Billy Kay's Social History
Billy Kay explores social history of the Clydebank blitz, booth boxers, conchies, poachers and bothy lads.
Billy Kay explores social history in this week's Zone as he introduces some extraordinary stories about ordinary people. Tune in for First World War Lovat Scouts and Highland Light Infantrymen, Scottish conscientious objectors, booth boxers, bothy lads, poachers and some moving memories of the Clydebank blitz.
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The Clydebank Blitz
First hand accounts from survivors of the 1941 bombing of the Scottish town which claimed the lives of over 1200 people.
Duration: 43:25
Gallipoli
The WWI experiences of the Lovat Scouts and Highland Light Infantry who joined the allied campaign in the Dardanells and Gallipoli in 1915.
Duration: 43:29
The Conscientious Objectors
The Scottish 'Conchie' who held steadfast to their conviction not to serve in the Great War.
Duration: 45:35
The Booth Boxers
Fighters from Glasgow, Aberdeen, Fife and Dundee recall their heyday, escaping the Depression by joining fairground boxing booths.
Duration: 44:30
The Bothy Lads
The men who followed the ploughs on the farms of Angus recall life in the bothies from before the 1st World War until the 1950's.
Duration: 46:53
Poacher's Night
First hand accounts of poaching for fish, fur and feathers in the valley of the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders.
Duration: 41:35
A Weel Ploo’ed Rig
Tracing the modernisation of farming in Scotland's North East with first hand accounts from the men who worked the land, the move towards fishing and the coming of oil.
Duration: 46:10
Broadcasts
- Wed 26 Jan 2011 00:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland
- Wed 6 Apr 2011 00:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland
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