Teresa Spencer

Interview

Interview of Teresa Spencer (JBP/OT/02) conducted on the 17th July 2024 at St Annes’ Parish Hall, Lytham St Annes, by Grace Brinkworth. In the interview, the participant talks about growing up in 1960s London.

Audio recording of an interview with Teresa Spencer conducted by Grace Brinkworth at the St Annes Parish Hall, at Lytham St Annes on 17th July 2024 for the Jukebox Project. Duration: 01:19:10. Jukebox Project, JBP/2/OT/2/2. This record is available under a Creative Commons by Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence with permission of the rights holders.

Summary

TimeDescription
00:00:00-00:00:16Introduction of participant including name, location of interview and date.
00.00.16-00.00.38Participant talks about where she grew up.
00.00.38-00.01.48Participant talks about activities she did as a child.
00.01.49-00.02.17Participant talks about how she shared music with her family.
00.02.18-00.03.08Participant talks about local youth clubs she attended as a child and other leisure activities.
00.03.08-00.04.33Participant talks about attending live music shows as a teen
00.04.34-00.06.05Participant talks about how people listened to music when she was a teen.
00.06.06-00.06:30Participant talks about buying music to listen to in the period.
00.06.31-00.08.24Participant talks about artists she listened to in the 1950s and 1960s.
00.08.24-00.09.45Participant talks about the range of ways to discover new music.
00.09.45-00.10.34Participant discusses how music was taught in her family.
00.10.35-00.11.10Participant talks about musical television and radio shows.
00.11.11-00.13.48Participant talks about attending secondary school.
00.13.49-00.14.32Participant talks about how music and drama were key to her education.
00.14.33-00.15.48Participant talks about how the process of listening to music has changed.
00.15.48-00.17.20Participant talks about her memories of using a jukebox.
00.17.20-00.19.33Participant talks about her leisure activities changed as she grew up.
00.19.34-00.22.08Participant talks about fashion trends she followed.
00.22.09-00.24.07Participant talks about the drinking and drugs culture of the 1960s.
00.24.08-00.27.34Participant talks about jobs she had as a teen and beyond.
00.27.36-00.31.04Participant talks about how the area she grew up in has changed since.
00.31.04-00.33.32Participant talks about continuities in the area she grew up in.
00.33.32-00.34.34Participant talks about the identities of London, then and now.
00.34.34-00.36.40Participant talks about the mood of the public when she was growing up and how far the 1960s were a time of change.
00.36.40-00.38.00Participant talks about how things began to change for the worse after the 1960s.
00.38.00-00.42.38Participant talks about the impact of the Second World War on her family and childhood.
00.42.38-00.43.54Participant talks about the emergence of the NHS and welfare state when she was a teen.
00.43.55-00.47.04Participant talks about how the notions of hope for the future that were rife in the nation at the time were present in music she listened to.
00.47.04-00.50.26Participant talks about the American influence on British music and culture in the 1960s.
00.50.26-00.53.56Participant talks about music festivals.
00.53.56-00.55.37Participant talks about how her relationship with music changed when she had a family.
00.55.37-00.58.13Participant talks about how the ways she listens to music is different now.
00.58.13-01.03.00Participant talks about how music in the present day is used to express political beliefs.
01.03.00-01.04.37Participant talks about how society shifted from the 1960s unity to more individualist thinking.
01.04.37-01.08.01Participant talks about the nature of her relationship with music and politics, today and at the time.
01.08.01-01.12.28Participant talks about the women’s rights movement and growing up.
01.12.28-01.14.58Participant discusses how social issues were present in the music she listened to.
01.14.58-01.16.36Participant discusses how these issues were present in her local area and community.
01.16.36-01.19.10Conclusion of interview (participant talks about her favourite song)

Transcript

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Keywords

Places: London
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Organisations: National Health Service
Subjects: music; politics; societal changes; education; welfare state.

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