Sound Recordings, East Anglia and Scotland
Details
Type of record: Archive
Title: Sound Recordings, East Anglia and Scotland
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/A754r
Creator(s): BBC; Parker, Charles (1919-1980)
Site Location(s): Subject - Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom( 52.7155, 1.69099 ); Subject - Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe( 52.6083, 1.73052 ); Subject - Scotland, United Kingdom( 56, -4 ); Subject - East Anglia, England, United Kingdom( 52.5, 1.25 )
Date(s): [1950s]
Size and medium: 1 x 17.8cm open reel spool; Duration: 36' 24".
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/414805
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
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.
Access and usage
Reproduction
Access
This material is not listed in detail and has not yet been assessed for access. Access will be subject to review by Special Collections staff. Access to parts of it may be protected under Data Protection and/or other relevant legislation.
Copyright resides with the BBC.
© BBC
Physical and technical conditions
19cm/sec. Recorded on left-hand channel. Low recording level. Adjusted on AC copy.
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