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Vanessa Collingridge and the team answer listener’s historical queries and celebrate the way in which we all ‘make’ history. |
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Peking/Paris 1907
Alistair Pike in Bristol contacted Making History after hearing our item on the Peking/Paris car race of 1907:
In commemoration of the 1907 Beijing to Paris car rally, my Australian aunt, Heather Burge, and two others are cycling from Beijing to Paris at the moment. All three replied to a small ad that simply said "Beijing to paris, car free, no support vehicles"
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“White Slavery” in the Western Isles
Making History listener Barney Kinsler recalled a visit to the Rodel Hotel on South Harris in 1966. He remembers some artefacts on the wall of the bar which were described as slave whips, used in the transportation of local people to the American colonies – so-called “White Slavery”. Other stories exist locally about people being taken against their will to work as indentured labour either in the Americas or Indian sub-continent. Making History consulted local historian Bill Lawson who made the point that in an oral or story-telling culture, like that of the Scottish Highlands and Islands, it is very difficult to separate fact from fiction. He believes that most of these stories and the few artefacts linked with them, originate in the islands’ maritime heritage – i.e. brought home from travels around the globe.
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The Highland Clearances – a victim culture?
Following the discussion of stories from the Western Isles, Vanessa Collingridge turned to the bigger picture of Scottish emigration and how it is dominated by the brutality of the Clearances. She spoke to Dr Ewen Cameron at the University of Edinburgh and Dr Paul Basu at the University of Sussex about the historical accuracy of such a view.
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(includes a link to his Doctoral research on ‘Highland ѿýcomings’)
Further Reading:
Devine, Thomas Martin (ed.). /Scottish emigration and Scottish society/. Edinburgh: John Donald, 1992. vii, 178 p.
Harper, Marjory. /Adventurers and exiles : the great Scottish exodus/. London: Profile, 2003. x, 422 p.
Harper, Marjory. /Emigration from Scotland between the wars : opportunity or exile?/. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1998. xv, 243 p.
Harper, Marjory (ed.). /Emigrant homecomings : the return movement of emigrants, 1600-2000/ (Studies in Imperialism). Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2005. xi, 276 p.
Flinn, M. (ed.). /Scottish population history from the 17th century to the 1930s/. Cambridge, 1977.
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Vanessa has presentedscience and current affairs programmes for ѿý, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Discovery and has presented for ѿý Radio 4 & Five Live and a regular contributor to the Daily Telegraph and the Mail on Sunday, Scotsman and Sunday Herald.