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Tommy Drummond, Glasgow Taxi driver with old pub measures

Tommy: The teetotaller who treasures old pub measures

Posted on 29 July 201630 July 2016 by Nicola Albon
My great aunt’s family had a public house in Glasgow on the corner of Gallowgate and Bellfield Street. These are the liquid measurements that they used to use before the days of the optic. It’s a ... Read More
Northern Irish artist Raymie Watson with his favourite spoon

Raymie: Teaspoon that holds memories

Posted on 23 July 201624 July 2016 by Nicola Albon
And about 7 years ago I split up with my ex and one of the very few things that I made a point of taking out of the house was this spoon. So, I still have it and I still use it every day. And every da... Read More
Gordie Walker at Olympia Community Centre, Belfast, holds his Manchester City matchday football programme

Gordie: Football and superstitions

Posted on 17 June 201610 July 2016 by Nicola Albon
I’m a bit superstitious about programmes and stuff, so I actually got somebody else to buy the programme because usually whenever I buy a programme at a football match, the team that I’m supportin... Read More
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
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
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
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