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)