WORK THEY SAY IS MINE: Shetland Slates

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Title: WORK THEY SAY IS MINE: Shetland Slates

Reference number: 4980

Date: 1985

Sponsor: [ Channel 4 Television]

Production company: [ Avonbridge Film Production Company]

Sound: sound

Original format: 16mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 26.57 mins

Description: Interview with elderly Shetland lady Jeannie in her home - she is asked to recall memories of childhood, her work as a herring packer, as a housemaid in Edinburgh, her knitting, 'clearing the banks' for the men's peat cutting work, and crofting.

Shotlist: film maker ivs elderly Shetland lady Jeannie in her home - she is asked to recall memories of childhood, her work as a herring packer, as a house maid in Edinburgh, her knitting, 'clearing the banks' for the men's peat cutting work, and crofting (26.57)