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Hello. My name is Erin McCluskey. [br]This is a Wee BSL Blethers video on role models.

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You will see I have somebody with me. [br]Could you introduce yourself please?

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My name is Margaret McLean.

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Marvellous! Do you have a sign name, Margaret?

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Just MML.

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I’ll call you this sign name today if [br]that’s alright? Okay. So I am going to

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interview Margaret about her childhood. [br]Find out what it was like for her growing up,

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getting her first job and so on. [br]I’m really looking forward to finding out more.

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Margaret, firstly, can I ask what it [br]was like for you growing up?

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Well I come from a Deaf family so BSL [br]was used every day at home.

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I only have a ran into issues outside [br]of home, with hearing people.

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It did make me a bit reluctant to mix.

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So growing up things were pretty easy [br]and comfortable in terms of accessible

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communication, at home at least?

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Easy, yes. Everybody signed every day [br]within my family so there were no issues at all.

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So your family were all Deaf then?

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Yes.

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Parents? Your siblings?

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Yes, all Deaf.

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And were you all close?

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Yes, we were a close family I would [br]say, because of BSL. I was closest to

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my father because he would tell me [br]a lot of stuff. I think he was my

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role model growing up.

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How lovely. Your dad was your role model.

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Yes.

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He encouraged and supported you growing up?

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Yes.

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Marvellous. And that’s a perfect link into [br]what I want to ask you about next

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because I want to talk about school. [br]When you first went to school, what was it like?