I am very pleased to say that the West Yorkshire Archive service have accepted the Back-Chat Collection interviews into their permanent archives thus ensuring their accessibility to the public for many generations to come.

You can hear this interview by simply clicking the West Yorkshire Archive Link where you will find all of the Back-Chat Collection interviews listed in alphabetical order along with captioned photographs.

If you would like to contact The Back-Chat Collection please do email me at carloharrison1947@gmail.com.

To listen to the interviews which are now hosted on the
West Yorkshire Archive Service click here.

Chattey Cafe

Born

Started in 2016 by Joan Dove and her many helpers.

Background

Takes place in the Church Hall of St John’s Church, Yeadon.

Date of Interview

11th September 2019

“ Everyone gives their consent to go ahead with sharing the recordings you did at Chatty Café”

Joan Dove (8th February 2021)

The Chatty Café was our first attempt to interview a group of people and what a lively and interesting bunch they turned out to be!

The interview is packed with stories of life and social history and full of laughter throughout. Such insights into a time gone by are the perfect example why we need to record the ordinary lives of people.

They were a real pleasure to interview and a delight to listen back to.

Interviewer: Carlo Harrison

Cataloguer: Fiona Quinton

Sound Engineer David Myers


HTML5 Audio Player

You can listen to the entire recording by clicking the start arrow or, you can move the slider to one of times shown for the headings opposite, they are a guide to the many things we chatted about.
Chatty Café Establishment
00.20
Guiseley Modern & St Oswald’s
05.15
Southview
08.45 
Bramhope Primary & Ilkley Grammar
09.55
National Service
10.45
Little London School & Benton Park
13.30
Southview
15.05
Shires, Cartwright’s, Manor Mills, Crompton Parkinson’s
19.00
Billy Murgatroyd
23.10
Sammy Ledgard Buses
24.20
Accountancy
25.25
Crompton Parkinson’s
28.00
Silver Cross
35.30
Working Life Memories
37.00
Computers – 1960s
42.00
Harry Ramsdens
46.15
Bowling
49.20
Painting, Swimming, National Trust
50.35
Trainspotting
52.15
Family History
55.05
Motor Bikes, Knitting
58.20
Tapestry, Lunch Club
1.00.00
St John’s – Verger
1.03.15
Brexit
1.05.55

 

Please take into consideration when listening to these interviews that the meaning of language changes over time and that interviewees have not intended to cause offence by anything said which now may be thought to be unacceptable.

Recording this social history, chatting to different people about a whole host of subjects has been a real pleasure, such an interesting and I think worthwhile project for people to listen to both now and in years to come.

Thank you for visiting this website.

Carlo Harrison