Traditional music in England
George Ling interview, part 05
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Type
sound
Duration
00:06:30
Shelf mark
1CDR0010647 (copy of C1002/78)
Subjects
English folk songs and music (Suffolk); Interview
Recording date
1971-04-24
Is part of (Collection)
Keith Summers Collection
Recording locations
Croydon, London, England, UK
Interviewees
Ling, George (speaker, male)
Interviewers
Summers, Keith (speaker, male interviewer)
Recordist
Summers, Keith
Abstract
Part 5 - Stone picking. Left school at twelve and a half. Shilling a day, his tasks on the farm. Meant to go up to two shillings when he got to fourteen, but the farmer (Farmer Towler) refused and wanted to get a permit that would have meant his working at the lower rate until he was eighteen because of his size. He belonged to the Agricultural Union so he saw them and they took the farmer to the County Court at Exeter. He won the case so the farmer gave him a weeks notice. Got four pounds fifteen, a lot of money in those days. Got a job brick laying at Leiston works [Recording stops, probably end of tape].
Description
Interviewee notes: Of the Ling family of Blaxhall, Suffolk
Metadata record:
George Ling interview, part 05
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