Memories in Mind - ACE428.3

Caption: "‘That’s My Trade’." Young woman looking for a job. Mark says she wanted a job as a medical secretary because that was her trade, but was told that "coloured people" didn’t get "jobs in offices". She relates an anecdote about an interview. Thompson explains that she was at college when she left home but could only get manual work. Franklin says she didn’t have much social life in the college, and never really felt part of the community. Caption: "‘My Night’." Young woman waiting for someone outside restaurant. Mark says she used to go to the theatre one night a week. Walker talking about going to parties. Film of couples dancing. Franklin talking about cooking over a gas ring on days when the student canteen didn’t operate. Mark on visiting friends; she thinks people needed each other more at that time. Caption: "Around Town." Young woman walking. Montage of images of people and traffic in London. Franklin talking about trying to call a taxi because she couldn’t cope with the traffic. Walker talking about the Underground. Caption: "‘I’ll Never Forget’." Young woman catches her heel between cobblestones. Thompson talking about lack of information about Jamaica among the British; about cobbled roads. Walker repeats a conversation she once had with a mother whose child stared at her because he wasn’t used to seeing black people. Franklin says she didn’t understand the racial situation at first and was once surprised to be escorted home by friends at the time of the Notting Hill riots. Mark remembers advertisements for rooms saying "no coloureds, no Irish, no children, no dogs." Credits (more of Colonisation in Reverse heard over).