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Alan Rayment interviewed by David Rayvern Allen Part 2



Reference
MCC/AAL/3/85
Date:
2006-12-11
Level of description
item
Extent
1 CD: 55 minutes
Part of
David Rayvern Allen Audio Archive (MCC/AAL/3)
Scope and Content
1 CD, Alan Rayment, cricketer, interviewed by David Rayvern Allen. The CD consists of 11 tracks.

Track 1: [0:00-3:56] Rayment talks about being an estate agent, [3:57-5:11] Rayment talks about attempting and failing to be ordained as a priest.,

Track 2: [0:00-1:58] Rayment talks about cutbacks to his estates agency and wanting to find something else to do and confidence to do anything, [1:59-3:06] Rayment talks about his attitude to batting, [3:07-3:27] Rayment talks about his lack of ambition in cricket, [3:28-4:20] Rayment talks about further attempts to be a priest.

Track 3: [0:00-1:28] Rayment talks about sending his son to school and moving to Pennington, [1:29-2:10] Rayment talks about being a double glazing salesman, [2:11-3:00] Rayment talks about suffering from depression, being a window cleaner and cleaning supermarket floors, [3:01-3:41] Rayment talks about being a car salesman, [3:42-4:30] Rayment talks about going to college in Birmingham to study community work.

Track 4: [0:00-0:34] Rayment talks about going to college in Birmingham, [0:35-2:13] Rayment talks about the end of his marriage and being helped by David Sheppard, [2:14-3:00] Rayment talks about getting re-married, [3:01-3:41] Rayment talks about establishing a community centre in Mitcham, [3:42-4:39] Rayment talks about different job opportunities and moving to Haywards Heath, [4:40-4:52] Rayment talks about going to university to study theology and then psychology.

Track 5: [0:00-1:44] Rayment talks about doing a Masters degree and being well paid as a community worker, [1:45-2:59] Rayment talks about parents passing away, being burnt out and going on holiday, [3:00-3:23] Rayment talks about having more metaphysical experiences, [3:24-5:05] Rayment talks about psychotherapy with a Christian group called Clinical Theology and joining the British Association of Counselling.

Track 6: [0:00-2:10] Rayment talks about being a counsellor to people appearing out of the blue, [2:11-7:31] Rayment talks about being unable to describe his metaphysical experiences and citing an interview with Carl Jung as an example.

Track 7: [0:00-5:08] Rayment talks about the differences in his metaphysical experiences.

Track 8: [0:00-2:07] Rayment talks about realising his need to travel the world, leading to his second divorce, [2:08-5:15] Rayment talks about wondering around England and moving to Christchurch in Dorset and going to matins.

Track 9: [0:00-2:02] Rayment talks about forming a relationship with a lady who went to his church and doing up houses together, [2:03-3:39] Rayment talks about his life in Malibu, [3:40-5:25] Rayment talks about his life in Australia and nearly getting rich.

Track 10: [0:00-0:57] Rayment talks about moving back to England, then Hawaii again and writing a film screenplay, [0:58-2:33] Rayment talks about moving to the Isle of Wight and thinking about and dealing with his metaphysical experiences.

Track 11: [0:00-5:20] Rayment talks about cricket being a catalyst for his life, reminisces about playing cricket as a boy, the metaphysical nature of cricket and its comradeship.



A back-up copy of this CD is included.
Associations
David Rayvern Allen
Alan William Harrington Rayment
David Stuart Sheppard
Subject
batting
Conditions governing access
Open
Language
English
Size
1 CD: 55 minutes
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