Stromness Hometown
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10 years ago an audio journey called Stromness Hometown was created, where voices of the past and, what was then, the present told the history of the town. The original version was available on headsets to listen to while you walked. We’re celebrating the 10th anniversary of Stromness Hometown by releasing it on all your usual podcast platforms, so that you can still listen while you walk, but also listen wherever you happen to be. 8 episodes plus a bonus track will be released daily from 16th December 2022. Things were different 10 years before Stromness Hometown and they’ll be different 10 years from now. What’s valuable about Stromness Hometown is its blend of archive and contemporary recordings, which themselves have now become archive material. So roll back the clock and enjoy Stromness Hometown two thousand and twelve, the anniversary edition. Download a map and find out more about Stromness here: https://welovestromness.wordpress.com/ NARRATORS: Bea Watson / Jake Watson GUIDE: Erik Park INTERVIEWERS: Mary Duncan / Diana Leslie / Alasdair Flett / Ingirid Morrison / Savannah Taylor / Mark Jenkins EDITOR: Mark Jenkins PROJECT TEAM: Lynn Campbell / Kathleen Ireland / Mark Jenkins / Diana Leslie / Cary Welling / Trustees, Staff and Friends of Stromness Museum CO-ORDINATOR: Rebecca Marr ARCHIVE RECORDING ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Orkney Library & Archive, BBC Radio Orkney, the Estate of George Mackay Brown, Orkney Heritage A Stromness Museum community project supported by the Scottish Government and the European Community Orkney LEADER 2007-2013 Programme and the Stromness Townscape Heritage Initiative. © Stromness Museum 2012 All rights of the producers and the owners of the works reproduced reserved. Unauthorised use of these recordings is prohibited.
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Stromness Hometown introduction
Stromness Hometown
12/09/22 • 1 min
10 years ago an audio journey called Stromness Hometown was created, where voices of the past and, what was then, the present told the history of the town. Things were different 10 years before Stromness Hometown and they’ll be different 10 years from now. What’s valuable about Stromness Hometown is its blend of archive and contemporary recordings, which themselves have now become archive material. So roll back the clock and enjoy Stromness Hometown 2012, the anniversary edition. Narrator: Rebecca Marr Music: Jennifer & Hazel Wrigley ‘Newark Bay’, ‘The Broonie O' Copinsay’
South Pier
Stromness Hometown
12/16/22 • 9 min
Voices of the past and the present weave an oral history of the town. This entertaining soundscape told by people of Stromness will lead you from the pier head to the cannon beyond Stromness Museum. In this first episode we start our journey at the South Pier. Find out how Stromness began, hear some fishing tales, visit Orkney Fisherman's Society and get on board the Hamnavoe ferry. Narrator: Bea Watson Featured speakers in order of appearance: Ingirid Morrison 2011 / Eric Flett & Ian MacInnes circa 1990 (BBC Radio Orkney) / Tom Wishart & Ernest Marwick 1967 (Orkney Library & Archive) / Walter Leask 2002 (Orkney Heritage) / George Sinclair 2011 / Stewart Crichton 2011 / Willie Mackay 2011 Music: 1. Sandy & Ally Windwick ‘Partans in his Creel’ / 2. Jennifer & Hazel Wrigley ‘Orcadia’, ‘Orkneyites’ / 3. Barbara Firth & Adrian Stewart ‘Partans in his Creel’ Track 1 & 3 courtesy of the Ernest Walker Marwick Sound Archive Collection 1960-75 Orkney Library & Archive
Pierhead
Stromness Hometown
12/17/22 • 6 min
Voices of the past and the present weave an oral history of the town. This entertaining soundscape told by people of Stromness will lead you from the pier head to the cannon beyond Stromness Museum. In this second episode we visit the RNLI building to learn about the history of the lifeboat service, and drop into the Stromness Hotel to hear about its many uses over the last century. Narrator: Jake Watson Featured speakers in order of appearance: Ernest Marwick 1967 (Orkney Library & Archive) / Tom Wishart 1967 (Orkney Library & Archive) / Ian MacInnes & Eric Flett circa 1990 (BBC Radio Orkney) / Stewart Taylor 2011 / Gerry Meyer 2007 (Fortress Orkney) Music: 1. Jennifer & Hazel Wrigley ‘Luca’ / 2. Isla Wallace ‘Dreams of Orkney’ (Stromness Academy)
Pier Arts Centre
Stromness Hometown
12/18/22 • 9 min
Voices of the past and the present weave an oral history of the town. This entertaining soundscape told by people of Stromness will lead you from the pier head to the cannon beyond Stromness Museum. In this third episode we hear about the Hudson’s Bay Company, the Pier Arts Centre, artist Sylvia Wishart and the Stromness piers. Narrator: Bea Watson George Mackay Brown reads from ‘Tam’ 1967 / Eric Flett & Ian MacInnes circa 1990 (BBC Radio Orkney) / John Park 2011 / Isla Holloway 2011 / Ernest Marwick & Tom Wishart 1967 / Graham Bevan 2011 / Archie Bevan 2011 / Elizabeth Bevan 2011 Music: 1. Jennifer & Hazel Wrigley ‘Newark Bay’, ‘The Broonie O' Copinsay’ / 2. Isla Wallace ‘Uncle Ian's Reel’ (Stromness Academy) / 3. Sam Spence ‘Flying Home’ (Stromness Academy)
Commercial Hotel
Stromness Hometown
12/19/22 • 8 min
