| Description | Charles Parker and Ewan MacColl interview a group of travellers at Brough in Cumbria about issues relating to the lives of the travelling community.
Track 1: a man talks about the fact that many younger travellers have moved into the car trade instead of horse trading, or have moved into other businesses 1:39 mins
Track 2: another man talks about living and working in his caravan in a village community, peoples' suspicions of travellers, and the need to change trades to move with the times 1:21 mins
Track 3: he talks about his working activities in the village community. He says that he buys scrap, paints farm buildings, and in the winter buys wood from local dealers and sells it in town 0:59 mins
Track 4: another man explains how he wants to live in the traditional way. He likes to be able to choose whether to work or rest, and not to have to worry about anything 0:31 mins
Track 5: another thinks that most people in the travelling community in the north of the country do not have worries but that travellers in the south, especially in Dorset, have more concerns 1:25 mins
Track 6: he expresses his shock about the situation for travellers in the south of the country and the changes that have taken place there since more houses have been built 2:11 mins
Mention a little bit of his feeling about far east people. Then,he describe what he have experienced in the past.
Track 7: another man talks about the need to provide camping sites for travellers, and negative attitudes towards travellers 2:30
Tracks 8-9: he talks about his dispute with the local council when he tried to buy some land for a caravan site and having to renew his lease every three years
Track 10: he talks about being satisfied with his life, but wishing that things were easier for travellers on the roads. He does not really agree with owning land and would rather be on the move 1.28 mins
Track 11: a woman talks about her view that people who go on caravan holidays make more mess than travellers when they go on holiday, but that they get more privileges than travellers 1.09 mins
Track 12: she discusses the discrimination that she thinks operates against travelling traders, and the favouritism she thinks is shown to holiday makers who use caravans 1.15 mins
Total: 16.01 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA 3M458B0838874 |