Record

Ref NoMS 4000/6/1/47/25/C
TitleCD Rom listening copy
LevelItem
Date1966
DescriptionTrack 1: a woman talks about Westminster Abbey, 0.56 mins
Tracks 2-8: Len Green, a stonemason at Westminster Abbey, talks about working at the Abbey, subsidence in the floor and cleaning, what he finds attractive at the Abbey, tourists, his job satisfaction, the Nightingale Memorial, which is his favourite thing in the Abbey because of its carving, most of the work is 'pointing', putting in new mortar, the stonework in the Abbey, dust in the Abbey, why tourists come to the Abbey, how he came to work at Westminster Abbey, the pay is better on other jobs outside the Abbey, birds coming into the Abbey
Tracks 9-10: A man, a stonemason who is working on the restoration of one of the tombs and of Poets' Corner, talks about his work at the Abbey and tourists at the Abbey
Tracks 11-14: Wally Davis, a joiner at the Abbey, talks about his work at Westminster Abbey, the religious services, Stonehenge
Tracks 15-16: A man who works on the roof at the Abbey talks about how he started working at Westminster Abbey, he finds it interesting and he likes the variety
Track 17: Charles Pearson, a plumber at the Abbey talks about his work as the Abbey, the leadworking in the Abbey, 2.41 mins

Total: 49.14 mins

Dubber's reference number: PLA KF573E0687480
Extent1
FormatCd-rom
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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