Sound Recordings, North Lincolnshire
Description
George Howson, recorded at Barton-upon-Humber, describes working as a fire man on commercial freight river boats sailing from Ferriby Sluice; names the boats sailing from this point to locations in Hull, Goole and Ferriby; sleeping on board ship with his uncle at Goole; boatman's wages; death of workmate; Gainsborough boats running to Hull up the River Trent (names boats working in the period around 1901); describes fly boats (pulled by horses); lists the names of carriers who came to Ferriby Sluice on market day; describes a boat collision; fishing matches; moonlight trips. [Tr. 5] John Kitchen, recorded at Winterton, describes his job as flagman at Scotter Common; working on the land; ploughing; four sets of ploughmen working different areas of the county, using stationary steam engines to drag and plough; wages; driver at seventeen, paid three pence an acre; standing wage of twelve shillings, irrespective of the work done; travelling to work in Gainsborough; winter jobs; mechanical break downs and repairs; employment situation during World War One - Grimsby Court tribunal and his appeal for dragmen to work with him. [Tr. 6] 4 of 8.
Metadata
| Identifier | bfwq6j1c |
| IRN | 414605 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A554r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/bfwq6j1c |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Haldenby, Cynthia |
| Date | August 1958 |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 7.6cm open reel spool, Duration: 24' 54". |