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Stanley Robertson talks about his grandfather and his grandm...

Date 1981
Track ID 42932
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1981.25.6

Original Tape ID

SA1981.025

Summary

Stanley Robertson talks about his grandfather and his grandmother, an ostentatious and cruel woman.

Stanley Robertson's father's father was Donald Robertson, a professional soldier known as 'Sojer Donald'. Stanley father's mother was Maria Stewart, known as 'Big Maria'. They were both very strict. Maria had property, but liked to go travelling. She had an ornate caravan called 'The Bonnie Bunch o Roses'. She was a very showy woman. She was very cruel to Stanley's father, once splitting his head open and another time scalding him with a pan of gravy. Her husband, who was a lot older than her, died aged 38, when Stanley's father was twelve. Maria then married Jimmy Higgins and became very kind to Jeannie and to her new husband's family.

Item Notes

Some Travellers' cant words on track.

Recording Location

County - Aberdeenshire

Item Location

County - Aberdeenshire

Language

Scots, Traveller Cant (Scots/Romani)

Genre

Information

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good