New Town Youth 1985: Large Print Image Captions

Image 1. Youth Training Scheme (YTS) worker Amanda Fields waves to her friends as they walk past her workplace, Collier menswear shop, in Queensgate shopping centre.

Image 2. Amanda waits in the early morning outside Collier menswear shop in Queensgate shopping centre, for the manager to arrive with the keys.

Image 3. Amanda seen joking behind the shutters of the shop before work starts.

Image 4. Amanda puts new stock out on the clothes racks.

Image 5. The deputy manager receives a slow motion playful slap from Amanda in their workplace, during a lull in shoppers.

Image 6. Time for a tea and cigarette break with a colleague in the back room.

Image 7. Amanda takes a short tea break and reads the daily newspaper.

Image 8. Youth Training Scheme (YTS) worker Amanda gets paid her weekly wage of £27.30 by the deputy manager of Collier menswear shop in Peterborough, 1985.

Image 9. Amanda advises a customer.

Image 10. A customer decides whether to purchase, while Amanda waits patiently for her to make a choice.

Image 1. A woman uses weights to do squats at Pauly’s gym, July 16, 1985.

Image 2. Members of the shooting team fire BSA Martini-International MK II rifles, July 15, 1985.

Image 3. A youth carefully aims his BSA Martini-International MK II rifle before shooting at a target.

Image 4. A man flexes his muscles at Pauly’s gym.

Image 5. BSA Martini-International MK II rifles are removed from a secure locker by a team leader of the shooting team at City Centre, July 15, 1985.

Image 6. A drink break from Judo club outside City Centre.

Image 7. A gymnastics teacher instructs children at the City Centre gymnastics club.

Image 8. Boys train at the Judo club at City Centre.

Image 9. A gymnastics instructor puts the gymnastics club through their warm up and stretching exercises.

Image 10. A day with a Cambridgeshire Community Education film crew for people with special educational needs.

Image 11. People with special educational needs enjoy a disco dance at City Centre.

Images 12 & 13. Children drink milk and play games during a regular playgroup held at City Centre for mothers and toddlers.

Image 14. A girl watches as the balls are taken from the Bingo machine by the caller on a fund- raising Bingo night at City Centre.

Image 15. Stall holders set out their wares during a fund-raising flea market and jumble sale.

Image 1. The Karate club at the Asian Cultural Centre

Images 2, 3, 4 & 5. Youths stretch, exercise with weights and play pool at the Asian Cultural Centre.

Image 6. Youths try to retrieve a lost table tennis ball from a hole in the ceiling.

Image 7. A boy exercises with a medicine ball during gym activities at the Asian Cultural Centre.

Image 8. Youths play table tennis and exercise at the Asian Cultural Centre.

Image 9. Youths play pool and listen to music tape cassettes.

Image 10. A boy uses a punchbag at the Asian Cultural Centre.

Image 11. Ansar Ali (right) who co-ordinates the Asian Cultural Centre chats with a friend.

Image 1. A girl dances as members of the Goulistan girls group meet others for tea as part of a cultural exchange initiative.

Image 2. Girls read and write at the Goulistan girls group.

Image 3. Girls chat and play.

Image 4. Girls play a bat-and-ball game.

Image 5. A girl proudly shows the writing she has been doing at the Goulistan girls group.

Image 6. Girls play.

Image 7. Founder, Mrs Hussain, watches as members of the Goulistan girls group play a bat-and-ball game.

Image 8. Boys are kept well away at the Goulistan girls group to maintain a sense of tranquility.

Image 9. Children gather around a garden pond as part of the Goulistan girls group cultural exchange initiative.

Image 10. People arrive with gifts as members of the Goulistan girls group meet others for tea as part of a cultural exchange initiative.

Images 11 & 12. Tea and snacks are served at the cultural exchange initiative.

Image 13. Founder, Mrs Hussain (standing, second left) and the Goulistan girls group pose for a picture.

Image 1. A young unemployed man sleeps on chairs at the Westgate project.

Image 2. Director and out-reach worker Amanda Hemmingsly is hugged by a young woman who is both unemployed and homeless.

Image 3. A leaflet that outlines the problems of young homelessness in Britain, calling for action.

Image 4. People at the Westgate project, a safe place for the young unemployed.

Image 5. A brochure outlining the weeks activities for Step One, an adult unemployed workers centre at 70, Broadway, Peterborough, the starting point for the foundation of the Westgate project.

Image 6. The Westgate project drop-in centre, for the young unemployed and homeless at night.

Image 7. The Westgate project statement of intent, as a bid for funding

Image 1. The Detours singer, Jules Benoiton, who works for a community program cleaning ditches and dykes, sings as the band practice at the Guildhall.

Image 2. A fan watches band practice.

Image 3. The vocalist for the band The Uprising, Stewart West, rehearses during band practice at the Guildhall.

Image 4. The Detours keyboard player Terry Hanley offers tea during a break in rehearsals at the Guildhall.

Image 5. The guitarist of The Uprising, Mark Massey (left) shares chips with drummer Grant Dow.

Image 6. The Detours in concert in Peterborough, October 25, 1985.

Image 7. The singer for the band The Frantix points to a roadie who has an injured face after a fight.

Image 8. Fans pose for pictures during a concert by The Detours.

Image 9. People dance as The Detours play in concert.

Image 10. The Detours bass player Jim Palmer wears a Sex Pistols T-shirt during rehearsals at the Guildhall.

Image 11. The Detours drummer Gary ‘Badger’ Hill during rehearsals at the Guildhall.

Image 12. The drummer of The Uprising, Grant Dow during band practice at the Guildhall.

Image 13. The Detours pose for a band picture, left to right. Drums: Gary ‘Badger’ Hill (works on a community program erecting playgrounds). Bass: Jim Palmer (unemployed). Vocals and guitar: Jules Benoiton (works on a community program cleaning ditches and dykes). Keyboards: Terry Hanley (student).

Image 14. The Uprising pose for a picture (left to right). Guitar: Mark Massey (unemployed). Bass: Mark ‘Ollie’ Holroyd (milkman). Drums: Grant Dow (unemployed). Vocals, Stewart West (unemployed).

Images 15 &16. Film contact strips of The Frantix in a studio setting

Image 1. Boys pose for a picture during Friday club at City Centre building, in Lincoln Road, Peterborough.

Image 2. A girl practices her pool technique at Friday club.

Image 3. Boys play bar football during Friday club.

Image 4. Friends sit together and relax at Friday club.

Image 5. Boys read a leaflet on contraception during a sex education session on birth control at Friday club.

Image 6. Snacks and drinks can be bought during Friday club, an adult helper mans the snack bar.

Image 7. Friday club members look at information about glue sniffing during a substance abuse and drugs awareness education session at Friday club.

Image 8. Members of the Friday club crowd around the entrance of City Centre building as they wait for it to be opened.

Image 9. A 24-hour helpline telephone and answer-machine for young people, including Friday club members, is available to call, if they have anxieties and want to talk anonymously, in City Centre, where the club is held. It is funded and run by Cambridgeshire Community Education.

Images 10, 11 & 12. Youths practice their breakdancing moves at Friday club, while others watch.

Image 13. Boys pose for a picture against the backdrop of a mural of breakdancers at Friday club, City Centre building.