Record

Ref NoMS 4000/6/1/17/9/C
TitleCD Rom listening copy
LevelItem
Date27 February 1960
DescriptionEwan MacColl, Charles Parker, and Peggy Seeger interview Dorcas Larner and Sam Larner. Dorcas Larner talks about her early life and courtship.

Track 1: Dorcas Larner describes moving to Winterton from Cressingham and meeting Sam Larner, 2.23 mins
Track 2: Charles Parker asks about the difference between a fishing village and a country village, work for women 'beating up the nets', going into service, 1.31 mins
Track 3: Charles Parker asks Dorcas Larner about meeting Sam Larner, 2.37 mins
Track 4: she talks about sneaking out to meet Sam Larner on the evening they met, 0.52 mins
Track 5: the difficulties for a woman of courting or being married to someone who's away fishing, 1.37 mins
Track 6: Charles Parker asks about changes in Winterton, how long Sam courted her, 1.22 mins
Track 7: Dorcas Larner talks about her family, the bakehouse kept by her family, what her brothers and sisters did for a living, she left school at 11, going into service, 2.15 mins
Track 8: describes going into service, her illness, 1.42 mins
Track 9: Ewan MacColl asks how Sam Larner and Dorcas Larner used to spend their spare time, 0.57 mins
Track 10: Dorcas Larner talks about women not going into pubs, 0.33 mins

Total: 15.54 mins

Dubber's reference number: PLA D444B0793474
Extent1
FormatCd-rom
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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