Level: Category
Sound Archive
Level: Fonds
UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX
Scope and Content:
Title: Oyster fishing and yachting in Mersea from 1900
Speaker(s): French, Cassell; Lummis, Trevor
Date of recording: 1974
Length of tape: 117 minutes
Depositor: University of Essex, Department of Sociology
Restrictions: University of Essex
Synopsis of tape: Extrcts of interview with Cassell French, born West Mersea 1897, oyster fisherman, businessman and yacht crewman; working life of father as oyster fisherman and yacht steward - name of some yachts and owners; number and size of smacks working out of Mersea, fishing season; yachting superstitions; life a yacht crewman from 1914 and service in the Royal Navy; social classes in Mersea, schools, the "Old City" area; organisation of private oyster lanes in the river, preparation and method of working; working methods and description of oyster fishing gear; account of his oyster buying and selling business and experiences; formation of the Tollesbury and Mersea Oyster Fishery Company, its organisation and working methods; swamping of oyster beds by limpets.
Dates of Creation:
1974
Extent:
117 mins
Custodial History:
One of a series of interviews on the fishing industry carried out by Trevor Lummis, Department of Sociology. University of Essex

Key terms

TypeKey termsDescription
Subjects First World War Oyster fishing and yachting in Mersea from 1900, 1974
Subjects First World War Oyster fishing and yachting in Mersea from 1900, 1974
Subjects Fishing Oyster fishing and yachting in Mersea from 1900, 1974
Subjects Yachting Oyster fishing and yachting in Mersea from 1900, 1973
Document Types Sound recording Oyster fishing and yachting in Mersea from 1900, 1974