We've been on a treasure hunt...for your memories

 

Interviews Collected so far: 95 (that's 132%)

We have now stopped collecting interviews for the archive

 

The archive launch will take place on 19 APRIL 2008 - at Fyvie Castle

 

 

The Formartine Oral History Project is an initiative of the Formartine Partnership and was started in 2004 with a £35K grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. By March 2008 an archive of over 70 interviews and subsidiary materials will be created for posterity.

 

It’s your Project and we're looking after your stories.

 

We even have our own blessing now!

 

The Formartine Grace

 

O Lord, we sikk a blessin noo,

On ilka ashet stappit foo,

On dreepin roasts for ilka mou'

Or troots fae oot the Ythan

 

An faan it's hame we're bound the nicht,

Tae Fyvie, Ellon, Maud or Gight,

Lord, grant us a meen that's shinin bricht

Lest we faa intae the Ythan

 

From 21st April 2008 the interviews will be available in the following local libraries and secondary schools:

 

• Ellon
• Turriff
• Oldmeldrum

 

so you, and anyone else, can listen to those stories which may be lost to future

generations if they are not recorded now.

 

There will also be two reference collections at the North East Folklore Archive and the Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen.  It is planned to also have a collection at Balmedie Library in the near future, so the Belhelvie Parish can enjoy the fruits of our labours too!

 

These are just some of the subjects on which we gathered reminiscences. 

 

• Pre-War & Post-War Farm Memories
• World War II
• The Coming of the Oil Industry
• The Doric – Oor Ain Mither Tongue
• Hobbies – old & new
• Folklore & Legends
• Schooldays
• Working Days

 

We had groups participating from the following areas:

 

1. Barthol Chapel
2. Belhelvie
3. Collieston
4. Ellon (Reminiscence Group)
5. Formartine United JFC (Pitmedden)
6. Fyvie and Woodhead
7. Meldrum & Bourtie
8. Methlick
9. Newburgh
10. Tarves
11. Turriff

 

 

Training

The two training sessions have now taken place at Fyvie and Oldmeldrum. Click on the names for a report on both events. (You can also find links on the Woodhead & Meldrum Pages)

 

If you think you need a little extra help using the recording equipment, do let me know!

The editing, transcribing and techie end-product will be looked after by myself, so all you need is a good memory and a willingness to try something new!

 

News & Events

You can find these on the news & events page on this site, as well as my roving diary

 

Formartine Podcasts

This is where extracts from interviews are now appearing

 

Groups' Own Pages

I envisage that eventually every group will have its own page on the Formartine Wiki.

 

You can contact me via:

 

My Office 01224 585861

 

Ellon Area Office

Formartine Partnership Development Officer, Morag Wright on 01358 726452, OR

 

Post:

The Formartine Partnership

29 Bridge Street

Ellon

AB41 9AA

 

OR email:

 

Fiona-Jane Brown

Formartine Oral History Project Officer

 

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