Potato-picking Children

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Potato-picking Children

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Location

Annalong

Year

1964

Date

Production 30/09/1964

Length

07min 09sec

Audio

sound

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

At Annalong, it’s potato gathering time and the fields are full of children helping. Charlie Witherspoon looks into how the schools gave children time off to help with the harvest. Are the children being exploited? Charlie talks to Mr Annett who owns one such potato farm. Eamonn Cunningham gets 15 bob a day and he’s happy. Marian, however, would rather be at school. The teachers are less happy about the situation. An interesting insight into the attitudes towards children working. 

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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