Disability Voices
Hawkridge, John (Part 17 of 28). Speaking for ourselves: an oral history of people with cerebral palsy
- Add a note
Log in to add a note at the bottom of this page.
- All notes
- My notes
- Hide notes
- Add to playlist
Log in to add this item to one of your personal lists.
- Add to favourites
Log in to add and display this item in your personal list of favourites on the right hand side of this page.
The British Library Board acknowledges the intellectual property rights of those named as contributors to this recording and the rights of those not identified.
Legal and ethical usage »
Type
sound
Duration
00:31:22
Shelf mark
C1134/20/01-15
Subjects
Cerebral Palsy
Recording date
2005-05-16, 2005-06-09, 2005-06-27, 2005-07-27, 2005-08-30, 2005-09-05, 2005-11-04
Interviewees
Hawkridge, John (speaker, male)
Abstract
Part 17 (Tape 10 Side A): In 1976, John went on cruise, started in Venice and around the Mediterranean, Greece, Egypt, Turkey and Yugoslavia. Second cruise around the Baltic and Holland, Poland, Finland, Sweden and Denmark. The pyramids, the Sphinx, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Galilee, Ephesus in Turkey, Athens and Rhodes, Olympia and Dubrovnik. Friendships with an American family and a young teacher Hazel. Overcoming fear of flying. Mother ill with type 2 diabetes. In 1977 another bus trip around Europe, including Belgium, Holland, Germany east and west, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Austria over a two week period. In July John decided to do the Dales Way, near Windermere. In September 1977, John planned to fly to America and travel for 5 weeks. At a Spastics Society dinner, John received an award for doing the Three Peaks walk. Met Claire Rayner. 747 jumbo plane. Travelling by greyhound bus. New York to Washington.
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
John Hawkridge interviewed by Richard Smith: full transcript of the interview (PDF)
Related links
'Speaking For Ourselves' project website, including resources, information for schools and news
Metadata record:
Hawkridge, John (Part 17 of 28). Speaking for ourselves: an oral history of people with cerebral palsy
Please log in to update your playlists.
Can you tell us more about the context of the recording? Or can you share information on its content - timings of key sections or important details? Please add your notes. Uninformative entries may not be retained.
Please log in to leave notes.