'Children Talking' is an album that does what it says on the box. It has an interviewer (Harold Williamson) asking children, from around Britain, various questions such as, Where do babies come from? Who wants to be a Millionaire? The Children's reactions are priceless and have that 1960s innocence. It is a looking-glass peering into the social engineering of a past age. An age where you knew your role, even as a child and presciently, it points a finger at our age. Where, in fact, so little has changed. A list of the subjects/questions (the recording is just a straight side-A and B with no individual tracks)
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Where Do Babies Come From? (North Wales)
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? (Children Of 'Top People')
Ambition (The East End Of London)
School Life (Newcastle)
Life In Hospital (Leeds)
The World Of Grown-ups (Manchester)
Weddings (Nottingham)
Running The Home (Sunderland)
The Royal Family (Northern Ireland)
God And The Bible (Crawley)
What Would You Like To Be? (Manchester)
Dreams (Liverpool)
Getting Into Trouble (Burnley)
Christmas Nativity Play (Sunderland)
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