South Pier

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

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Stromness Hometown introduction

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’

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Pierhead

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)