Robert Laslett

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Reference number	TCVOICES/3
Level of description	File
Date(s)	Creation: 1990
Extent and medium	3 digital audio recordings; 2 audio cassette tapes, 1 digital document
Scope and content	┆Oral history interview with Robert Laslett. Name: Robert Laslett Dates: 1923-2002 Biographical summary: Robert Laslett was a teacher (1951-1954) at Swalcliffe School under Richard Balbernie and Bodenham Manor School under David Wills. He was a Trustee of the Planned Environment Therapy Trust, becoming the fourth member of the board in 1971. He was a colleague and close friend of the residential childcare pioneer, David Wills. In 1970 Laslett helped to establish the Social Emotional and Behavioral Difficulties Association's (SEBDA) annual lecture, the David Wills Lecture, which was later renamed the Wills Laslett Lecture. Interviewer: Craig Fees Brief summary of interview: Laslett discusses leaving Swalcliffe School in 1954 and moving onto Bodenham Manor School in 1956. He reflects on the blurred boundary between a private life and working life at a residential that led to him leaving Bodenham and the difficulty he had settling in there with David Wills. He also talks his roles after moving on from Bodenham Manor School including working with a remedial class in a local secondary school and becoming a Headmaster of a school for Maladjusted children in London. He discusses the animosity from local residents toward the London school. Date of recording: 10th July 1990 Recording length: 00:45:01, 00:44:36 and 00:11:14 Transcript: Yes
History	Interview recorded by Craig Fees (Archivist) on behalf of the Planned Environment Therapy Trust.
Access status	MIXED
Conditions governing access	Redacted audio only.
Conditions governing reproduction	Copyright of the Planned Environment Therapy Archives.
Language	ENG