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A man sitting on a sofa with a comb in a wallet

Zeg: Comb brings back memories of Dad and childhood

Posted on 28 May 201610 July 2016 by Nicola Albon
Dad used to have this comb with him wherever he went. It was in his back pocket. His wallet, his comb, his keys - those were the 3 things he’d always be out with. And when he passed away in 1999 the... Read More
Woman holding up an embroidered scarf

Razia: A memory of Mum

Posted on 21 May 201610 July 2016 by Nicola Albon
I think that’s so important though because it’s not the materialistic things, the things that have monetary value, that are precious: it’s more things that have a sentimental value but are irrep... Read More
Tennis coach, Julian Cousins sitting on a bench at a tennis court holding a racket

Julian: The scars that remind me how lucky I am to be alive

Posted on 14 May 201610 July 2016 by Nicola Albon
It was a very, very black time that I had to go through. But I wouldn’t have it any other way because all that I’ve got right now, pretty much, has come from that. The cancer’s never too far awa... Read More
Retired midwife Betty MacKinnon with her book - Bailliere's Nurses Dictionary

Betty MacKinnon with her Bailliere’s Nurses Medical Dictionary

Posted on 3 May 201610 July 2016 by Nicola Albon
"This is the very very first book I bought when I became a student nurse. 4th September 1951. Of course when you start nursing you go into preliminary training school and you have to buy things. Well,... Read More
Eugene Marshall, President of the Students' Union at the Royal College of Music, plays the piano

Eugene: The piece of music that cured my writer’s block

Posted on 26 April 201610 July 2016 by Nicola Albon
"I had crippling writer’s block. It had been haunting me for about 15 months, whereby I just couldn’t write anything. It wasn’t permeating just my musical creativity but my entire being. And all... Read More
Harris Tweed weaver, Kenny Maclennan, with his old loom

Kenny: Weaving Harris Tweed on an old loom

Posted on 19 April 201610 July 2016 by Nicola Albon
I started weaving when I left school. This was my mother-in-law’s loom. It was my mother that taught me how to weave. And when I got the new double-width loom, I just didn’t have the heart to thro... Read More
Ross Macrae playing his bagpipes at Stornoway Harbour, Isle of Lewis

Ross Macrae with his bagpipes

Posted on 11 April 201610 July 2016 by Nicola Albon
"I started learning how to play the pipes in primary 4 or 5 when I was 7. And I’m still learning. It was something at school that everybody did because you got to skive out of a class to go and do i... Read More
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