Oral History Programme

The purpose of the Oral History Programme was to record the memories of those with a connection to buildings involved in archaeological examination along the route of the M74 Completion.

The Programme provided an opportunity to use oral history in combination with historical archaeology.  In just over a year, twenty-four respondents from diverse social, occupational, and cultural backgrounds were recruited and interviewed for the project.

Their testimonies provide a unique set of human histories that enhance our knowledge of the social, economic, political, and cultural aspects of life in these historically important sites. The testimonies and photographs collected were also used in the exhibitions which took place at Scotland Street School Museum.

You can access the oral history archive at the Scottish Oral History Centre based at the University of Strathclyde.
     

Photographs gathered as a part of the Oral History Programme: left-right: Sarah Rodgers (in pram), brought up in McKinley Street; Disha Parkash, resident of Devon Street; Thomas Wilson’s father in McKinley Street; Marion Neil by the furnaces at Govan Iron works (Dixon’s Blazes) where her father worked

 

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