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.

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Sara Bright

Born

November 1950 in Charleston, West Virginia, USA

Background

Grew up in Louisville, Kentucky and now lives in Mineral, Virginia

Date of Interview

19th August 2021

“If you are happy to proceed can I put the interview on the Back-Chat website?” “Yes you may”

Sara Bright (25th August 2021)

It was a pleasure to interview Sara Bright, a lively American woman who is our first interviewee born and living in the USA. Talking to Sara about her life and times in America is like reliving memories of books and films about the US in the 1950s and 60s.
It’s interesting to hear what the difference is between a college and a university; what’s it like to live through an earthquake; her early life in Louisville, Kentucky as well as up to date views such as how the American people view the coronavirus. 
Sara was a Special Needs teacher and has always been a prominent member of the Baptist Church.
We chat about Donald Trump and about racism in the US – both topics revealing things that surprised me. 
Talking of surprises, I asked her about the Gun Laws in the USA, you’ll be interested to hear what she has to say.

Interviewer: Carlo Harrison

Cataloguer: Fiona Quinton


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.
Parents – Nell (Finance For Tobacco Co – Harold (Grocery Store Manager)
02.00
Parents Divorce
03.35
Early Life – Louisville, Kentucky
04.55
Earthquake – Virginia
06.30
Springer Spaniels
09.00
Sister – Linda (In Virginia)
11.00
Coronavirus
11.40
School Days
16.40
University – Louisville
22.45
Early Ambitions – Teaching
27.10
Childhood Celebrations
30.30
Married Life
31.50
Working Life – Special Needs Teacher – Administrator
34.20
School Bullying
39.45
Hobbies – Reading – Skiing – Bowling – Golf
40.20
Baptist Church
43.20
Donald Trump – American Politics
44.15
Racism
49.45
Gun Laws
52.50
Best & Worse of Living In The USA
55.45

 

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