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Interview questions
Secondary level
Suggested bank of interview questions to be asked -- over the telephone or via the internet -- by secondary age children.
Please feel free to add your own questions, or even add some of your own.
Family
- What’s your name?
- Do people call you by any other name?
- Do you have a nick name?
- When were you born?
- Where were you born?
- Do you have any sisters or brothers?
- Who are they?
- Can you tell me what your house was like when you were a child?
- Can you describe any special memories you have of the house?
Pastimes and Hobbies
- When you were younger, did you ever go fishing? Where did you go?
- What did you catch?
- What equipment did you use?
- Did you help working on the croft?
- In what way did you help out?
- Did you ever sing in a choir?
- Where were your choir practices?
- Who was the choir conductor?
- Did you play any sports, such as football?
- Can you tell me a bit about where you played these sports and who played with you?
- What else did you do in your spare time? Did you have any special hobbies?
Education
Primary school
- Which primary teachers do you remember?
- Can you tell me about a typical day in school?
- Did you play any special games in the playground?
- Do you remember any fashions or trends from primary school days?
- Was any technology used in lessons, such as radio or TV?
- Can you remember any programmes?
- Did you take part in any after school activities?
- Did you enjoy primary school?
Secondary school
- Which secondary school teachers do you remember?
- Can you tell me about a typical day in school?
- Did you play any special games in the playground?
- Do you remember any fashions or trends from primary school days?
- Was any technology used in lessons, such as radio or TV?
- Can you remember any of the programmes?
- Did you take part in any after school activities?
- Did you enjoy secondary school?
After leaving school
- Where did you work after leaving school?
- Did you go away to college or university?
- If so, what did you do there?
Community
Church
- Did you go to church in Back?
- What are your memories of going to church then?
- Did you go to Sunday school?
- What are your memories of Sunday school?
- Do you remember any special church events?
Social
- Were you ever at a wedding when you were young?
- Where was it?
- Can you tell me what it was like?
- What is your memory of funerals when you were young?
- Were any special customs observed?
Village life
- Who were your neighbours?
- Did you know your neighbours well?
- What was life like in the village?
- Do you remember any special community events, perhaps at New Year? Or at other times?
- Do you remember anything affecting the village, for example, the War?
Technology
- Do you remember the arrival of electricity?
- Do you remember the first water mains?
- Can you remember when you first got TV?
- What about the first phone in your house?
- If you had no phone, how did you contact someone in an emergency?
- Do you remember when your house first got a washing machine?
- How were clothes washed before you got a washing machine?
- What differences in technology have you seen over the last few decades?
Stories, myths and anecdotes
- Do you remember hearing any stories about fairies or the supernatural?
- Do you know any legends about the Back area?
- Are there any other stories you have heard which should be remembered?