| Description | Ewan MacColl and Charles Parker record two railwaymen talking about long apprenticeships on the railway before becoming a fireman or driver:
Track 1: Jack Pickford recites 'The Wreck of the Dover Express', 1.28 mins
Track 2: Alec Watts describes practical jokes played on new young staff on the railway, 1.57 mins
Track 3: they talk about promotion, which used to be 'very slow', pay on the railways and how this changed today, 1.49 mins
Track 4: A railwayman, probably Jack Pickford, talks about his promotion and pay; it took him 17 years to be made a fireman, 1.09 mins
Track 5: Charles Parker and Ewan MacColl ask Jack Pickford to repeat what he's just said, 2.15 mins
Track 6: Charles Parker prompts Jack Pickford to talk about his life on the railways; Charles Parker explains how he wants him to speak, 2.02 mins
Track 7: talks about his work and career on the railways, how he did different jobs before becoming a fireman and driver; another speaker says they had a good grounding in the old days, 2.42 mins
Track 8: Charles Parker explains what he wants him to say, he talks about doing different jobs on the railway before becoming a driver, 1.52 mins
Track 9: Charles Parker explains what he wants the railwayman to say, 0.57 mins
Total: 16.15 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA CD329A0024974 |