[00:02:05] Gower / Farming: Harvest, shearing sheep, cutting hay and thatching in summer. Cutting the hedges, swedes, corn, hay with a scythe. [00:04:00] Gower / Farming: Description of using a scythe to cut hay, corn, binding barley. 'Droying Gloy'. [00:07:10] Gower / Farming: Manual jobs on the farm. 'Rown Mow', ricks, reed. [00:08:40] Gower / Farming: Thatchers wore Fustian trousers; made in a canvas type material, made by village tailoress Nancy Bevan. [00:09:00] Gower / Farming: Wages. Farming machinery for cutting corn. [00:11:00] Gower / Farming: Walking cattle to town, Francis the butcher from Mumbles buying cattle. Meeting point at Killay. Story of a working day not going to plan. [00:00:05] Gower / Farming: Agriculture, Oyster boats finishing in Rhossili 1870, men turning to cattle. Manual jobs, forking, milking, sewing the land.
Oral History collection: George Tucker (born 1894, Horton, Gower, agricultural labourer and quarryman) interviewed by W. B. (Bill) Curran about Early life
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- ReferenceGB 216 T 24/1
- Dates of Creationearly 1980s
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Descriptionon reel-to-reel tape; also digital copy in MP3 format