| Description | A group of unidentified men and women talk to Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger.
Tracks 1-2: A man talks about his son courting a girl and getting married. He says that his people believe in marriage, 2.11 mins
Track 3: A woman says that they are the kind of people who are loyal and love, she says that she has many different friends and families are very close, the older people's word is law, 1.49 mins
Track 4: She talks about giving money to the family until they get married and the closeness of families, 1.04 mins
Track 5: a man talks about his son, who does not drink or smoke, 0.27 mins
Track 6: A woman says that young people don't answer back their elders, she talks about the work she has done in her life, she says that people don't talk about their personal affairs, especially to outsiders, 3.27 mins
Track 7: Ewan MacColl asks about their social life, a woman says that people never leave one another, they always go to a dance or the pictures together, 1.29 mins
Track 8: A man talks about families in the Stornaway district, where the old man decides whether the rest of the family buys a car. A man talks about buying things with his son, 2.15 mins
Track 9: They talk about Catholic travellers, who are very religious. A woman who is a Protestant says that she goes to church at Christmas, 2.04 mins
Track 10: Ewan MacColl asks about 'the Bomb', a man says that there's no sense trying to do anything about it, 2.25 mins
Track 11: they talk about politics, he says that there will be more caravans and sites in the next few years, 2.04 mins
Track 12: A man asks whether it's right that country people should take to 'gypsy life' and 'do us out of a job'. They talk about access to caravan sites, 3.02 mins
Track 13: They say that the authorities are to blame for the problems with access to sites, they are willing to pay for sites, one man talks about being moved on by the police when his wife was in hospital. He talks about being moved on by the police even when his son was getting married, 3.42 mins
Track 14: A woman talks about being moved just before her son was going to take Holy Communion. She talks about travellers getting only 3 or 4 months' schooling, 1.57 mins
Track 15: A woman says that she belongs to Scotland. She thinks that the British are very selfish and says that Scotland is the only place that they call travelling people 'tinkers'. She and Ewan MacColl talk about different kinds of 'gypsies' and travellers. She says she used to live in Australia and she is sorry that she came back, 2.23 mins
Track 16: A woman says that the British look down on travellers, 0.29 mins
Track 17: A woman called Maggie tells them to visit her sister, Amy Smith, 0.35 mins
Track 18: A man talks about 'gypsy' surnames, there are more Smiths and Lees. They talk about other names. He says that all the 'real gypsies' have gone. They talk about being brought up to speak Romany - a man gives examples of Romany words, 2.40 mins
Track 19: Clips of a man telling them Romany words, 1.04 mins
Track 20: Clips of children talking. Mr Smith talks about his mother airing nappies, he says he is the youngest of 13 children, 1.27 mins
Track 21: A man talks about people not giving travellers work. He talks about jobs he has done, 2.19 mins
Track 22: They talk about getting the sack when the bosses find out that they're 'gypsies' and not being served in the pubs, 1.55 mins
Track 23: They talk about not getting served in shops when they first arrived. They say that they feel that they are not classed as human beings. A man talks about spending most of his life in prison, 2.44 mins
Track 24: A woman talks about leaving her prefabs for a holiday and finding her prefabs knocked down when she got back. A man talks about damage to his caravan. He talks about being moved on from the A2 and the damage to his caravan, 2.31 mins
Track 25: A man talks about being fired after working 2 weeks solid, 0.37 mins
Track 26: Silence, 0.32 mins
Track 27: A man talks about wanting a house and a job. Ewan MacColl says that other travellers would not want to live in a house. They talk about Mr Dobbs, who helps travellers, 2.08 mins
Track 28: A man talks about getting pulled up after he was found driving on a learner's licence. A man says he would rather live on a site, 1.20 mins
Track 29: They talk about whether the travelling life is free. A man says that he would be happy in a house and it would be better for children, 1.25 mins
Track 30: A man says things are getting worse and that people will be in houses. He says that he will still be a 'gypsy' even when he lives in a house, 1.47 mins
Track 31: A group of men talk about local employers not being willing to give them jobs and talk about farmers who give 'gypsies' work in the summertime, they talk about farmers shooting dogs, 2.46 mins
Track 32: A man talks about the local farmer, who is 'a pig', 1.17 mins
Track 33: A man talks about not having enough space and not liking the life but being born to the life. He says he used to live in a prefab but it was knocked down while he was away hop picking, 2.03 mins
Track 34: They talk about the disadvantages of the life for children and problems with schooling, 1.58 mins
Track 35: They talk about problems with washing and cooking, and fetching coal, 2.11 mins
Track 36: They talk about needing jobs not assistance. A man talks about his early life and education, 1.15 mins
Total: 1.06.19 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF549C0336180 |