Audio recording of an interview with Mary Snow nee Johnson ca.1998 about her memories of growing up in Mallaig. Subjects mentioned (side A): childhood on the Point; family moved to Mallaig from Berwickshire via Findochty; fires on the Point and at West Highland Hotel; new flats round the Khyber; school; father's work making kippers; religious bigotry; becoming a nurse; joining the Queen Alexandra’s Nursing Service; postwar nursing carreer; living in Kenya; friendship with family of MP David Steel; living in West Africa; changes observed in Mallaig; people remembered from childhood; (Side B): childhood pastimes and companions; concerts in the village hall; relations between local people and incomers; keeping the Sabbath; mother was kipperer - refused to allow daughters to enter fish trade; doing the weekly shopping; Dr Macrae and Mary's father's stomach ulcers Length: 71 mins Fully transcribed Interviewer: Jill de Fresnes

Year made: 1998

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