Record

Ref NoMS 4000/6/1/17/19/C
TitleCD Rom listening copy
LevelItem
Date28 February 1960
DescriptionCharles Parker, Peggy Seeger, and Ewan MacColl interview Sam Larner and Dorcas Larner

Track 1: they try to get a recording of Dorcas Larner telling Sam he's been a gay old dog, 1.51 mins
Track 2: continues Track 1, 1.17 mins
Track 3: they record Sam talking about being away for a fortnight, describes the feeling of putting his feet on the land when he comes home, 1.08 mins
Track 4: continues Track 3, 1.32 mins
Track 5: Sam explains why sailors have a rolling gait, 1.04 mins
Track 6: continues Track 5, 0.52 mins
Track 7: talks about his father going to sea, landing in Lowestoft after a storm, 1.31 mins
Track 8: talks about his father giving up the sea and going longshoreing, 1.13 mins
Track 9: talks about learning about the fishing from talking to his brothers, describes working as a cook on a boat, 1.17 mins
Track 10: describes going to sea herring fishing with his uncle when he was 11, describes the herring being hauled over the side, 1.13 mins
Track 11: repeats Track 10, 0.48 mins
Track 12: describes seeing the herring being hauled over the side of the ship, talks about red herrings, which are lucky, 1.17 mins
Track 13: talks about the questions he asked the men on the boat when he went to sea as a boy, 1.17 mins
Track 14: talks about leaving school at age 12, 0.34 mins

Total: 17.01 mins

Dubber's reference number: PLA YL458D0961574
Extent1
FormatCd-rom
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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