| Description | Charles Parker and Ewan MacColl interview Mrs Robert Burnett of Fraserborough, Scotland about working as a herring packer.
Track 1: Mrs Burnett talks about the Dunkirk landings in the Second World War and about a demonstration of country dancing in Fraserborough, 1.58 mins
Track 2: Mrs Burnett talks about going into service from Christmas until June after the fishing season finished at Yarmouth, she has never worked on the nets, life was harder when she was young, 3.24 mins
Track 3: Mrs Burnett talks about wages, they took children with them when they went into service, leaving children with a neighbour when they went to work at Yarmouth, 1.53 mins
Track 4: they talk about taking a holiday at Nairn and coming home early because they didn't like having nothing to do, talks about the special trains from Aberdeen to Yarmouth for the gutting girls, 2.50 mins
Track 5: Mrs Burnett talks about singing songs on the train to Yarmouth, not singing old Scottish songs or songs about fishing, 2.11 mins
Track 6: Mr Burnett talks about the Herring Industry Board, Charles Parker asks about packing being hard on the hands, Mrs Burnett shows him the holes in her hands and getting used to putting your hands in the brine, they talk about 'roosing the herring', turning mixing them with salt using their bare hands, 3.06 mins
Total: 15.25 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF549C0333180 |