Title
Memories of the Labour League of Youth
Subject
Being young
Description
Diane Goodall recalls going to the League of Youth on Braunstone Avenue.
Creator
East Midlands Oral History Archive
Source
Interview with Diane Goodall for the East Midlands Oral History Archive. Uncatalogued.
Publisher
East Midlands Oral History Archive
Date
1950s
Rights
You may use this item in accordance with the licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/
Format
.mp3
Language
English
Type
Oral history
Original Format
.wav
Duration
1 min 36 sec
Bit Rate/Frequency
128kbps
Transcription
We went camping with them – Normanton – and it was fantastic, I’ve still got photographs of all the people and still see some of the people now.
So what else did you do apart from the camping?
They organised bus trips, so we went to Derwent Water, and we went to the seaside. Just being together and having a good time. We had a lot of debates, you know.
What sort of things did you debate?
Well, it was funny, because they decided to have a debate on swearing, and I went and I said, ‘How could you possibly have a debate on swearing when there’s only one word? We can’t talk for a whole evening on one word.’ And so they had to change it because I didn’t know – there was just one word and it rhymed with ’sugar’ – so that was it, so they had to… room went quiet and they said we’ll change the debate. We had a Youth Parliament and the Youth Parliament used to debate all sorts of things.
You mentioned about the parks earlier didn’t you?
Yes, we actually, our League of Youth and group, got the parks to be open on a Sunday so we could play games on a Sunday.
And who ran the organisation?
It was the Labour Party, the Labour League of Youth. But then, when we went to the big debates, there was the Conservatives and Communists, all sorts there, we mixed with all sorts of different people.
That must have been interesting.
Yes, it was, we learnt a lot, you know.
So what else did you do apart from the camping?
They organised bus trips, so we went to Derwent Water, and we went to the seaside. Just being together and having a good time. We had a lot of debates, you know.
What sort of things did you debate?
Well, it was funny, because they decided to have a debate on swearing, and I went and I said, ‘How could you possibly have a debate on swearing when there’s only one word? We can’t talk for a whole evening on one word.’ And so they had to change it because I didn’t know – there was just one word and it rhymed with ’sugar’ – so that was it, so they had to… room went quiet and they said we’ll change the debate. We had a Youth Parliament and the Youth Parliament used to debate all sorts of things.
You mentioned about the parks earlier didn’t you?
Yes, we actually, our League of Youth and group, got the parks to be open on a Sunday so we could play games on a Sunday.
And who ran the organisation?
It was the Labour Party, the Labour League of Youth. But then, when we went to the big debates, there was the Conservatives and Communists, all sorts there, we mixed with all sorts of different people.
That must have been interesting.
Yes, it was, we learnt a lot, you know.
Interviewer
Jenny Escritt
Interviewee
Diane Goodall
Location
Interviewee's home address
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