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round royston at night

C is christine
A is anthony
S is sean
E is eddie

V is various

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christine is a leader at royston youth action
anthony and sean go to royston youth action
eddie put this thing together

inside ROYSTON YOUTH ACTION christine sends sean to wash his face after football before going out on the trip round royston || outside a group of boys waiting to get in || sean (angel with a dirty face) comes out of the bathroom and dumps anthony's grandmother's crutches he'd brought to the club to play with || out ||

C>so tell her where you're going to take her
S>anywhere charles street flats
S+>rhymer street
S+>right up there
S+>best places anyway

E>why these places ?
S>why ?
E>yes why am i going to these places ?
S>because it's nearer than some
S+>they're just the best places to play about
S+>we play about up the hill and that

turning up by ST ROCH'S PRIMARY || sean sees his dad and his little sister near the phone box || two teenage boys in whites call from that side of the road ||

 

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S>we don¹t want them in
A>you tell them
S>no you say it
C>it's not your night
2>what ?
C>it's not your night it's tuesday
2>i know
E>who are those kids ?
C>jason and
A>dell
C>dell two older boys who come to the older club so it's no their night tonight
E>and which night is their night ?
C>ah monday
C+>wednesday wednesday night and sunday and monday
C+>so they're just kidding on they don't know it's tonight but they know
E>ah they're pretending
E+>is it why um why do people always turn up for he nights they're
E+>not supposed to be and you have to chuck them out every time ?
C>i think it's fun for them
E>laughs
C>think they like the rejection
C>laughing/no it's good
S>they try to sneak in for a game of pool
S+>that's it
S+>then back out
S+>they do it all the time don't they
C>you don't like them on your night do you ?
S>we don't bother so long as they don¹t try to boss us all about

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on CHARLES ST under the high flats || christine points to the one where she lives || the swings the chute and the roundabout ||

C>this is the flats where they all hang out
C+>this is where they all drink on a friday night
E>these wee ones ?
C>no no these aye well
A>sometimes
C>sometimes
A>nah no me i don't drink
E>do wee boys like you drink ?
S>aye
A>yeah
E>do you smoke as well ?
S>COURSE i do
E>laaughs

anthony's mam caught him when he was out camping ||

A>kidding on i was camping out
A+>i ended up camping out with all of my pals and she seen
A+>she seen ma head popping out of the wee thing and she seen the fag going up
A+>she shouted us up says
A+>_is that you smoking_
A+>i said_ah no_
A+>she says
A+>_fucking was you
A+>right get back in that tent
A+>and don¹t let us see you smoking again_
A+>laughs
E>do you remember your first fag ?
E+>the first day how did you get hold of it ?

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A>walking along with my pals and they started and i started
A+>and that night i was camping out
A+>and that was the second day i started smoking
E>how do you mean camping out ?
A>like getting a tent and like going out in the back
A+>staying out there all night
E>were they good nights were they fun ?
A>they were nae really but i cannae stop now
E>but was it you know was it a good night
E+>staying up with your friends and stuff
E+>was it like a good event anyway ?
A>the second night staying out weren't
A+>but starting smoking it's a curse
CE>laugh
A>i'm being honest
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further on FOX in paint on the pavement || steps with a big bit where the rats go down || christine found a cat and kittens there and phoned the cats protection league || long black railing path || boy in leeds top passes ||

E>who¹s your friend ?
A+S>andrew samson
C>will we take you to bobby's ?
A+S>bobby's aye
E>what's bobby's
S>it's the alchy corner
A>they call them the bobbies all the alchies down there

girls on swings in the dark || tarmac playground || christine sees DAWN her neighbour and calls her over ||

C>so i was saying there's my wee neighbour
D>yes uh huh
E>dawn where you been ?
C>mad nurse
E>you're a nurse
D>yes uh huh
E>where d'you work
D>stobhill hospital
D+>am i going to be on the web dot dot dot com ww
D+>laaughs
CE>yes !
D>what's your name
D+>eddie ?
D+>you don't look like
E>it's not my real name
D>i'll bet it's edwina
E>no it's not
D>edina ?
E>ok it's gwenith
D>gwenith oh you¹re welsh
E>i'm welsh
D>i've got a cousin called Gwendoline
E>where ?
D>she's actually scottish
E>oh
D>she's got a welsh name
D+>my auntie got it through the em reading folklore
D+>christine doesn't know what we mean
D+>laughs
D+>right adios
E>(west wales arch) adios
C>see you later darling
S>adios that's goodbye isn¹t it ?
S+>can you count to five in italian ?
E>god no i can't can you ?
S>it's just like saying uno duo tres quatro cinque
A>can you speak to five in japanese ?
E>go on then
A>ichi ni san chi go
E>how did you learn these ?
S>in school
A>in karate
E>you can do karate
A>aye i used to i don't anymore
E>how far have you got with karate ?
A>well i was in eh orange belt
S>that's second last isn¹t it
E>in class what did they make you do ?
A>like if somebody did that you could either stick up your fist
A+>and block it or wait until they went to do that
A+>and kick them in the belly
S>or you could sweep them
A>you don't hurt them you just selfdefence
A+>you don¹t hurt them
A+>you just sweep them and hold them down
A+>until someone comes and helps you

