Traditional music in England

Harry Adams interview, part 08

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  • Type

    sound

  • Duration

    00:03:25

  • Cultures

    English

  • Shelf mark

    1CDR0010885 (copy of C1033/90)

  • Recording date

    1979-03-24

  • Is part of (Collection)

    Bob and Jacqueline Patten Collection

  • Recording locations

    Isle Abbots, Somerset, England, UK

  • Interviewees

    Adams, Harry, 1903-1982 (speaker, male)

  • Interviewers

    Patten, Bob (speaker, male)

  • Recordist

    Patten, Bob

  • Abstract

    Gilly the Drover from Butleigh. Because of the gravel roads you would know that he was in the area because of the cloud that his sheep made on the road. He would take sheep on runs from Dorchester to Bridgewater sleeping rough on the journey. Last time he saw him he was coming from Ilminster fair with no sheep ‘not a bloody hoof’ because the Drovers were being put out of business by the lorries.

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Harry Adams interview, part 08

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