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1974: Raspberry Picking in the Merry Berry Fields of Blair | Breathing Space | BBC Archive
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9:02Now PlayingBreathing Space follows a group of people who take a "working holiday" at the Perthshire raspberry harvest in Blairgowrie. This short film also charts the history of raspberry picking in the region, as immortalised in the Belle Stewart song "The Berryfields o' Blair."
Narrated by Derek Cooper.
NB: A music track from the original broadcast has been replaced here with library music, due to copyright restrictions.
Clip taken from Breathing Space, originally broadcast on BBC , 4 June, 1974.
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