Voices of the past and the present weave an oral history of the town. This entertaining soundscape told by people of Stromness will lead you from the pier head to the cannon beyond Stromness Museum. In this fourth episode we hear about Stromness Shopping Week, George Mackay Brown and Orkney Fudge. Narrator: Jake Watson Featured speakers in order of appearance: Eric Flett & Ian MacInnes circa 1990 (BBC Radio Orkney) / Tom Wishart 1967 (Orkney Library & Archive) / Ernest Marwick 1967 (Orkney Library & Archive) / Ella Duncan & Bryce Scott 2011 / Edgar Ramsay 1976 (Orkney Library & Archive) / George Mackay Brown reads from ‘The Death of Peter Esson’ 1966 (estate of George Mackay Brown) / Lyndsey Rae 2011 / Jim Robertson 2011 / Eilidh McGacnie 2011 • Grace McGill 2011 Music: 1. Jennifer & Hazel Wrigley ‘For Eric & Gayle’ / 2. Jennifer & Hazel Wrigley ‘Skea Brae’
Graham Place
Stromness Hometown
12/20/22 • 10 min
Voices of the past and the present weave an oral history of the town. This entertaining soundscape told by people of Stromness will lead you from the pier head to the cannon beyond Stromness Museum. In this fifth episode we hear about Alexander Graham, Stockan's Oatcakes, Stromness Books & Prints and the stone beneath your feet. Narrator: Bea Watson Featured speakers in order of appearance: Bunty Mowat 2011 / May Stockan 2011 / Eric Flett & IanMacInnes circa 1990 (BBC Radio Orkney) / Tam McPhail 2011 / Adrian Harray 2011 / Ella Duncan & Bryce Scott 2011 / Edgar Ramsay 1976 (Orkney Library & Archive) / Ros Bryant 2011 Music: 1. Annabella Penny ‘Stromness Harbour’ (Stromness Academy) / 2. Jennifer & Hazel Wrigley ‘Miss Eilidh Shaw’, ‘Thourmires Trendy Treads’
Hellihole Road
Stromness Hometown
12/21/22 • 6 min
Voices of the past and the present weave an oral history of the town. This entertaining soundscape told by people of Stromness will lead you from the pier head to the cannon beyond Stromness Museum. In this sixth episode we hear about a holy well, Captain Bligh, The Haven and John Rae's Fiddle. Narrator: Jake Watson Eric Flett & Ian MacInnes circa 1990 (BBC Radio Orkney) / Mark Shiner & Jennifer Wrigley 2011 (BBC Radio Orkney) Music: 1. Jennifer & Hazel Wrigley ‘The Auld Bow’ / 2. Jennifer Wrigley playing John Rae’s Fiddle
Stromness Museum
Stromness Hometown
12/22/22 • 11 min
Voices of the past and the present weave an oral history of the town. This entertaining soundscape told by people of Stromness will lead you from the pier head to the cannon beyond Stromness Museum. In this seventh episode we hear about Old Orkney Whisky, Stromness Museum, the Orkney Yole and the scuttling of the German fleet. Narrator: Bea Watson Featured speakers in order of appearance: DeLille Diament 2011 / Edgar Ramsay 1976 (Orkney Library & Archive) / Ernest Marwick 1976 (Orkney Library & Archive) / Eric Flett & Ian MacInnes circa 1990 (BBC Radio Orkney) / Rosetta Groundwater (no date - Orkney Library & Archive) / Emily Turton 2011 / Willie Tulloch 2011 Music: 1. Jennifer & Hazel Wrigley ‘The Dingeshowe Dancers’ / 2. Mark Shiner ‘Greenland Whale Fishery’ / 3. Jennifer & Hazel Wrigley ‘Orca’
The Cannon
Stromness Hometown
12/23/22 • 12 min
Voices of the past and the present weave an oral history of the town. This entertaining soundscape told by people of Stromness will lead you from the pier head to the cannon beyond Stromness Museum. In this eighth episode we hear about Logins Well, the Kohinoor Diamond, Stanley Cursiter and the herring fishing industry. Narrator: Jake Watson Featured speakers in order of appearance: Edgar Ramsay 1976 (Orkney Library & Archive) / Ernest Marwick 1976 (Orkney Library & Archive) / Willie Tulloch 2011 / Eric Flett & Ian MacInnes circa 1990 (BBC Radio Orkney) / Tom Wishart 1967 (Orkney Library & Archive) / George Sinclair 2011 Music: 1. Jennifer & Hazel Wrigley ‘Magnus' Polska’ / 2. Nic Taylor ‘To Whom It May Concern’ (Stromness Academy) / 3. Halina Romaniszyn ‘Road to Rendall’ (Stromness Academy) / 4. Jennifer & Hazel Wrigley ‘The Deerness Mermaid’, ‘The Watchman's Polka’ / 5. Angus Findlater & Sandy Windwick ‘The Swa O’ The Sea’ Track 5 courtesy of the Ernest Walker Marwick Sound Archive Collection 1960-75 Orkney Library & Archive
Boys Brigade - 10 years time....
Stromness Hometown
12/24/22 • 3 min
The final bonus track of Stromness Hometown 10th anniversary edition was recorded in 2012 at a local Boys Brigade meeting, when they considered 10 years in the future - what would Stromness be like and what might they be doing in? Well, we’re there now, how many things came true?
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How many episodes does Stromness Hometown have?
Stromness Hometown currently has 10 episodes available.
What topics does Stromness Hometown cover?
The podcast is about Society & Culture, History, Podcasts and Oral History.
What is the most popular episode on Stromness Hometown?
The episode title 'Stromness Hometown introduction' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Stromness Hometown?
The average episode length on Stromness Hometown is 8 minutes.
How often are episodes of Stromness Hometown released?
Episodes of Stromness Hometown are typically released every day.
When was the first episode of Stromness Hometown?
The first episode of Stromness Hometown was released on Dec 9, 2022.
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