Going to the Berries

Voices of Perthshire and Angus Seasonal Workers

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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Pickers came from near and far year after year – and from a variety of backgrounds – for the berry-picking season. For local people, adults and children, it was an opportunity to supplement the family income; Glasgow folk combined it with a holiday. For the Scottish Traveller community it was an annual opportunity to meet up with friends and family, and forge new relationships.Roger Leitch encouraged many of those local berry pickers to share their recollections for this book – which is published at a time of political change with challenges for the soft fruit cultivation business. He also interviewed workers in other seasonal employments such as potato picking and ghillieing.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2020-12-07
Mått128 x 196 x 20 mm
Vikt283 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieFlashbacks
Antal sidor240
FörlagNMSE - Publishing Ltd
ISBN9781910682395

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Ethnologist Roger Leitch started making fieldwork recordings in the early 1980s. He is best known for his The Book of Sandy Stewart which tells, through oral history and photographs, of the lives of Scottish Traveller Sandy Stewart and his family. Published in 1988, it is now a key text for ethnology students for both its content and its methodology.Caroline Milligan is Research Assistant, European Ethnological Research Centre.