Archive/The Collection
The archive
The Collection
Forty-eight interviews recorded, six published in full. Each record carries the subject's own account, four excerpts from the master audio, and the catalogue detail.
Records are listed by recording date, most recent first. Reference numbers refer to the master archive. Full audio is available to researchers on request.
Reading the index
Six of forty-eight records are currently published. The remainder are held in the archive pending subject approval, transcription or employer review. Records are added as they clear.
Published records
| Ref. | Recorded | Subject | Occupation | Region or route |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS–152 | 2025-06-04 | Sheila KerrNinety miles, forty-odd houses, and the customers she is deliberately late for. | Rural post driver | Caithness |
| PS–147 | 2025-03-12 | Ray AttwoodTwenty-two years on the same overnight run, and the bridge he still looks for. | Long-haul HGV driver | Immingham – Dover |
| PS–144 | 2025-02-17 | Tam BoyceTwenty-six years on the hard shoulder, and the thirty seconds of looking that the whole job depends on. | Vehicle recovery operator | M6, Cumbria |
| PS–141 | 2025-01-28 | Dee KavanaghTwelve years of working in a moving room, and a map of the city she can no longer drive through normally. | Emergency ambulance technician | Merseyside |
| PS–132 | 2024-11-19 | Marcus BelloNine years on the night network, and the four o'clock hour when the road belongs to him. | Night bus driver | North London |
| PS–128 | 2024-08-22 | Henry OzanneThirty years and four thousand ascents of the same pass, and the point where he stops talking. | Coach driver | Snowdonia |
Read across the collection
All themes
Every record here started with somebody saying yes.
We are recording continuously and we are always short of subjects in freight, refuse collection, night logistics and rural delivery.