Struan McSweeny (08/10/07)

Ahm… I did really well at school, got pretty decent results at school. An’ then worked at Royal Mail for… I think it wa’ six… six an’ half, seven year, left there in 1996 - joined the army. And I were in t’army till 2001. An’ then I worked at Co-op doing t’HGV for a couple o’year. An’ then ahm, at the time I ‘ad me own mortgage, I got dismissed from there, an’ that’s where it started going downhill then, I just got myself in a bit of a rut an’ I started drinking quite a lot(…)

Struan McSweeny’s story continues in a documentary film of him speaking about his experiences (that was made during the Showing: Expectations project). This short text is taken from his film.

Note: Struan McSweeny contributed his documentary film. He did not curate.