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29 October 2014
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About this interview
Market gardenersFour friends who made their living through market gardening or had links with working the land.

Interviewees:
Terence Brotherton, Michael Hewlett, Michael Edwards, Wendy Beasley,

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Relationship of interviewees: Friends

Where: Badsey, Worcestershire

Language of interview: English
About this interview
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Voice clip 1
Villagers describe a small man seen walking with a very large woman as "a tom tit on top of a hayrick".


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More clips from this interview

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Soccer fan Terence shares his memories of a local Badsey v Littleton derby - and remembers the kind of ripe language which came from the crowd.

Michael Hewlett
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Michael Edwards
Who should wear the trousers in a relationship? Humorous memories of a wheat-hoeing gang discussing a newly-married couple.
Interview's notes

Long description of interview: All members of the group all worked on the land or who had connections with crops. One member had worked in a market garden until the age of 30 and then he went into teaching. All part of a village community meeting in a village meeting room set up in someone's back garden. All very vocal. Recorded with an 'audience' of friends and neighbours who didn't interrupt.

Recorded by: John Hellings, Radio Hereford And Worcester

Date of interview: 2005/03/18


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