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Morgan, Barry (Part 7 of 13) Speaking for ourselves: an oral history of people with cerebral palsy
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Type
sound
Duration
00:30:30
Shelf mark
C1134/07/01-08
Subjects
Cerebral Palsy
Recording date
2005-03-21
Interviewees
Morgan, Barry, 1945- (speaker, male)
Interviewers
Austin, Anne (speaker, female)
Abstract
Part 7 (Tape 5 Side A): Studying ONC in Mechanical and Electrical engineering, Birmingham Polytechnic, Perry Barr. Attached by three youths, stealing his briefcase. Broke collar bone - six-week hospital stay. Away from work for 12 months. Saw psychiatrist. Barry returned to work. Break affected mobility of CP-affected arm. Self-confidence badly affected. Walsall College of Technology offered early retirement on grounds of ill health. Applied for jobs, though disability seemed to get in the way. Decided to buy his own house for £13,000. Decorated, helped by father, including wallpapering. Greenhouse for 40th birthday from sisters. Grew cucumbers. Applied for jobs over two-year period. Postman Pat coin-operated ride in supermarket. Company in Warrington asked to repair troublesome machine Taken on by company dealing with 20 machines, visiting once a month. Counting takings. £219 in a month at one machine. Started his own office - soon had 50 machines, and asked by original company to fix more and more machines. Second-hand rides sold by a company in Shirley. £150 each for two machines. £190 a month from one machine. Employed young assistant. Bid for siting machines at 18 Morrison's stores. Sister and husband Ian. Sought business partner. Went to finance house. Rented business unit on an Industrial Estate. Appointed local agents for Morrison's. After nine years, decided to sell business. Millennium Project for adapting toys for disabled children - expense of 'special needs' toys. Mentor was a teacher friend who worked in Special Needs.
Description
Interviewed for the project 'Speaking for ourselves: an oral history of people with cerebral palsy'; a project conducted by Scope in partnership with the British Library, financed by the Heritage Lottery Fund
Related transcripts
Barry Morgan interviewed by Anne Austin: full transcript of the interview (PDF)
Related links
'Speaking For Ourselves' project website, including resources, information for schools and news
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Morgan, Barry (Part 7 of 13) Speaking for ourselves: an oral history of people with cerebral palsy
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