Interview with Bob Roberts about The Fish And Chip Ship (Lower The Funnel)

Title: Interview with Bob Roberts about The Fish And Chip Ship (Lower The Funnel)
Date recorded: November 27, 1953
Contributor(s): Performer: Roberts, Bob; Performer: Lomax, Alan; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Genre: interview/commentary
Instruments: voice
Culture: East Anglian, English
Language: English

Subject(s):

Note: Bob first heard the song in the Surrey Docks around 1936.
Setting: The Butt and Oyster Public House

Location: Pin Mill, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

Archive ID: T3340R02

Original format: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T3340
Track: 2

Part of: Pin Mill 11/53

About the session: Ballads, chanteys, and comic songs sung by bargeman Bob Roberts of Pin Mill, Suffolk. Roberts was also an editor at the East Anglian Daily Times, and the author of several books, including "Rough and Tumble," "A Slice of Suffolk," and "Breeze for a Bargeman."

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