Mallaig Oral History Project

About this original series

The Mallaig Oral History Project was launched on 19 April 2008 and aims to record interviews with at least 50 people about their memories of living and working in Mallaig and the Mallaig fishing fleet.The project aims to put together a history of Mallaig as a fishing village between 1901 when the railway opened and the present day. It is focussing on the living history - the living memories of some of the people in Mallaig and the surrounding area. It aims to document - using taped interviews and video recordings - the history of the people in this area who do not traditionally have a voice, and will provide a unique insight into this fishing community which grew up around the herring fishing at the turn of the C20th and survived as a busy herring port right up into the 1970s.

  • # Episodes

    8 episodes

  • Rating

    TV-G

Episodes of Mallaig Oral History Project

    • Play Tommy Ralston - from fishbuyer to lifeboatman - Mallaig Oral History Project on Blip Mallaig Oral History Project episodes on Blip

      Tommy Ralston - from fishbuyer to lifeboatman

      Tommy Ralston, former coxswain of the Mallaig lifeboat, recalls days as a fishbuyer during the herring boom and some anecdotes from his days aboard the lifeboat.

      • Release date
        Nov 19, 2009
      • Runtime
        10:32
    • Play Margaret Wallace: Coming to Mallaig - Mallaig Oral History Project on Blip Mallaig Oral History Project episodes on Blip

      Margaret Wallace: Coming to Mallaig

      At the age of ninety six, Mrs Wallace remembers her first visit to Mallaig as a relief District Nurse, and why at first she was not allowed to return after her honeymoon.

      • Release date
        May 12, 2009
      • Runtime
        09:22
    • Play Stanley Duncan: Schoolboy to Lobster Fisherman - Mallaig Oral History Project on Blip Mallaig Oral History Project episodes on Blip

      Stanley Duncan: Schoolboy to Lobster Fisherman

      Retired Mallaig fisherman Stanley Duncan shares memories of leaving school in 1947 to start lobster fishing on his father's boat.

      • Release date
        May 10, 2009
      • Runtime
        13:43
    • Play William Aitchison - Early Days in Mallaig - Mallaig Oral History Project on Blip Mallaig Oral History Project episodes on Blip

      William Aitchison - Early Days in Mallaig

      Retired fisherman William Aitchison starts this excerpt telling us of his grandfather's fishing during World War 2, then goes back further to remember how his grandfather first brought the family to Mallaig from Berwickshire.

      • Release date
        May 9, 2009
      • Runtime
        07:24
    • Play Pat Mucklow - Mallaig Oral History Project on Blip Mallaig Oral History Project episodes on Blip

      Pat Mucklow

      Pat recalls some experiences with the Mallaig lifeboat and explains how she found out that she was the RNLI's first female crewmember. The interviewer was Jill de Fresnes.

      • Release date
        May 9, 2009
      • Runtime
        10:33
    • Play George Lawrie on the Point - Mallaig Oral History Project on Blip Mallaig Oral History Project episodes on Blip

      George Lawrie on the Point

      George Lawrie first came to Mallaig at the age of 7 to escape the wartime bombing of Clydeside. Talking to Jill de Fresnes and Lindy Henderson, he recalls life on the Point, kipper smoke and dredging for coal.

      • Release date
        Jul 2, 2008
      • Runtime
        11:16:22
    • Play Lindy Henderson on the Point - Mallaig Oral History Project on Blip Mallaig Oral History Project episodes on Blip

      Lindy Henderson on the Point

      In this interview Lindy Henderson remembers her first impressions of Mallaig when she first came in 1932 and tells Jill de Fresnes and George Lawrie about life in the fishworkers' huts on the Point. The interview was filmed by Keith Eddie.

      • Release date
        Jun 29, 2008
      • Runtime
        07:30:52
    • Play Moe Mathieson - Mallaig Oral History Project on Blip Mallaig Oral History Project episodes on Blip

      Moe Mathieson

      Mallaig fisherman Moe Mathieson tells us about childhood pursuits on the pier, ring-netting for herring and the early days of the prawn fishing, then explains how some Mallaig fishermen moved to fishing offshore.Interview recorded by Professor Paul Thompson on 18th June 2008

      • Release date
        Jun 27, 2008
      • Runtime
        06:56
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