The Thompsons on the National Justice Museum, bucket lists and AI

The National Justice Museum

We’ve only been for a candlelight concert. But we were thinking, in days gone by, if you were hung drawn and quartered, in reality, it's a vile, awful death - absolutely barbaric. People say ‘the good old days’ but it was a hard life, 200 years ago. Of course they used to hang them near St Andrew’s Church, because that was the city boundary. As for ghosts, it’s people’s imagination running riot, and it depends how many pints of beer you’ve had. 

Bucket Lists

We haven’t got a bucket list. We’ve no need for them. We were speaking to a woman who wanted to go to the ABBA experience in London, that was her bucket list. But we’ve done all the things we want to do. The only two things we regret is not seeing Tommy Cooper when he came to town, and Bob Hope.  We said we’d go next time but they both bloody dropped down dead didn’t they. The only thing we’d do if we dared, but we don’t dare, is go in a Spitfire. That would be fantastic, but the rigmarole you’ve got to do in case they crash - it’s not worth it.

A.I.

We’re not going to personally come across it really, are we? But with jobs, more women lost their jobs in clothing manufacturing than any miner and steel worker. That was down to the Conservatives lowering the import duty, so we opened the floodgates of importing crap quality. Nottingham made more clothes than any other place - Marks and Spencer clothes were all made in Sutton in Ashfield. But as they were women, no one batted an eyelid because women didn’t count. But now this A.I thing is affecting the middle classes and higher end jobs, now everyone is worried.