Category: Firstborn Project
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Norman Samuels
Bristol’s first Black bus driver speaks to Mary Ingoldby in 2010 about his own view on the boycott and protest at the aim, as well and his time working on the buses as one of the first black crew at the bus company; as well as the experience for the new arrivals to Bristol, through…
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Roy Hackett – interview with Testimony Films
Hope and Glory – Roy Hackett and Testimony The team at Testimony interview Roy for their Hope and Glory series. All rights remain with Testimony Films , who kindly supplies this footage for community research purposes.
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Roy Hackett
AUDIO: Madge Dresser and Julie Tang interview Roy Hackett in November 1985. (3 minutes only) Below is a transcript to a longer interview. Roy Hackett – interview with Testimony Films The team at Testimony interview Roy for their Hope and Glory series. All rights remain with Testimony Films , who kindly supplied this footage for…
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Madge Dresser Interview
A short clip from an interview with Dr. Madge Dresser in 2011. Here she explains about what piqued her interest in the story after arriving in Bristol and motivated her to pursue the project. The pamphlet , ‘Black and White on the Buses’ was the result, which remains the key text for understanding the history of…
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Madge Dresser Archive
Dr Madge DresserBA (California), MSc (LSE), MSc (Bristol), PgDip, Radio, Film and Television (Bristol), DPhil (UWE), FRHistS. Dr Madge Dresser was a Reader in History at the University of The West of England. She is also an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Bristol. Her work is concerned with questions of national identity,…
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Black Bristolians
The Bristol Bus boycott of 1963 was a key moment in the story of Black and African-Caribbean people in Bristol. Here is a small collection of interviews with some ‘Black Bristolians – People who made a difference’ – in the city. The ‘DVD’ includes interviews with Paul Stephenson and Guy Reid-Bailey, speaking to children at…
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Mary Ingoldby
Mary was a central plank of our Research project on the Bristol Bus Boycott, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. Mary led the oral history activity and workshops, bringing much valued knowledge, skills and enthusiasm for people’s history and testimony. Mary passed away in 2019 and an obituary can be found here – https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/mar/18/mary-ingoldby-obituary. We…
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Roy Hackett
Interview with Mary Ingoldby and Firstborn, BBB history team https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/736515785/1783840cf2/transcript?ts=4100 An interview from 2011, carried out by Mary Ingoldby and the Firstborn team, for the HLF funded research project on the Bristol bus boycott. The Video above is one take. The audio below contains the other takes. Mary’s summary notes of audio above ROY HACKETT…