traffic || on ROYSTON ROAD || route is curve up from st roch's primary and back onto royston road ||

S>the big rock ? that's the secondary school
E>you call it the big rock ?
S>i don't anymore
E>but why did you call it the big rock ?
S>cause
A>cause there's a wee rock there (pointing left)
S>there's a wee rock and a big rock
A>primary and secondary

a bobbie walks carefully past ||

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S>he's pissed his drawers
A>aye he's shat his pants man

traffic ||

C>will we take eddie into bobby's and have a laugh ?
E>ok let's go to bobby's then
C>cause he's been there for years and years
E>so what is bobby's is it oh it's the shop ie ?
C>sean wait here
E>don't die sean
S>whistling

traffic ||

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C>come on we'll go into bobby's for a laugh
C+>laughs
C+>this is jindy
E>hello
C>who owns the shop
C+>bobby's there

bobby's behind the post office counter

E>hello bobby
A+S>bobby
E>he's not putting up leave him be
S>he's shy
E>who is this lady ?

lady behind the shop counter in an orange happy shopper side button overall

C>this is susan
L>no
C>this is caroline she¹s been here about fifty years
CAR>excuse me !
C>she's worked here for years and years
C+>jindy runs the place he's here all day and all night
C+>and this is the busiest shop in the place
C+>the dearest shop in the place but he¹s the busiest
CAR>they're not that dear love

a bit later

C>bobby come and say hello
C+>we're round saying how good your shop is

bobby makes a cheeky and repetitive _and i¹m pointing my invisible mike at you_gesture

C>he's in a huff bobby's in a huff
C+>that's what's shying him he's grumpy
C+>so that's it
V>home time
C>go home
A>you'll want to go home to your bed the noo
CAR>no you away home to your wee club
A>no
C>that's where we've been
CAR>oh is that your wee club finished
E>it's an educational outing
C>yes
CAR>so remember that dear remember
V>ok
C>see you
E>thank you very much
V>bye bye

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menshie on the wall on the shop corner and the boys pick out the ones they know || christine asks the boys to talk about the celtic treble party ||

S>you know celtic won the treble in the league ?
S+>this whole street was covered in everbody and there was
A>see that wall that full wall was painted with celtic things martin o'neill
S>jock stein an that bobby sands
E>you know cardiff where i stay jock stein died in cardiff in the dug-out
E+>on the pitch where cardiff play
C>this is really busy on a friday night

head up GLENBARR ST || christine says about going to townhead bridge || two policemen turn the corner at the top onto rhymer street ||

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S>what bridge ?
C>townhead bridge we¹re taking the next
S>ha ha do you think i'm daft i'm not going to townhead bridge
C>how no ?
S>i¹ll get my head chopped off man
A>we could take her down the maze
S>police scumbag bastards
C+E>gasp o o o

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P1>oh they would definately know where the bad bits are wouldn't you sean ?
S>definately
P1>anthony ?
C>is that first-name terms then ?
P1>oh yes first name terms yes
S>definately
P1>always on first-name terms with sean
C>what are these guys names ?
S>that¹s big boy colin and that¹s midget bob

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end of RHYMER ST || christine saying to go onto the bridge and sean making little noises off mike not to ||

A>they're the two big police from the strathclyde
A+>they're nice see if they wanted to catch you with a knife or something
A+>they'd just take it off you and tell you to go away and don¹t come back
E>what's the matter with the bridge ?
C>they're saying to me_what are you talking to them for ? you¹ll be called a grass
C+>talking to the police_

BIG ROCK ||

A>that's the entrance there
A+>that door there is fifth years
E>which door do go through normally then ?
S>if you've got drama you'd go down then around then that door
S+>but if you've got
A>PE
S>PE you'd be going in them doors
A>and assembly is right there

walking more ||

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C>sean tell eddie about the time you were going to the residential and
C+>i said to you about the smoking
S>what residential ?
C>about your mum and the letter
S>my mum
A>mumble
C>it wasn't sean it was anthony
A>it was only me that brung a letter and then everybody else was still allowed A+>to smoke
A+>i didn't need to bring a letter
C>he said to me_when we go residential can we smoke ?_and i said
C+>_only if you bring a letter from your mother saying that she allows you to
C+>smoke and then i will allow you to smoke if she says yes_
C+>and he came back to the club with a letter from his mum
C+>_my anthony is allowed to smoke long's you don't let him smoke more
C+>than twenty a day_
C+>so he¹s allowed to smoke he really is allowed to smoke

