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Ref NoMS 4000/6/1/17/10/C
TitleCD Rom listening copy
LevelItem
Date27 February 1960
DescriptionCharles Parker and Ewan MacColl interview Sam Larner and Dorcas Larner about their courting days.

Track 1: they describe how it was difficult for Sam to visit Dorcas when she was in service and he came home from sea, and Dorcas had to threaten to leave unless Sam was allowed to visit, 1.45 mins
Track 2: continues Track 1, 2.02 mins
Track 3: Sam describes visiting Dorcas when she was in service, and what they did in the evening, 1.46 mins
Track 4: Dorcas explained why she left service and she moved to London, and Sam came and found her in London, 1.21 mins
Track 5: Charles Parker asks them to describe meeting at Shepherd's Bush tube station, 0.25 mins
Track 6: Sam Larner describes tests he was given before joining the fire brigade including jumping from a window into a sheet as a test, 3.07 mins
Track 7: Charles Parker asks Sam Larner why he joined the fire brigade, 0.43 mins
Track 8: Sam Larner talks about going to the theatre when they were courting in Yarmouth, 1.36 mins
Track 9: Sam Larner talks about going dancing, 0.20 mins
Track 10: Dorcas Larner talks about the dances she knew as a girl, learning to dance at the servants' balls when she was in service, step dancing in Winterton and the surrounding area, 1.50 mins
Track 11: Dorcas Larner talks about social evenings in Winterton, organized by the church, 0.57 mins

Total: 15.56 mins

Dubber's reference number: PLA YL458D0962274
Extent1
FormatCd-rom
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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