Methlick reminiscences [compact disc]
French, JimmyUUUU
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Formartine Partnership 2008.
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1 compact disc (18 min.)
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Formartine Oral History Project ; FP080742
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Interviewed by Helen Tawse on 1/8/07.Summary: Jimmy was born 2nd January 1931 at Hillhead of Methlick, which is no longer in existence. He speaks about his parents, his sisters and school days which he says was nothing unusual. Helen T reminds him that he once had Scarlet Fever and Jimmy recalls being in hospital for six weeks at Huntly. He talks about holidays with his aunt in Cults and his grandmother in Tarves, his hobbies, which included fishing (angling), football and badminton which he played at the Beaton Hall in Methlick where he met his wife, his work in his father's shop, his national service in the RAF for two years 1949-51. He worked on the delivery lorry for the shop until his father died when he came back to work in the shop full-time. Jimmy describes what was carried on the lorry, the other shops and businesses in Methlick, dances, Gight Games, which he remembers from a child. He finishes by talking about the tractor manufacturer Maas which is another business he recalls is now in Methlick.
Language:
English
BRN:
218785