Audio recording of an interview with James MacBeath, Mallaig, on 3 April 1998. Subjects addressed: Grandfather a soldier from Tongue who settled in Glenuig; his father Archie moved to Fort William and joined the railway; Later moved to Mallaig and married Dora Manson; Uncle Sandy run over by a truck and killed near Fort William during the blackout; shooting of a white stag near Morar; poaching deer in Morar and on Rum; carrying a rifle on the locomotive for poaching; relations with the Manson family; getting a new bicycle from his grandfather Manson; Length 43 mins Fully transcribed. Interviewer: Jill de Fresnes.

Year made: 1998

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