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Lenin of the Rovers and the Wick Voices Project

Susan Morrison checks out a revolutionary footballer player, the Wick Voices oral history project and an 18th-century ghostbuster.

Susan Morrison and Daniel Gray check out a revolutionary footballer player from Elgin: William Leslie who was a big fan of Lenin and the Bolshevik Revolution.

Doreen Leith and Alan Hendry from Wick Voices introduce Susan to their Caithness oral history project with a tale of Magnus Magnusson and an old-fashioned scoop.

Dr Martha McGill of Edinburgh University tells a tale of an 18th century ghost-busting minister and an enterprising servant girl from Chapel of Garioch.

Our 'World War 1 At ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ' story also comes from Wick: Louise Yeoman and Harry Gray look at how WW1 affected a young traveller woman, Johan MacPhee.

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Sun 16 Jul 2017 07:00

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