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 Home' 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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Wick Travellers
Duration: 00:22
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Operation Snowdrop scoop
Duration: 00:31
Michael “Spike” Tait
Wick voices Janet McDonald
Broadcasts
- Tue 11 Jul 201713:30BBC Radio Scotland
- Sun 16 Jul 201707:00BBC Radio Scotland
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Time Travels
Susan Morrison explores the rich and sometimes murky depths of Scotland's past.
