| Description | Charles Parker and Ewan MacColl interview Alec Murray, a fisherman from Buckie, Scotland, and his wife.
Track 1: they talk about youth clubs, 1.14 mins
Track 2: Charles Parker asks them about their courting days and fishermen getting leave, 0.59 mins
Track 3: Mrs Murray says her husband likes herring fishing better than sea net fishing, 1.04 mins
Track 4: Charles Parker asks about changes in the fisherman's way of life compared with the previous generation, 0.45 mins
Track 5: Charles Parker asks Mrs Murray about herring gutting, which she says is dying out, 0.47 mins
Track 6: Mrs Murray talks about what she does when her husband is away fishing: visiting, worrying about him, she doesn't listen to the weather reports, 1.23 mins
Track 7: she talks about listening to the fishermen on the wireless; Charles Parker asks about getting together with other fishermen's wives, they talk about watching television, 1.48 mins
Track 8: they talk about being tied to fishing until the age of 26, not being able to learn a new trade, 1.32 mins
Track 9: they discuss whether Alec Murray could get a mate's ticket or buy a fishing boat, 1.04 mins
Track 10: they talk about saving to buy a boat, perhaps with another man, how he'd prefer to be at home, the work's too heavy for older men, 2.25 mins
Track 11: Alec Murray explains why he left sea net fishing, says herring fishing is less tiring, 1.01 mins
Total: 14.07 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA DH444B0791274 |