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Description of burkers and their dress.

Date August 1954
Track ID 10223
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1954.93.B6

Original Tape ID

SA1954.093

Summary

Description of burkers and their dress.

The burkers were not the students themselves: the students paid men for the job. They wore long black coats with tippets, black lum-hats [top-hats] and white dickies.

Recording Location

County - Aberdeenshire

Parish - Aberdeen

Village/Place - Aberdeen

Language

Scots

Genre

Information

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good