You know there's, like, two other people in my course who are all black belts in taekwondo? So, like, one day--
Interviewer:
No.
Claire:
Yeah, one day where we had to think three things about ourselves, one had to be a lie, so two truths one lie, and I was like "oh I went to Cape Town, and I'm a black belt." This guy who went up first, he went to Cape Town and was also a black belt, I was like-- So when I said it no one believed me and then this other girl was like "oh I'm a black belt in taekwondo" and I was like--
Megan:
And then you were like-- oh yeah. Oh that's funny.
Interviewer:
That's weird.
Claire:
But they all do different types and obviously ATA isn't one of them.
Megan:
Oh right, yeah.
Claire:
They were all like "yeah, we're doing WTF" and, um, "ITF" and I was like "ATA." They're like "what's that?" and I was like "exactly."
Megan:
Yeah, I know.
Interviewer:
I didn't know you got different types of taekwondo.
Claire:
There's like so many, do you want me to teach you them all?
Megan:
Exactly.
Claire:
No, I don't remember them.
Megan:
No, we did the, like, weird, unpopular American one.
Claire:
The not as violent as well.
Megan:
For some reason-- for some reason, yeah, I dunno.
Claire:
It's not as violent in our one 'cause we wear, like, practically foam everything. May as well put us in like a sumo suit and just walk us around.
Older speakers
Thomas:
I was fortunate. We stayed near a farm and I got a job as a milkboy and we used to get a lot of stuff off them, you know.
Interviewer:
Oh right.
Thomas:
And we used to even get free milk. Eh, but
Interviewer:
Oh.
Thomas:
the thing is, when you went to deliver the milk at quarter past six, the guy was at my door and I ran fae quarter past six to 10 minutes to nine when they'd drop me off at the school.
Agnes:
Right into school.
Thomas:
And that was it and running-- and if you didnae run you were left behind.
Interviewer:
How old were you when you done that?
Thomas:
I would be-- I started that when I was about 12.
Interviewer:
So you had to run with the-- with the milk?
Thomas:
Aye. I never thought anything of it. I got 25 shillings a week. Plus tips.
Agnes:
Did you? Do you-- did you get to keep it?
Interviewer:
Was that-- I don't know--
Thomas:
That was-- No, my mum took 10 bob, what do you think?
Agnes:
Oh right.
Thomas:
She wouldnae let me live for nothing.
Agnes:
No, that's very true, unfortunately. Unfortunately.
Thomas:
But I used to get as much in-- even more in tips.
Agnes:
Did you?
Thomas:
Aye. We had one customer
Agnes:
See I never knew that [name].
Thomas:
that stayed in this huge big house and I discovered he was the-- the manager of the local pit at Seafield.
Interviewer:
Mhm.
Thomas:
And [name] and that knew that we got half a croon so we were all racing each other to see who can get to that one first.
Interviewer:
Oh right.
Thomas:
I says "all of you" I says "listen, can we-- can we no just split it? Save us all-- "Aye, well as long as you do." Aye it was-- it was good fun, like, but we never thought nothing about running all they times, you know.
