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bryson: Well, Amina, thanks for letting me have your draft in such good time.
amina: Oh, that’s alright. I was just very anxious to hear what you think of it. You can see that I decided to change the topic -I had been interested in looking at Barings Factory.
bryson: Oh, I think the hospital was a much better choice. In fact... well... I have to say that I thought it was good.
amina: Oh?
bryson: There’s still lots of work to be done ...
amina: Oh yes... of course.
bryson: But there’s plenty of good ideas. It opens well and the first chapter is fine but the middle section really stood out for me ... most interesting.
amina: That’s amazing because I really didn’t find it a bit easy to write ...
bryson: How long did you work on the whole thing?
amina: Well, I spent about two or three weeks reading and doing general research and then I dashed the writing off very quickly ... so about four weeks in all.
bryson: Well, that’s about par for the course. You’ve got a while yet to make the changes.
amina: Oh right... no problem ...
bryson: Right. Let’s have a look at my notes here. OK. Starting with section headings ... the broad divisions are good but you’ll have to re-do the actual headings. I’ve made some suggestions in the margins ...
amina: OK. Thanks.
bryson: Now, this information on local housing ... I can see why you put it there but it really isn’t relevant to the approach you’ve taken.
amina: I think I see what you mean.
bryson: Now ... what did I say about the interviews?
amina: I worked very hard on those. I really thought they were valuable.
bryson: They are, Amina, but they’re very complex and rather unclear at the moment. You’re going to have to spend a bit of time making the data a lot clearer.
amina: OK ... as long as I don’t have to remove them altogether ...
bryson: No, don’t worry.
amina: What about the chronology ... the list of dates? I wasn’t sure whether I should rewrite those.
bryson: My advice on that is to take them out. I feel it makes the whole piece appear too simplistic.
amina: OK, if it’ll help.
bryson: Now, there are a couple of other books I’d like you to look at. Have you got a pen? Right. . . Approaches to Local History by John Mervis . . .
amina: Right...
bryson: And then I think you need to think about ways of representing interview data. Have a look at Sight and Sound by Kate Oakwell.
amina: Sight and Sound.
bryson: Then you know I’m going away on holiday next week ...
amina: Yes.
bryson: So when you’ve made the changes I suggest you show the work to your Support Tutor.
amina: Support Tutor ... right...
bryson: Then you do the proof reading ...
amina: Proof reading ... uh-huh. When by, do you think?
bryson: I’d aim for 29 June and after that you should get it laser printed ... but be careful because the computer centre closes on 10 July.
amina: And then I hand it in to ... ?
bryson: Oh, the Faculty Office as usual.
amina: OK, that’s fine. I think I’m all set now! Thanks very much for all your help.
bryson: A pleasure. See you when I get back.
amina: Yep. Thanks, Dr Bryson. Bye.
bryson: Bye.