| Description | Ewan MacColl and Charles Parker interview George Noble, a fisherman from Fraserborough, Scotland and two women Mrs Ritchie and Mrs Noble.
Track 1: George Noble explains how agents work in the fishing industry, (parts of this track are inaudible), talks about the impact of a bad fishing season on the village, 3.05 mins
Track 2: he talks about poverty in the village before the Second World War, the industry is now recovering, he discusses the need for industry subsidies, the new markets and processes, wages haven't improved, 3.33 mins
Track 3: he talks about nicknames for fishermen used in the villages in the area, 3.33 mins
Track 4: a woman tells them about starting in the fishing industry as a young girl, how the work used to be harder, going to work in Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, 1.29 mins
Track 5: Charles Parker asks whether the trip to Yarmouth was the first time she'd seen England, 1.35 mins
Track 6: a woman describes getting off the train and meeting English women who would give them lodgings, working gutting herring, the working hours, 2.18 mins
Total: 15.36 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF549C0333480 |