Title:
Chelmsford Cattle Market Reopening
Level: Category
Sound Archive
Level: Fonds
MISCELLANEOUS TAPES
Scope and Content:
Part of a cattle auction, an interview with Alderman Hugh Wright, and part of a horse auction, on the occasion of the reopening of Chelmsford Cattle Market after it had been closed for six weeks because of foot and mouth disease in the early 1950s. Contains discussion of wartime and postwar regulation of fat-stock sales.

Clips from the auction can be heard above.
Dates of Creation:
c.1950
Extent:
11 minutes
Archivist Note:
Amended by SJM 05/05/2016
Existence of Copies:
British Library Sound Archive

Key terms

TypeKey termsDescription
Subjects Agriculture Chelmsford Cattle Market Reopening, 1950
Subjects Local government Chelmsford Cattle Market Reopening, 1950
Subjects Markets Chelmsford Cattle Market Reopening, 1950
Document Types Sound recording Chelmsford Cattle Market Reopening, 1950