Interview with Jimmy MacBeath about work he picked up while travelling, his army career, lumbering in Nova Scotia, and women

Audio file
Date recorded: November 14, 1953
Contributor(s): Performer: MacBeath, Jimmy; Performer: Lomax, Alan; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: interview/commentary
Culture: Lowland Scotland, Scottish
Instruments: voice
Setting: Probably Alan Lomax's flat
Location: London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T3438
Track Number: 4
Archive ID: T3438R04
Note: MacBeath recalls some of the work he took on while tramping through Scotland – blacksmithing and harvest work. He also discusses his time with the Royal Army Medical Corps and the Gordons in World War I, as well as his sojourn in a lumberman's camp in Nova Scotia and why he never was married.
Belongs to: Jimmy MacBeath 11/53
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