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Number of projects retrieved: 691 Records 73 to 78[1108] Thomas Geddes
Thomas Geddes was born in 1891 in Aberdeenshire, and served as a Serjeant (sic) in Company “C” of the 7th Battalion the Royal Scots Fusiliers during World War One. He was killed at the Battle of Loos in 1915 at the age of only 24, almost certainly as a result of what is now called "friendly fire". These artefacts, kindly licensed to Scran by his great-nephew Ian McCracken, tell something of his story.
Keywords: World War One, First World War, Great War
Location of Project Material: Outside Scotland, Highlands
[1107] Auschwitz
Photographer Derek Fleming has kindly shared his evocative and moving portraits of the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland. While the site was the scene of Nazi atrocities until 1945, today it stands as a memorial to these horrifying events. As well as being superb documents of the subject, the photos are of an extremely high technical and aesthetic quality. Derek's (mostly) monochromatic images of the remains of the camp are now available for all Scran subscribers to use in learning about, teaching and understanding this difficult and troubling aspect of the Second World War.
Keywords: Holocaust, World War Two, Nazi, concentration camp
Location of Project Material: Outside Scotland
[1106] Falkirk's First World War
Falkirk's First World War features oral history tracks taken from the soundtrack of Falkirk Archives' 1984 First World War exhibition, 'Women At War'.
It features oral histories from Falkirk folk including: Margaret Campbell (nee Gladstone) and Jean Paul, in which they talk about World War One and local munitions production; and George Gladstone, in which he talks about his army service and experiences on the Western Front and correspondence home. There is also an interview with Mrs Kate Templeton concerning the munitions works during World War Two.
The material was originally recorded on cassette tape and was digitised by Falkirk Archives.
Keywords: Falkirk's First World War
Location of Project Material: Central Scotland
[1105] Norman Dott
Professor Norman Dott was an Edinburgh based pioneer of intracranial aneurysm surgery and diagnosis, and established neurosurgery as a medical specialism in Scotland. He was born in 1897 and graduated from the University of Edinburgh Medical School in 1919. In his early career he worked in several hospitals in Edinburgh, including the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh where he spent the majority of his career.
Location of Project Material: Central Scotland
[1104] HIV & AIDS
Edinburgh accounted for over 40% of the HIV/AIDS cases in the UK in the 1990's and the Lothian Health Board worked hard to produce a range of campaigns to make sure as many people as possible were made aware of the dangers of the disease and how to avoid infection.
The Take Care Campaign was launched in 1989 by the Lothian Health Board as a means of educating the public on the dangers of HIV and the importance of safe sex.Lothian Health Board took part in this National promotional campaign put in place to promote safe sex and good sexual health on a National scale.
Although a large majority of those diagnosed with HIV/AIDS were from Edinburgh and the Lothian's; many awareness campaigns were rolled out across Britain in an attempt to slow the spread of the disease as far as possible.
Keywords: HIV AIDS Health
Location of Project Material: Central Scotland, Lothian
[1103] Holy Loch Heritage – the American Presence
Holy Loch Heritage – the American Presence aimed to bring to life the 30 year period when the American Naval Base was sited at the Holy Loch, Dunoon. How this came about and the stories that evolved were the subject of this project. Local schools from Dunoon and across Cowal learned about their heritage, interviewing local people with direct experience about this period in time. Participants worked with an oral historian and a film maker to record a range of stories on camera. The project was funded by HLF Sharing Heritage programme.
Keywords: Holy Loch Heritage – the American Presence
Location of Project Material: Central Scotland, Highlands, Strathclyde
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