Friday 21 June 2013

Day Four

DAY 4

Interviews and Stories

Eugene and Ismay Small (above)
 What did we do?


Tom O'Riordan (above)












Today, we were visited by people who used to work in the London Underground. We were able to listen to their stories and experiences of their time while they worked. Most of them brought objects such as parts of uniform, train models and photographs taken when they were much younger. We also had the chance to ask our visitors questions about their time and what people used to do in the Underground. The visitors also asked us questions about
things such as our favourite tube line. Some of their stories were really interesting and funny, but some of them were really sad.

Some of us went off to prepare and carry out official interviews and recorded our interviewees for our film.


                                                                                                                 
What did we learn?
Charles Horsey (above)

We learnt about people's experiences and a bit more about the history of the London Underground. This developed our general knowledge which improved our own writing and we also learnt that trains and travelling in the tube can be really dangerous and running the system is a very difficult and time-consuming job.
In terms of skills, we learnt that to write good stories and poetry you have to concentrate on your work. The skills we learnt to improve include concentration, focusing and learning to discuss as a group. We also learnt how to listen to people when they talk and when to start speaking and ask questions.


What was most fun?
Allen Tyrell (above)
We listened to the stories told by visitors which were really interesting and entertaining. It was great interviewing the people and recording them on camera. We also found looking at and touching real object and train models, brought in by some of our guests, really helpful at understanding the stories and history. Overall, it was really fun experience.
 

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