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Title - Reading of extracts from the diary of a 19th century Pentlan...
Contributors - Andrew Gibson
Reporters - Sheila Scott
Item Person - Laidlaw, William
Summary - Reading of extracts from the diary of a 19th century Pentland herd.
Andrew Gibson reads copied extracts from the diary of William Laidlaw, shepherd in Wakefield. It lists those present at a herds' gathering [herds' supper] upon the restoration of the limehouse at Baddinsgill in 1882. There are descriptions of the weather and farming and herding conditions in different years, and an account of a severe storm, on 20th May 1887, comparable only to storms in 1859 and 1886. Ewes and lambs had to be dragged out of wreaths [snowdrifts] up to five feet deep, but fortunately the lambs were old enough by then to survive. The writer dubs it the 'Jubilee Blast' after Queen Victoria's Jubilee.
Account of a valuation, when a farm was taken over by the laird of Cringletie in 1904. Account of fires getting out of control during heather burning in 1899.
Track Duration (h:m:s) - 00:09:28
Date Recorded - 1969 Summer
Date of Content - 1882 to 1904
Language - English, Scots
Genre - Information
Collection - School of Scottish Studies
Track ID - 5084
Original Tape ID - SA1969.188
Original Track ID - SA1969.188.A3
Audio Quality - Good
Audio Format - R2R
Item Location:
County - Peeblesshire
Parish - West Linton
Item Notes - Wakefield and Baddinsgill are near West Linton, in the Pentland Hills. 1887 was the year of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
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Contributors - Andrew Gibson
Reporters - Sheila Scott
Item Person - Laidlaw, William
Summary - Reading of extracts from the diary of a 19th century Pentland herd.
Andrew Gibson reads copied extracts from the diary of William Laidlaw, shepherd in Wakefield. It lists those present at a herds' gathering [herds' supper] upon the restoration of the limehouse at Baddinsgill in 1882. There are descriptions of the weather and farming and herding conditions in different years, and an account of a severe storm, on 20th May 1887, comparable only to storms in 1859 and 1886. Ewes and lambs had to be dragged out of wreaths [snowdrifts] up to five feet deep, but fortunately the lambs were old enough by then to survive. The writer dubs it the 'Jubilee Blast' after Queen Victoria's Jubilee.
Account of a valuation, when a farm was taken over by the laird of Cringletie in 1904. Account of fires getting out of control during heather burning in 1899.
Track Duration (h:m:s) - 00:09:28
Date Recorded - 1969 Summer
Date of Content - 1882 to 1904
Language - English, Scots
Genre - Information
Collection - School of Scottish Studies
Track ID - 5084
Original Tape ID - SA1969.188
Original Track ID - SA1969.188.A3
Audio Quality - Good
Audio Format - R2R
Item Location:
County - Peeblesshire
Parish - West Linton
Item Notes - Wakefield and Baddinsgill are near West Linton, in the Pentland Hills. 1887 was the year of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
Permanent Link - http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/fullrecord/5084/1
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