Museum of London Oral History Archive
ORAL HISTORY RECORDING TRANSCRIPT ‘Fighting for our Rights’ project Surname Gaff Given name Brian Date of birth 1950 Place of birth Wandsworth, London Date of interview 26 May 2017 Length of interview 01:17:04 Number of tracks 1 Name of interviewers Uloma Paris, Callistus Dywili, Jen Kavanagh Copyright © Kingston Museum and Heritage Service, courtesy of Brian Gaff Q: This is an oral history interview with Brian Gaff by Uloma Paris on Friday 26th of May 2017. Also present are. CD: Callistus Dywili. JK: And Jen Kavanagh. Q: The interview is taking place at Brian’s home as part of the Kingston Centre for Independent Living’s fighting for our rights project. Please could you state your full name. A: Well it’s Brian Gaff, I haven’t got a middle one, I’m--, unfortunately. Q: What is your date of birth? A: [REMOVED] 1950. Q: Where were you born? A: Well I don’t remember that far back but it was somewhere near Wandsworth I should imagine [laughs], that’s where my parents were living at the time. Q: What were your parents’ names? A: They were Muriel and Frank Charles Gaff. I can’t remember whether Muriel had a second name or not, if she did she didn’t let me know what it was [laughs]. Q: What were their professions? A: My father was a TV engineer, and my mother was sort of a telephonist secretary, that sort of thing, you know? And, you know, mix and match really. 1 Q: Where did you go to school? A: Well I can’t remember the school that I first went to because it was in Wandsworth, but here I went to Buckland Road, I think, for about six months, for a year--, till I became eligible for the juniors which was then Moor Lane which is now no longer that of course.
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