ATV Today: 15.01.1965: Lock Keeper Retires

Summary

Mike Prince interview with Archibald Collins who just retired from his job as lock keeper on the River Severn at Tewkesbury, a role he has held since 1928.

Year:

1965

Duration:

0:03:50

Film type:

Black & White / Sound

Company:

ATV

Master format:

16mm

Description

Archibald Collins (who worked a twelve hour day for six pounds a month) is interviewed by Mike Prince and reminisces about a rescue from flood water he made in 1951, his pet goose on the river and his work. We see library pictures of the flooded Severn, Collins at his lock and a brief library shot of a boat.


Credits

No credits specified


Notes

The pictures of the flood at Tewkesbury are from Midlands News 29 December 1959 (story 2210) and a brief boat shot is from Look Around: The River Severn (30 December 1960).