| Description | Actualities recorded by Ewan MacColl with farm labourers who are also travellers.
Track 1: Actuality with an adult male traveller/ farm labourer, James McFee, and Ewan MacColl. The man talks about seasonal farm work and moving on from farm to farm. He talks about educational arrangements for his children as they move around a lot. 1.41 mins
Tracks 2 - 3: MacFee describes the process of applying for a council owned house, and potential housing provision for travellers and itinerant workers.
Track 4: McFee talks about the future of the travellers' way of life, and the need for solidarity between the travellers to fight for their way of life. 1.54 mins
Track 5: McFee discusses ponies and their working conditions, 0.26 mins
Track 6: McFee describes his children, 1.07 mins
Track 7: A man and a woman talk about the need for permanent or semi-permanent housing for itinerant farm workers. 1.41 mins
Track 8: The couple talk about the struggles that travellers face trying to educate their children and finding somewhere to stay in the winter months. 3.05 mins
Track 9: The couple talk about the conditions in which they would consider applying to live in a house, including needing space for their ponies. 2.16 mins
Track 10: The man of the couple talks about his family history of travelling. He talks about his education and the decline of traditional trades such as tinsmithing 2.03 mins
Total: 16.27 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA YL458D0997074 |