| Description | Charles Parker and Ewan MacColl interview Alec Louie and George Stephen
Track 1: Alec Louie talks about working in fishing for many years and the difficulty of working with younger men, 1.55 mins Track 2: Charles Parker asks whether he could get a shore job, 1.23 mins Track 3: Alec Louie talks about liking the job less as he gets older, 1.02 mins Track 4: Charles Parker interviews George Stephen, asks him how he started fishing during the Depression; he wanted to be a carpenter, but there was no opportunity, talks about 'the sea getting hold of you', 3.20 mins Track 5: they talk about trying shore jobs and why he wanted to be a carpenter, he's spent 33 years at sea, 1.14 mins Track 6: they discuss whether things today are better or worse, more money today but harder work, 1.08 mins Track 7: talks about fishing off the Shetlands, talks about his children's jobs, 2.03 mins Track 8: Ewan MacColl asks him about his most significant experiences; he describes a gale in the Outer Hebrides, 2.58 mins Track 9: 0.48 mins
Total: 15.55 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA 2M448A0782874 |