Graham Place

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’

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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’

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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