Travelling
05/10/24 • 24 min
In this episode we’ll be finding out about travelling, on land, and sea. Walk Rousay's circular road with a well-travelled postman, a well-known artist and the fastest man on the island. Hear about shipwrecks and bounties of tea. Hide from the press gangs and travel the peat tracks before you step aboard the steamer and marvel at the arrival of the ro-ro ferry.
Contributors in order of appearance:
Narrator: Prof Ingrid Mainland 2024
Dr Jennifer Harland 2024
Athol Grieve 2023
Ellen Grieve 2023
Alexina Craigie 1966
Ernest Marwick 1966
Frances Roebuck 2024
Chris Gee 2024
Mrs Wylie 1966
Edda Mainland n.d.
Dan Lee 2024
Kath Gourlay 1987
Helen Firth 1987
James Grieve 2024
Eddie Firth 2023
Tom Sinclair 1966
Alistair Marwick 2023
Muriel Marwick 2023
'Blossom Quarry, Rousay', Ian Hamilton Finlay by kind permission of the estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay.
This podcast series was created using material from Orkney Library & Archive, Rousay Remembered, University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute and contemporary recordings made with the community of Rousay.
Creative team: Produced by Kolekto (Mark Jenkins & Rebecca Marr) and University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute led by Dan Lee.
New recordings and editing by Mark Jenkins (Kolekto)
New music composed and played by James Watson (Wooden Sole Music)
The project has been funded by Orkney Island Council, Rousay Egilsay and Wyre Development Trust (REWDT), Orkney Archaeology Society (OAS) and North Isles Landscape Partnership Scheme (NILPS).
In this episode we’ll be finding out about travelling, on land, and sea. Walk Rousay's circular road with a well-travelled postman, a well-known artist and the fastest man on the island. Hear about shipwrecks and bounties of tea. Hide from the press gangs and travel the peat tracks before you step aboard the steamer and marvel at the arrival of the ro-ro ferry.
Contributors in order of appearance:
Narrator: Prof Ingrid Mainland 2024
Dr Jennifer Harland 2024
Athol Grieve 2023
Ellen Grieve 2023
Alexina Craigie 1966
Ernest Marwick 1966
Frances Roebuck 2024
Chris Gee 2024
Mrs Wylie 1966
Edda Mainland n.d.
Dan Lee 2024
Kath Gourlay 1987
Helen Firth 1987
James Grieve 2024
Eddie Firth 2023
Tom Sinclair 1966
Alistair Marwick 2023
Muriel Marwick 2023
'Blossom Quarry, Rousay', Ian Hamilton Finlay by kind permission of the estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay.
This podcast series was created using material from Orkney Library & Archive, Rousay Remembered, University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute and contemporary recordings made with the community of Rousay.
Creative team: Produced by Kolekto (Mark Jenkins & Rebecca Marr) and University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute led by Dan Lee.
New recordings and editing by Mark Jenkins (Kolekto)
New music composed and played by James Watson (Wooden Sole Music)
The project has been funded by Orkney Island Council, Rousay Egilsay and Wyre Development Trust (REWDT), Orkney Archaeology Society (OAS) and North Isles Landscape Partnership Scheme (NILPS).
Previous Episode
Dwelling
In this episode we’ll be finding out about the houses of the living and the dead. We travel back to Neolithic settlements and meet some of the people involved in digging Rousay's many tombs. Forward through time to brochs, disappearing Norse sites and the only large-scale clearance in Orkney. Visit Trumland and a house with indelible blood stains and call in on Rousay's longest living inhabitant.
Contributors in order of appearance:
Narrator: James Grieve 2024
Dr Sarah Jane Gibbon 2024
James Yorston 1990
Anne Brundle 1990
Martin Carruthers 2024
Dan Lee 2024
Mrs Clouston 1989
Howie Firth c1970s
Willie Thomson c1970s
Kath Gourlay 1987
Helen Firth 1987
Alexina Craigie 1966
Ellen Grieve 2023
Athol Grieve 2023
Ann Marwick 1990
Ernest Marwick n.d.
Edda Mainland n.d.
Mrs Wylie 1966
Chris Gee 2024
This podcast series was created using material from Orkney Library & Archive, Rousay Remembered, University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute and contemporary recordings made with the community of Rousay.
Creative team: Produced by Kolekto (Mark Jenkins & Rebecca Marr) and University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute led by Dan Lee.
New recordings and editing by Mark Jenkins (Kolekto)
New music composed and played by James Watson (Wooden Sole Music)
The project has been funded by Orkney Island Council, Rousay Egilsay and Wyre Development Trust (REWDT), Orkney Archaeology Society (OAS) and North Isles Landscape Partnership Scheme (NILPS).
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Fishing
In this episode we’ll be finding out about fishing in Rousay. Discover the diet of Rousay's Vikings, meet some whalers and follow the herring boats. We'll set some creels and drop in on the fish factory and trace the importance of fishing to the islanders past and present.
Contributors in order of appearance:
Narrator: James Grieve 2024
Ernest Marwick 1966
Mrs Wylie 1966
Dr Jennifer Harland 2024
Tom Sinclair 1966
Athol Grieve 2023
Ellen Grieve 2023
Ken Ross 1988-91
Hugh Mainland 1988-91
Angus Findlater 1988-91
Hugh Mainland 2023
This podcast series was created using material from Orkney Library & Archive, Rousay Remembered, University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute and contemporary recordings made with the community of Rousay.
Creative team: Produced by Kolekto (Mark Jenkins & Rebecca Marr) and University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute led by Dan Lee.
New recordings and editing by Mark Jenkins (Kolekto)
New music composed and played by James Watson (Wooden Sole Music)
The project has been funded by Orkney Island Council, Rousay Egilsay and Wyre Development Trust (REWDT), Orkney Archaeology Society (OAS) and North Isles Landscape Partnership Scheme (NILPS).
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