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Tapescript 2b [Headway In-
termediate (Unit 10) – Tape-
script 75b]
I = Interviewer T – Ted Hew-
itt
I Ted, we're silting in your
dining-room, surrounded by
a wonderful collection of
miniature coaches. When did
you start collecting them?
T Well, some of them date
back to when I was a child,
and they were given to me as
toys, so ... at the age of five
or six. But the bulk of them
I've added er ... in the last
ten, fifteen years.
I Now, I can understand a
child enjoying playing with
them, but why did you carry
on, and actually make
this collection?
T Well, it's because of my
family background, em ...
I'm the third generation in a
family coach business, so
I've been ... lived with and
been brought up with
coaches all my life.
I Mmm. So you've got the real
thing, and ... and the minia-
tures as well?
T That's right, yes.
I How many miniatures do
you think you've got?
T I haven't counted them for a
long time, but there must be
at least five hundred. I
should think.
I Which is your favourite?
T Well, my favourite is proba-
bly what is also the oldest,
and that's a er ... little tin-
plate double-decker bus,
loosely based on a London
Transport double-decker of
the period.
I And how old is that?
T Er ... that would have been
manufactured in the ... in the
late thirties, early forties...
I And ...
T ... I think.
I And we've got it here. It's
lovely. And it ... and it ... it
... it winds up. Will you ...
will you ...?
T Yes. It’s …
I …do it for us?
T It’s a clockwork. So, er…
winds up like that.
I Oh, it’s marvelous. How
long have you had that? Did
you have it as child?
T Er… no, no. That one
doesn’t date from that pe-
riod. Erm… probably about
ten years I’ve had that one.
I Hmm. Do you keep your
collection all in here? Is this
the complete collection?
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T The bulk of it is here, but
er… I have others in other
rooms of the house, and
some stored up in the attic,
as well.
I Do many people collect
miniature coaches? Where
… where do you get your
coaches from? Where do
you find them?
T Yes, There are a surprisingly
huge number of people col-
lect buses and coaches, and
erm… there are specialist
shops that sell them. And
then there’s also a… a net
work of what are called
swapmeets, where people go
and trade in either current
models or old models. So
there’s no difficulty in find-
ing… models at all.
I Are they expensive? If I
decided that I wanted to col-
lect… ?
T No, not necessarily. You
can… you can but contem-
porary models… anything
from about two ninety-nine
upwards. And the sky’s the
limit.
I Give me a figure.
T Oh, some people pay thou-
sands and thousands for a
special model.
I Which do you think was
your most expensive?
T Don’t really know. Erm…
I’ve never paid more than…
probably about fifty, sixty
pounds. I think, yes.
I Have you got any very rare
ones that people would fight
for?
T I’ve got some that have...
have become rare. Weren’t
particularly rare when…
when I bought it. It’s…
there’s no rhyme or reason,
but there… there is one that
I bought probably for seven
or eight pounds which is
now worth about a hundred
and eighty. And that’s quite
good in… sort of seven or
eight years. That’s not bad.
I Would you ever… would
you ever sell it?
T No, I don’t think so. Unless
I had to. No.
I No.
T No. I’m too attached to them
to sell them. It’s like the
real ones.
I Are there any that you would
really like to have that you
haven’t got. that you… you
look for when you go to
these swapmeets?
T There’s a lot that I’m
tempted by, but er… no, no
Tapescript 2b [Headway In- T I haven't counted them for a T The bulk of it is here, but I Which do you think was
termediate (Unit 10) – Tape- long time, but there must be er… I have others in other your most expensive?
script 75b] at least five hundred. I rooms of the house, and T Don’t really know. Erm…
I = Interviewer T – Ted Hew- should think. some stored up in the attic, I’ve never paid more than…
itt I Which is your favourite? as well. probably about fifty, sixty
I Ted, we're silting in your T Well, my favourite is proba- I Do many people collect pounds. I think, yes.
dining-room, surrounded by bly what is also the oldest, miniature coaches? Where I Have you got any very rare
a wonderful collection of and that's a er ... little tin- … where do you get your ones that people would fight
miniature coaches. When did plate double-decker bus, coaches from? Where do for?
you start collecting them? loosely based on a London you find them? T I’ve got some that have...
T Well, some of them date Transport double-decker of T Yes, There are a surprisingly have become rare. Weren’t
back to when I was a child, the period. huge number of people col- particularly rare when…
and they were given to me as I And how old is that? lect buses and coaches, and when I bought it. It’s…
toys, so ... at the age of five T Er ... that would have been erm… there are specialist there’s no rhyme or reason,
or six. But the bulk of them manufactured in the ... in the shops that sell them. And but there… there is one that
I've added er ... in the last late thirties, early forties... then there’s also a… a net I bought probably for seven
ten, fifteen years. I And ... work of what are called or eight pounds which is
I Now, I can understand a T ... I think. swapmeets, where people go now worth about a hundred
child enjoying playing with I And we've got it here. It's and trade in either current and eighty. And that’s quite
them, but why did you carry lovely. And it ... and it ... it models or old models. So good in… sort of seven or
on, and actually make ... it winds up. Will you ... there’s no difficulty in find- eight years. That’s not bad.
this collection? will you ...? ing… models at all. I Would you ever… would
T Well, it's because of my T Yes. It’s … I Are they expensive? If I you ever sell it?
family background, em ... I …do it for us? decided that I wanted to col- T No, I don’t think so. Unless
I'm the third generation in a T It’s a clockwork. So, er… lect… ? I had to. No.
family coach business, so winds up like that. T No, not necessarily. You I No.
I've been ... lived with and I Oh, it’s marvelous. How can… you can but contem- T No. I’m too attached to them
been brought up with long have you had that? Did porary models… anything to sell them. It’s like the
coaches all my life. you have it as child? from about two ninety-nine real ones.
I Mmm. So you've got the real T Er… no, no. That one upwards. And the sky’s the I Are there any that you would
thing, and ... and the minia- doesn’t date from that pe- limit. really like to have that you
tures as well? riod. Erm… probably about I Give me a figure. haven’t got. that you… you
T That's right, yes. ten years I’ve had that one. T Oh, some people pay thou- look for when you go to
I How many miniatures do I Hmm. Do you keep your sands and thousands for a these swapmeets?
you think you've got? collection all in here? Is this special model. T There’s a lot that I’m
the complete collection? tempted by, but er… no, no
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