Record

Ref NoMS 4000/6/1/17/26/C
TitleCD Rom listening copy
LevelItem
Date15 March 1960
DescriptionCharles Parker interviews a group of young fishermen from Buckie, Scotland.

Tracks 1-3: Sounds of gulls and the sea, 1.08 mins
Track 4: Charles Parker asks them why young people are taking up fishing, 1.36 mins
Track 5: they talk about how long they've worked in fishing, 0.52 mins
Track 6: they talk about marriage and courting, 1.31 mins
Track 7: they talk about being exempt from National Service, 0.54 mins
Track 8: they talk about the lack of jobs in Buckie, 1.53 mins
Track 9: they explain how the Royal Naval Reserve ties them to the sea until the age of 26, the housing shortage, 0.58 mins
Track 10: they talk about wages for fishing compared to other trades and in other parts of the country, the lack of jobs in Buckie, 1.44 mins
Track 11: they say that they would like to leave fishing, 1.11 mins
Track 12: they say that fishing is not a good life for a married man, they wish they had a trade, that jobs in the cities are better, 1.45 mins
Track 13: they say that fishing will always be manual work, 0.54 mins

Total: 16.05 mins

Dubber's reference number: PLA YL458D0959174
Extent1
FormatCd-rom
Physical DescriptionThe pitch is too high on Tracks 12 and 13.
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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