| Description | Charles Parker interviews a group of travellers at Brough in Cumbria about their lives and issues relating to their community, with reference to Brough Fair and difficulties associated with finding a camping ground.
Track 1: a man, possibly Mr Boswell, talks about the early fairs, and his war service during the First World War. He talks about travelling around until 1934 when he opened a scrapyard in Spalding, Lincolnshire, and dealing in horses throughout most of his life. He describes seeing horses at a recent auction of fell ponies at Kirkby Stephen 3.38 mins
Track 2: another man talks about his grandfather coming to the fair and travelling with pack ponies before the introduction of caravans. Other men discuss traditional modes of travelling and carrying goods using horses 3:52 mins
Track 3: Charles Parker asks why Brough Fair is such an occasion, and the man explains that people from the travelling community were sure of meeting their friends and relatives at the fair once a year and of being able to buy and sell horses and goods. He explains that this was his main reason for coming from Spalding, to see his children. He says that this kind of life is dying out and that more people live in houses because they have been driven off the roads 3.07 mins
Track 4: He talks about attending Doncaster races since 1921 and seeing the changes that have forced travellers to make changes to their lifestyles. He talks about trying to persuade his fellow travellers to form a Travelling Traders Association 1.52 mins
Track 5: He emphasises the need to organise his fellow travellers to form a committee and safeguard their rights and establish camping grounds where people would be able to stay and pay rents. He discusses the possible reasons why his proposal was not taken up 1.42 mins
Track 6: He thinks that the government and local authorities have the responsibility for travellers from their area, and that they could open camping grounds and provide facilities for them so that they could send their children to school and manage their own premises 2.20 mins
Total: 16.33 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA AD335C0495774 |