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near the FLYOVER ||

A>there that's the maze that's where people go at lunchtime as well
E>why's it called the maze ?
A>it's like a maze a wee tunnel that takes you in
E>there's like the flyover bridge
A>no look see that's like stairs and all that in there
A+>you can sit in there on chairs and all that
S>sometimes people go down and drink under there on a friday and saturday
S+>cause it's better not to get caught at that bit

talking about the paths to rosemount ||

A>there's a sort of path all the way along you can take it all the way to the flats there
S>when you go along there that's where they fight
E>so who fights ?

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S>it's like royston against dennistoun
E>and does it get bad ?
S>really bad
E>and what ages fight ?
S>any ages
E>have you been fighting ?
S>used to i don't anymore
S>how do you stay out of it if you don't want to fight do people make you ?
S>if you don't want to you just say_i don't want to_
A>but he tried to make me fight and i kept saying_no_
A+>and in the end i was going to batter him
S>then he ended up ??? then he loved it that night cause
S+>we were all hitting each other with bricks and all that
E>have you really got injured badly ever ?
A>i have i've had my head burst open three times the one bit and now
A+>it's a big hole
E>someone hit you with a brick ?
A>three times

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A>it is because see they always act small and say_aye come on down and take A+>a square go_
A+>and then you go to take yourself you say
A+>_ay don't use any weapons or that_
A+>and then when you actually go down they all just start to grab you
A+>and catch you
A+>it's good once you catch one of them because they're like
A+>_no no don't hit us_
A+>and all that
A+>_don't hit my face_ and all that
A+>and everybody just starts booting into their face and all that
A+>it's good like but i'm not going to take you along the bridge tonight cause A+>it¹s riot
A+>??chase people and they'll end up chasing us so you'll have to run

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on JAMES NISBET not sure || call by christine's uncle davie's house and chat at the window and door || anthony has lit up and sean knocks on his grandmother¹s door || her little dog half goes for him || she says she knows people from thirty up but not the younger ones anymore || suddenly by the ROYSTON SPIRE ||

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C>i used to work in a convent
C+>i was a carer in there for old folk
E>which convent where ?
C>it was see where this steeple is there was a building behind it and it was a C+>convent where nuns lived and they ran a residential for old folk
C+>and it was all nuns that worked in it
C+>and local people worked in it as well
C+>i worked there
C+>quite good it was really good
C+>this is another centre we've got

at the RAINBOW HALL just by the spire

S>we call this the wee james instead of the big ben

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through the gate and into the park || boys become voices and feet in the dark || anthony on the skate ramp and the wedding cake thing || onto the ascending blocks and shock as sean slips and bellyflops off ||

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E>you alright ? o on he's hurt himself
S+A>crying and laughing mixed
E>you alright sean did you do your knee in ?
A>you alright sean ?
E>sean you alright ?
S>oh man
C>you crying son ?
C+>did you hurt your leg ?
C+>did you right off it ?
C+>oh we'll get you right back and get you
C+>a wee cup of tea and a wee mars bar
C+>won't we son

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little bit about how he should have the crutches now || new houses at st joseph's || the green between ROYSTONHILL and MILLBURN ST where they play golf sometimes || christine points to the millburn centre which she calls the flexi centre where there are computer training courses || sean shows where anthony's house is and his own on dunolly street ||

A>see that wee black thing ?
E>oh ie
A>that's sean's
A+>laughs
E>black house ?
A>laughs
A+>the bin
S>laughing

near ST ROCH'S CHAPEL HOUSE ||

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A>they have mass in there and all that and see like in this bit
A+>that's where they hold their parties and bingo and all that stuff
C>seemingly that's the busiest chapel in glasgow for funerals because there
C+>have been so many people born and bred they like to come back
C+>but it's a bit depressing
S>cause this is a rough area everybody just gets stabbed and shot and all that
S+>laughs
A>see how like the poor countries people have been getting bombed and that
A>most of them come out here
A+>but everybody slags them and tries to batter them
A+>but we wouldn't like it if it happened to us
A+>and we had to go to their country and they did it to us
A+>they would like enjoy having us out there
C>and we're back home
E>yay

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