Dreams and Memories

Further Info

Five Artists First members came to Watershed to tell their stories, helped by Jane Sallis, Aikaterini Gegisian and Paddy Uglow with support from Bristol’s Museums, Galleries & Archives.

Transcript

My name is Jacky Long. I am an artist

I’m going to use my paintings to tell you my story

My story is to tell you about getting my flat in Brentry where I live now, independently

I always dreamed about getting my own place when I lived at home with my mother. That’s what I always kept onto my mother about, I wanted to get a flat of my own.

I’m a disabled person it took me three and a half years to get my flat. I had to sign a lot of papers and I had to go through all the channels like and I had to get a social worker to help me to do that because it is difficult for a disabled person to get a flat on their own like I did and it was really hard.

Welcome to my flat come on in and I’ll show you around

This flat holds my dream and memories

Well, I’ve got a smoke alarm in my flat and it goes off every time you cook anything.

Roy waved the tea towel to knock off the smoke alarm

This is the kitchen where I do my washing up and cooking.

He would wash and I would dry.

This is the bathroom, I won’t tell you what I do in there that’s private to me

I remember love songs coming from the bathroom

Here’s my sitting room with the telly and the settee that I sit on

Side by side on the sofa but not now

Here’s my bedroom where I sleep

Keep the curtains drawn

Turn back the clock

And stop it

My flat holds lots of memories and stories

Thank you for visiting, goodbye. You’re being chucked out now!

Credits

Music, Held Tears Loveless created by summonhue, (freesound.iua.upf.edu), used under Creative Commons Sampling Plus 1.0 licence.

All media not otherwise credited created by the story author, or permission obtained, used under copyright licence.