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Voices of the past and the present weave an oral history of the town. This entertaining soundscape told by people of Stromness will lead you from the pier head to the cannon beyond Stromness Museum. In this second episode we visit the RNLI building to learn about the history of the lifeboat service, and drop into the Stromness Hotel to hear about its many uses over the last century. Narrator: Jake Watson Featured speakers in order of appearance: Ernest Marwick 1967 (Orkney Library & Archive) / Tom Wishart 1967 (Orkney Library & Archive) / Ian MacInnes & Eric Flett circa 1990 (BBC Radio Orkney) / Stewart Taylor 2011 / Gerry Meyer 2007 (Fortress Orkney) Music: 1. Jennifer & Hazel Wrigley ‘Luca’ / 2. Isla Wallace ‘Dreams of Orkney’ (Stromness Academy)
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