Record

Ref NoMS 4000/6/1/17/16/C
TitleCD Rom listening copy
LevelItem
Date27 February 1960
DescriptionCharles Parker, Peggy Seeger, and Ewan MacColl interview Mr Draper about the fishing industry.

Tracks 1-2: Mr Draper talks about having a share in his ship; he takes less care with the gear if he doesn't own it, 0.55 mins
Track 3: Ewan MacColl and Mr Draper talk about the fishing system in the Scottish villages, where everyone has a share in the gear or the ship, the high cost of gear on a drifter, 1.34 mins
Track 4: Mr Draper talks about the sea spoiling nets and certain kinds of fish that can spoil nets, 2.31 mins
Track 5: they talk about the responsibility of being a skipper, 0.52 mins
Track 6: Ewan MacColl asks Mr Draper to talk about how the weather affects a fisherman, watching the swell, the clouds, and birds, 1.27 mins
Tracks 7-8: Mr Draper describes a storm near Lowestoft when his ship was caught in in 40 foot seas and a force 12-14 gale
Track 9: Charles Parker asks how he felt when he went out after that storm, he explains how his mind returns to that night, and describes another storm, 1.49 mins

Total: 16.4 mins

Dubber's reference number: PLA YL458D0962074
Extent1
FormatCd-rom
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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