A podcast where we invite young people to interview the older generation aand ask question about growing up without the internet, what school life was like in the 50s and 60s, and anything else that highlights the difference between then and now…
Produced with financial help from Newbold Legacy Trust
Episode 1: Elliot Wilson (Pt1)
INTERVIEW with DAVE CAMERON
In oart 1, Eliot asks his grandad what memories he had of growing up in Forres, going to school at the academy, and what he did in his spare time.
Episode 2: Elliot Wilson (Pt2)
INTERVIEW with DAVE CAMERON
In part 2, Elliot learns about school milk, and discusses the onset of AI, the omnipresent internet and many other topics.
Episode 3: Darshan Hamilton and Deacon Sutcliffe
INTERVIEW with ALEX ROSS
In this episode, Darshan Hamilton and Deacon Sutcliffe interview Forres stalwart Alex Ross, born and bred in Forres, now retired from the police force but still very active in the community. The duo hear about two-letter car registrations, the big building company of Forres, the Culbin fire towers, and of course school life in the 1950s.
Episode 4: Jack and Finlay Gray
INTERVIEW with ELIZABETH McARTHUR
In this episode, Jack and Finlay Gray talk to their grandmother Elizabeth McArthur who arrived in Forres to marry a dairy farmer at Darnaway. She compares the area to her homeland in Dumfries, and remembers the differences between the two.
Episode 5: Alex Tan
INTERVIEW with ‘SKIBO’ MACKENZIE
In this episode, Glasgow School of Art student Alex Tan from North Carolina talks to veteran ‘Skibo’ Mackenzie about growing up in Forres, joing the Royal Navy at 15, and singing in the Victoria Hotel, which has now been turned into an activity centre for veterans.
Coming next:
Episode 6: Yuchen Liu
INTERVIEW with DOUGIE DUGUID
In this episode, Chinese student Yuchin Liu talks to former RAF serviceman Dougie Duguid.
Episode 7: Yidi He
INTERVIEW with TIMOTHY FINNEGAN
In this episode, Chinese student Yidi He talks to former military doctor Timothy Finnegan.
Episode 8: Sam Simpson
INTERVIEW by ALEX TAN
In this episode, 80-year-old Sam Simpson looks back in his memories of Moray.
Episode 9: Frank Allan
INTERVIEW by FREDDIE and ALFIE ALLAN
In this episode, Findhorn born Frank Allan discusses his school days in the village with grandchildren Alfie and Freddie.
Do you want to add your voice… literally?
This is an ongoing project, and we welcome contact from new subjects (over 60) and interviewers (under 25). Please email mail@moraylocal.org to find out more.