Record

Ref NoMS 4000/6/1/33/28/C
TitleCD Rom listening copy
LevelItem
Date30 September 1963
DescriptionCharles Parker interviews various people at a travellers' camp site.

Track 1: Actuality with a group of people on a travellers' camp site and Charles Parker. A woman talks about council housing. A man (Mr Boswell) talks about how they dispose of their waste from the site, 1.59 mins
Track 2: Mr Boswell talks about what he thinks the government could do to support travelling communities and help them settle in one place, with reference to mortages and inland revenue. 2.04 mins
Track 3: Another man talks about the problems that travelling people have understanding the tax system in Britain, 2.25 mins
Track 4: The two men continue to discuss taxation, 2.48 mins
Track 5: Mr Boswell talks about how travellers can be taken advantage of by land owners, 1.16 mins
Track 6: Mr Boswell talks about fairs around the country, and about the travellers' work ethic. 2.28 mins
Tracks 7 - 8: Mr Boswell continues talking about the travellers' attitude to taxation, he reveals that he has now settled in one place and stopped travelling. He talks about how he was treated by the revenue office in Harrogate, North Yorkshire.

Total: 15.34 mins

Dubber's reference number: PLA YL458D1009574
Extent1
FormatCd-rom
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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