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Hawkridge, John (Part 26 of 28). Speaking for ourselves: an oral history of people with cerebral palsy
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Type
sound
Duration
00:23:43
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 26 (Tape 14 Side B): At Shap, John gave into the pain and got a lift home to Leeds with friend Ian Davison. Grasmere, Helvelyn, Ullswater. Lyke Wake Walk. Walk to Mount Everest. Pennine Way held no appeal for John. Rapport with fellow walkers. 1982: bought a bungalow at Burnley with 90-yard garden running down to River Aire. John’s house was burgled while mother was dying. November 1983, he decided to get a dog, Megan, as a companion and to protect property. Having a dog put an end to total freedom. Voluntary work – John helped to found the Fieldfare Trust and had been a school Governor for Moor Park School for Handicapped Children in Preston, Rockley Mount School in Barnsley and the Richard Oastler School in Leeds for children with behavioural difficulties. In 1981, a friend, Roger Sharples, wanted to join John on Three Peaks Walk in Yorkshire. The Walk was established circa 1948, in an early issue of the Dalesman magazine. The route started at Dent, across Whernside, across Ingleborough, to Horton-in-Ribblesdale, and then across Penyghent to Little Dale. Roger made a film of the walk.
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
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Hawkridge, John (Part 26 of 28). Speaking for ourselves: an oral history of people with cerebral palsy
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