
Two Go to Tolsta - Sgeulachd Syd Agus Millie
The story of two children from Hertfordshire who ran away to their grandparents' Hebridean home in the summer of 1949.
It is 1949. Millie (13) and her little brother Syd (nine) live in Hertfordshire, but their mother’s roots are in the Scottish Hebrides. It’s a place they’ve visited and love. Determined to spend the summer holidays with their grandparents, the two sneak off without permission, only a bagful of funs, a few pennies and a load of determination.
Now, 70 years on, Syd and Millie recall how they planned the daring trip and absconded unaccompanied by train, ferry and bus all the way north west to the Isle of Lewis. Provoking a small storm in the press, they enjoyed celebrity status for a time. But they got the summer holiday of their dreams, in their mother’s native village of Tolsta. A bright and heartwarming story, exclusive to ѿý Alba.
1949. Ann an ceann a deas Shasainn, chan eil air aire Millie Richardson agus a bràthair beag Syd, ach aon rud. Dèanamh air Eilean Leòdhais! An ceann-uidhe agus am pàrras - Tolastadh bho Thuath far a bheil taigh an seanar is seanmhar. Le Millie an ceann cùisean is Syd le earbsa na phiuthar mhòr tha iad a’ dèanamh às, gun cead iarraidh bho ‘m pàrantan. Gun ach beagan is sia sgillinn nan sporan, an t-aodach a th’ orra, deisichean snàimh, leabhraichean “ration” agus poca bhunaichean, tha iad a’ cuir 700 mìle siubhail romhpa An seo, cluinnidh sinn nam faclan fhèin dìreach mar a thachair – à Hertfordshire, a Tholstadh.
In Gaelic with English subtitles
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Role | Contributor |
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Producer | Patsi MacKenzie |
Broadcasts
- Tue 31 Dec 2019 20:30
- Fri 3 Jan 2020 20:30
- Sun 5 Jan 2020 20:30
- Thu 23 Jan 2020 20:30
- Sun 26 Jan 2020 20:00
- Wed 17 Jun 2020 15:00
- Wed 16 Sep 2020 20:30
- Sat 19 Sep 2020 20:30
- Wed 23 Dec 2020 20:30
- Sat 14 Aug 2021 19:30
- Tue 7 Dec 2021 22:30
- Thu 6 Jan 2022 19:30
- Sat 12 Feb 2022 19:30
- Sun 15 May 2022 19:00
- Wed 21 Dec 2022 19:00
- Thu 5 Jan 2023 19:30
- Sun 8 Jan 2023 19:00
- Tue 10 Jan 2023 21:10
- Sat 21 Oct 2023 19:00
- Thu 4 Jan 2024 19:30
- Sat 6 Jan 2024 18:55
- Sun 7 Jan 2024 22:30
- Wed 7 Aug 2024 20:30
- Sat 10 Aug 2024 20:30
- Thu 19 Dec 2024 19:00