Projects

[1163] Videos of East Kilbride

As part of East Kilbride's 70th birthday celebrations in 2017, the town commissioned a series of short films entitled 70 Voices. Made by South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture, the films celebrate aspects of the town's history from the point of view of various residents. Giving a voice to the people, these films are a valuable insight into the history and culture of one of Scotland's new towns built in the aftermath of the Second World War.

Location of Project Material: Central Scotland, Strathclyde

[1162] Morocco

Location of Project Material: Outside Scotland

[1161] Shipyard Interviews- Scottish Working People's History Trust

Two interviews, recorded in 1997 and newly uploaded to Scran. These interviews, with former employees of Henry Robb's shipyard in Leith, Edinburgh, were conducted by The Scottish Working People’s History Trust, a charitable body which was founded 1992 to champion the cause of working people’s history. It aims to seek out and preserve information and stories about the lives of working people in Scotland and to make that information available to the public. The Trust’s research worker, Dr Ian McDougall, recorded the memories of people from various parts of Scotland and gathered their recollections of their working lives, their homes and families, their education and other experiences in life. The original recordings are deposited with the Archive of Edinburgh University’s School of Scottish Studies.

Keywords: labour, unions, shipyard, Leith, working people, strike

Location of Project Material: Lothian

[1160] Affric/Beauly & Foyers Hydro-electric Power Schemes

The Affric/Beauly Hydro-Electric Scheme comprises six power stations: Deanie, Culligran, Aigas, Kilmorack, Fasnakyle and Mullardoch. These are fed by a system of lochs, waterfalls and dams, the main ones being Loch Mullardoch and Loch Monar. The Foyers scheme, meanwhile, is a small scheme fed by Loch Mhor. This collection of images documents the two schemes. It is one of a series recording the eight major hydro-electric schemes in Scotland. This collection was kindly licensed to Scran by Prof. Cairns Aitken, an academic physician/psychiatrist in Rehabilitation Medicine, who became Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and retired as Vice-Principal at the University of Edinburgh in 1994. He was born in Dunoon, Argyll in 1933. He has had a life-long interest in photography, and in completing projects. He was awarded the CBE in 1998 for his contribution to the Health Services.

Keywords: green, eco, water, hydro

Location of Project Material: Highlands

[1159] Sounding Borders- Borders Oral Histories

Audio recordings of interviews conducted in the Scottish Borders in the late 1990s by the Scottish Borders Council Archive Service. Interviewees range in age from approximately 60 to approximately 90 years of age, and the subjects covered include children's games, school, working lives, war and more.

Keywords: childhood, work, war, relations, oral, history, histories

Location of Project Material: Borders

[1158] The 100th Anniversary of Glasgow HF Outdoor Club

Glasgow HF Outdoor Club was formed in 1917 "to provide for the healthy enjoyment of leisure, to encourage the love of the open air, and to promote social and international friendship". Still active and well-used, the club celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2017, and has digitised and curated a selection of its archives, from photographs to pages from its newsletters. The archive tracks changes in social, economic,sporting and popular culture, from the conflict of the First World War to the freedom of weekend leisure time, the growth in ownership of the motor car, advances in the technology of wet weather clothing, the pursuit of ‘Munro bagging’, and the growth of the World Wide Web.

Location of Project Material: Strathclyde