| Ref No | MS 4000/5/2/8/16 |
| Title | Sound recording of [radio programme] 'Cape Famine' about the history of importation of cotton to Lancaster and transportation of slaves |
| Level | File |
| Date | n.d. [mid 20th cent] |
| Description | Track 1: Duration (min/sec): 1.40 Description of track: [Radio programme] Introduction to programme and setting of scene at Sunderland Point (near Morecambe)
Track 2: Duration (min/sec): 7.47 Description of track: [Radio programme continued] history of cotton importation and related song
Track 3: Duration (min/sec): 2.55 Description of track: [Radio programme continued] history of cotton importation continued and the beginnings of the slave trade
Track 4: Duration (min/sec): 2.08 Description of track: [Radio programme continued] Song 'Blow Boys Blow'; in 1750 an alternative was looked for from Sunderland Point and a new deep water dock was built nearby and opened in 1787, sailors called the peninsula 'Cape Famine'
Track 5: Duration (min/sec): 2.33 Description of track: [Radio programme continued] high level of trade from Lancaster with the West Indies by 1801; dangerous times for the sailors and the press gang was feared
Track 6: Duration (min/sec): 3.52 Description of track: [Radio programme continued] by late 1860s the heyday of trade in and out of Sunderland Point was over and now is swamped by the sprawl of Morecambe
Track 7: Duration (min/sec): 0.37 Description of track: [Radio programme continued] Song concludes programme
Total duration: (min/sec): 21.32 |
| Related Material | See also written documentation on lectures and courses given by Charles
Parker at MS 4000/1/3 |
| Physical Description | Listening copy: 1 x CD-R serial number NF220 T093 1874
Original tape:
Size: 5" tape reel
Gauge: 1/4" tape (0.625cm)
Speed: 7.5ips (19cm/s);
EQ Curve used: IEC
Track configuration: Half Track Mono
Dubbing Date: 02/03 |
| Access Status | Open |
| Language | English |