Hellihole Road
Dec 21, 2022•7 min•Ep. 6
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Episode description
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 sixth episode we hear about a holy well, Captain Bligh, The Haven and John Rae's Fiddle.
Narrator: Jake Watson
Eric Flett & Ian MacInnes circa 1990 (BBC Radio Orkney) / Mark Shiner & Jennifer Wrigley 2011 (BBC Radio Orkney)
Music: 1. Jennifer & Hazel Wrigley ‘The Auld Bow’ / 2. Jennifer Wrigley playing John Rae’s Fiddle
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