| Description | Tracks 1 - 4: Actuality with an older man and Charles Parker in Bolton, Lancashire. The man recites extracts from the verbatim testimonies to the Child Employment Commission (1842) in his own Lancashire accents, directed by Parker who records multiple takes. The extracts are about the experiences of miners working with women in the pits.
Tracks 5 - 12: Actuality with two older men (Joe Brema Junior and Senior) and Charles Parker in Bolton, Lancashire. The men recite extracts from the verbatim testimonies to the Child Employment Commission (1842) in their own Lancashire accents, directed by Parker who records multiple takes. The extracts are about the experiences of miners working in the pits. From track 7 Joe Brema Junior recounts his own experiences as a miner and he discusses with Parker regional differeneces between miners' superstitions and behaviour.
Total: 31.57 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF565D0310280 |