Record

Ref NoMS 4000/6/1/17/15/C
TitleCD Rom listening copy
LevelItem
Date27 February 1960
DescriptionCharles Parker and Ewan MacColl interview Mr Draper about fishing for herring.

Tracks 1-2: Mr Draper talks about weather at sea, how the swell and the wind affect fishing for herring, when to shoot (cast the nets)
Track 3: Mr Draper explains how many times per night they shoot the nets, 2.12 mins
Track 4: Mr Draper talks about how he feels when he lands the catch, he says that people pay too much for fish, 1.48 mins
Track 5: talks about prices of herring and the cost of running a drifter, 1.47 mins
Track 6: talk about the different ports where they take their herring to sel1, shuttle system of fishing before the Second World War, 1.26 mins
Track 7: talks about how long he usually goes away and where he plans to go fishing next, 0.50 mins
Track 8: talks about landing fish at Aberdeen, the four to five hour watches on ship, 2.10 mins
Track 9: describes hauling, cleaning nets, and landing fish, 1.58 mins

Total: 15.70 minutes

Dubber's reference number: PLA YL458D0961874
Extent1
FormatCd-rom
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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