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Historian and broadcaster Billy Kay introduces a selection of programmes from his back catalogue of documentaries celebrating life in Scotland.
Historian and broadcaster Billy Kay introduces a selection of programmes from his back catalogue of Odyssey documentaries celebrating life in Scotland. Tune in for lace-making in the Irvine valley, miner Mungo MacKay and his green table, memories of how the general strike of 1926 hit Fife's mining communities and the story of the jute mills of Dundee.
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They Fairly Mak Ye Work
The story of the jute mills of Dundee, as told by the spinners and weavers who worked in the mills.
Duration: 48:57
Up The Valley
The story of the textile industry in Ayrshireβs Irvine Valley, as told by the weavers, manufacturers and designers.
Duration: 46:08
Mungo Mackay and the Green Table
The story of the manager of the Lothian Coal Company which dominated the lives of people in the Midlothian mining villages of Rosewell and Newtongrange.
Duration: 46:13
The β26
Recalling the devastating impact of the General Strike of 1926 on the mining communities of East Fife.
Duration: 45:35
Glengarnock Steel
The people of the Ayrshire town of Glengarnock tell the story of the impact that the steel industry has had on their community.
Duration: 43:15
Mountain Men
Memories of some of the Glasgow men who started the popular mountaineering movement in Scotland in the 1930βs.
Duration: 50:46
Whiskyβs Awa
The story of the temperance movement in Scotland in the late 1920βs.
Duration: 46:42
Broadcasts
- Wed 11 Aug 2010 00:30ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland Extra
- Wed 18 Aug 2010 00:30ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland Extra
- Wed 16 Feb 2011 00:30ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland
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