Sound Recordings, East Anglia and Scotland

Description

'Singing the Fishing', the third of eight radio ballads transmitted by the BBC Home Service between July 1958 and April 1964. This programme was produced by Charles Parker, written by Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger and broadcast on the 16 August 1960. It is a documentary about the herring-fishing industry, incorporating folk songs and actuality recorded amongst fishermen in East Anglia and north-east Scotland (in particular Sam Larner of Winterton-on-Sea and Ronnie Balls of Great Yarmouth). The subjects covered include food at sea, jobs and chores on board, working as a boy, fishermen and their character and skills, sailing boats and steam drifters, herring shoals, the sea and weather conditions, shooting and hauling nets, returning to harbour, women fishgutters and travelling to Great Yarmouth for work. The programme also features contributions from George Stephens, A. L. Lloyd, Elizabeth Stewart, Jane Stewart, Ian Campbell, John Clarence, Lewis Cardno, James Burnett, George Draper, Frank West, Jim Bray, Fitzroy Coleman (guitar), Alf Edwards (concertina & ocarina), Kay Graham (fiddle), Peggy Seeger (banjo, guitar, mandolin & auto-harp) and Bruce Turner (clarinet and alto sax). Programme concludes on tape LAVC/SRE/A755r.

Metadata

Identifier tsm546g3
IRN 414805
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/A754r
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/tsm546g3
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record Audiotape Sound Recordings
Creator(s) BBC, Parker, Charles
Date [1950s]
Size and Medium 1 x 17.8cm open reel spool, Duration: 36' 24".

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