Wick Voices - Around Caithness
Recorded 6 years ago
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Listen to a selection of Wick Voices stories from around Caithness.
Bill Sutherland not only recalls happy days spent collecting whelks along the shore at Dunbeath, but he shares his recipe for cooking whelks in a syrup tin.
Skipper George Calder from Lybster describes his amazing encounter with a great white shark.
Isobel Sutherland shares childhood memories of outdoor concerts to entertain the Thrumster community.
Marjory Scott recounts humorous stories about the Wick and Lybster Light Railway.
Harry Gray retells some of Sutherland Clynes stories of growing up in Poltney in the early 1900s, while Alan Miller recalls his early memories of Vansittart Street, and Elsie Cardosi tells of a family story about a keg of rum.
Chris Aitken talks about finding messages in bottles while searching the coastline around Keiss castle.
David Mowat tells of the memorable day Wick Academy player Tichy Hughes visited Canisbay School.
Artist Joanne B Kaar tells of wind sellers, such as Meg Watt from Duncansby.
Viscount Thurso talks about working away from Caithness and dreaming of returning home.
Ishbel McBoyle recalls the occasion when photographer Alexander Johnston visited Halkirk School to take class photos.
Captain John Campbell was born in Gillock, Caithness and after leaving Wick High School, joined the Merchant Navy, travelling the World. In this short extract, he recalls a memorable visit to Singapore.
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