Going to the Berries - Voices of Perthshire and Angus Seasonal Workers (Paperback)

Pickers come from near and far, year after year, for the berry-picking season, and from a variety of backgrounds. In the 20th century, for local people, both 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 berry pickers to share their (mostly happy) 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: potato picking; working with crops: hay/bracken/reed/flax cutting and sugar-beet lifting; fencing; repairing drystone dykes; being a deer ghillie or a river ghillie or water bailiff; salmon fishing.

General

Imprint:	Nmse - Publishing Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Flashbacks
Release date:	April 2020
Authors:	Roger Leitch
Editors:	Caroline Milligan
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-1-910682-39-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Oral history Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Oral history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General Promotions
LSN:	1-910682-39-X
Barcode:	9781910682395

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