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Brucie Henderson's work as a ploughman during WWI.

Fieldworkers
Date November 1976
Track ID 52437
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1976.243.B5

Original Tape ID

SA1976.243

Summary

Brucie Henderson's work as a ploughman during WWI.

Although he enjoyed working with sheep, Brucie Henderson's best job was working as a ploughman with great horses during the First World War. He passed his Army medical with an A1 certificate, but he and another man were selected to act as ploughmen, working for anyone who wanted ploughing done. To deny a job meant being sent to the front line.

As the war progressed he was before the selection board three times, but the war ended before he could be called up.

Item Subject/Person

Henderson, Brucie

Item Location

County - Shetland

Recording Location

County - Shetland

Parish - Yell

Island - Yell

Village/Place - Arisdale

Language

English, Scots

Genre

Information

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good