| Description | Charles Parker and Ewan MacColl interview Sam Larner; they ask him to describe his first voyage on a fishing boat when he was 13.
Track 1: Sam Larner and Dorcas Larner joke about 'the crucified look' she gives him when they argue, 1.03 mins Track 2: Sam Larner explains how fishermen shout when they shoot the nets, 1.50 mins Track 3: Sam Larner talks about his job, keeping the rope clear when they shoot the nets, 2.16 mins Track 4: explains how nets and ropes hang on a fishing boat, describes how he felt on the first night, watching the sunset, 1.44 mins Track 5: Charles Parker asks how he was treated by the men, he talks about coiling the ropes and cooking, 1.04 mins Track 6: talks about not sleeping on the first night, getting up the next morning, working coiling the rope, throwing buckets of water on him to wake him up, 1.39 mins Track 7: describes working in the rope room for 6-7 hours, 1.22 mins Track 8: talks about the rope 'as thick as your arm', describes how it was coiled, 2.25 mins Track 9: describes how he coiled the rope round himself, not being frightened of the sea, 1.35 mins Track 10: Charles Parker asks him to say he was more frightened of the old skipper than the sea; talks about cooking and the 'rough old men' he worked with, 0.54 mins
Total: 15.56 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA YL458D0958574 |