Pauline Weinstein

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Reference number	TCVOICES/173
Level of description	File
Date(s)	Creation: 1996
Extent and medium	1 digital document, 3 digital audio files, 2 audio cassette tapes
Scope and content	┆Oral history interview with Pauline Weinstein Name: Pauline Weinstein Dates: \[1930?\]-2020 Biographical summary: Weinstein was an advocate for early years childcare and founder of the Hackney Playbus, the first service of its kind in the country. A qualified teacher, she worked at the therapeutic community Bodenham Manor under the management of David Wills before relocating to Hackney with her husband Judah Weinstein. As well as managing the Playbus, Weinstein was actively involved with the Pre-school Playgroup Association (PPA), and the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association (PRA) also in Hackney. Interviewer: Craig Fees Brief summary of interview: Weinstein shares her memories of Bodenham Manor including her first impressions of the school, David Wills' management style, how the staff team operated, the children's routine, and classroom management. She speaks at length about her memories of David Wills, both at Bodenham and later as a friend of her husband, Judah Weinstein. When prompted, Weinstein relays the Weinstein family history providing information about Judah's relationship with his family as well as the Wills family who he'd met when he was an inmate at a Borstol. Towards the end of the interview Weinstein shares details of her own fascinating life. She describes how she established the Hackney Playbus Project, the first of it's kind in the country and a catalyst for new playgroups to emerge. She also talks with passion about her work with the Pre-school Playgroup Association (PPA), the community arts centre Centerprise, and her work with John Wilder in the early days of the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association (PRA). Date of recording: 22 June 1996 Recording length: 0:45:59; 0:16:05; 0:36:58; 0:28:50 Transcript: Yes
History	Interview recorded by Craig Fees (Archivist) on behalf of the Planned Environment Therapy Trust.
Access status	OPEN
Conditions governing access	Redacted transcript and audio only.
Conditions governing reproduction	Copyright of the Planned Environment Therapy Archives.
Records held elsewhere	For more information about the Hackney Playbus and Centerprise, see: A Hackney Autobiography, ref: AHA, held by Bishopsgate Institute, London.
Language	ENG