| Description | Tracks 1-18 ‘Son of Hootenanny’ as broadcast
Track 19: Silence, 2.40 mins
Tracks 20-37: Interviews with Caleb Moore and others whose names are not recorded, about the jewellery trade in Birmingham:
Track 20: talks about the origins of the jewellery trade in Birmingham, 1.12 mins
Track 21: talks about his father, satisfied with life, ‘a pioneer of the jewellery trade’, 1.38 mins
Track 22: discusses poverty in Birmingham, wages and unemployment, seeing hungry children, 1.08 mins
Track 23: the quality of steel and tools was better years ago, 1.02 mins
Track 24: talks about the careers of people he grew up with, 1.01 mins
Track 25: talks about earning and saving money, 3.20 mins
Track 26: talks about diamond, ‘the king of the stones’, 1.24 mins
Track 27: talks about diamonds and the characteristics of other stones, 1.16 mins
Track 28: talks about his cousin in the diamond game, describes meeting Lenin, 2.02 mins
Track 29: a woman talks about her house, which was also a jewellery workshop, with music interspersed; other interviews about the jewellery trade; a folk song about a rose, 2.20 mins
Track 30: Caleb Moore talks about the jewellery trade growing out of the button trade, 0.16 mins
Track 31: Caleb Moore describes asking for an overdraft at the bank and Micky Nolan, the bank manager, 0.47 mins
Track 32: man sings a song about Micky Nolan, a woman talks about musical evening at her house, 1.32 mins
Track 33: A man and a woman sing a duet, 0.39 mins
Track 34: A man talks about opals, 0.34 mins
Track 35: A man compares a peridot to a pretty young lady, 0.17 mins
Track 36: A woman sings a folk song about peridot and rubies, 0.39 mins
Track 37: Mr Holloway talks about cutting emeralds and opals; not a lot of lapidaries left, 0.56 mins
Tracks 38-47: extracts from rehearsals for a radio play
Total: 59.59 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF549C0337680 |