Community Voices: Bathgate

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Younger speakers

Claire: So you're gonna need to buy mustard?
Lewis: Gonna have to, I'm skint. Cannae even afford mustard.
Claire: I do not believe that. At all.
Lewis: What?
Claire: That you're skint.
Lewis: I am skint.
Claire: How, 'cause it's one of your savings?
Lewis: No, 'cause I-- I bought myself stuff this month.
Claire: What did you buy?
Lewis: A t-shirt and trainers.
Claire: Oh aye, that cost like three hunner quid all in or something.
Lewis: Two hunner.
Interviewer: Jesus Christ.
Lewis: 100 each.
Interviewer: What, the gallery t-shirt?
Lewis: Yeah, I've got a big stain down it.
Claire: And they trainers?
Interviewer: Shut up.
Claire: Did that not come out?
Lewis: Yeah.
Interviewer: A mucky stain?
Lewis: I don't know if it's came oot yet. No, I dunno what it is.
Interviewer: And they trainers?
Lewis: And they trainers.
Interviewer: That hurt your feet.
Lewis: They don't now. But it was-- it must have--
Interviewer: Break them in?
Lewis: It must have just been 'cause I was walking for ages. 'Cause they werenae hurting a' throughout the day and then just when we were walking up to [name]'s I was like "oh."
Interviewer: Aye youse were raging.
Claire: I am so glad I never went up there.
Lewis: Oh I dunno why-- as soon as I sat-- "What? Why?" And I couldnae get a taxi, I was like "oh my god I'm stuck."

Older speakers

Robert: They loves to get-- see if they're doon there if it's a canny good day, they love oot the back for the, what is it? Tea party.
Helen: Tea party. We have a tea party and you get wine and I say-- and she'll say "they're allowed a-- thingmy of juice then they've got to go on the water. Dinnae gie them too much of that thingmy-- Ribena juice." And I'll say "right, that's it" and she'll say "it's-- it's the thingmy" I say "oh you're nae gie-ing me that vodka noo, gran'll be up singing." Mind I said-- and I'm kidding on I'm drunk and she'll say "oh my gran's drunk" ken? Oh--
Interviewer: Is that [name]? She's so funny, isn't she? The stuff she comes oot wi
Helen: Oh she is. Oh, unreal.
Interviewer: is so funny.
Robert: She was up the stair, into my room, opened my wee fridge, she said "Granda." I said "what?" She said "you've no got a beer yet, you-- I'll get a beer out the wardrobe."