughter, George and Susan, about George being the oldest trader on Columbia Road flower market in East London.
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Type
sound
Duration
00:47:50
Shelf mark
C1500/0564
Recording date
2013-06-12
Is part of (Collection)
The Listening Project
Recording locations
BBC Broadcasting House, London
Interviewees
Wade, Susan, 1954- (female, housewife), Gladwell, George, 1928- (male, nurseryman/market trader)
Producers
BBC Radio 4
Recordist
Catt, Georgia
Abstract
George talks about being the oldest trader on Columbia Road flower market in East London and how the area has changed since he started. His daughter Susan asks about George and his wife, her mother. George describes how they met - reminiscing about the war and the blackout and how he fell in love with her. He recounts how there wasn't a minute when he wasn't happy but that he misbehaved and was kicked out of their home. He asks Susan what happened when he left home, Susan says she was just growing up. He talks about how he wished he could have got back with his wife but he didn't realise it at the time.
Description
The Listening Project conversations collectively form a picture of our lives and relationships today. Recordings were made by BBC producers of people sharing an intimate conversation, lasting up to an hour and on a topic of the speakers' choice.
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