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The Oral and Cultural The Oral and Cultural Traditions Traditions of Scottish Travellers of Scottish Travellers a selection of images from the project a selection of images from the project

The Oral and Cultural Traditions of Scottish Travellers a selection of images from the project

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Page 1: The Oral and Cultural Traditions of Scottish Travellers a selection of images from the project

The Oral and Cultural The Oral and Cultural Traditions Traditions

of Scottish Travellersof Scottish Travellers

a selection of images from the projecta selection of images from the project

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People and PlacePeople and Place

Stanley Robertson, Gabrielle Ijdo and Angela Masia performing in Aberdeen

PH 2004 003 045

Stanley Robertson at Mill o Tifty, scene of ‘Andrew Lammie’ (Child 233) PH 2004 021 001

Family and geography are essential elements of

Traveller identity and culture

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Stanley Robertson, 1952

PH 2005 026 001

People and PlacePeople and Place

Robbie Robertson, Aberdeen, 1970sPH 2005 024 001

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People and PlacePeople and Place

The foot of Castle Terrace, Aberdeen

PH 2005 026 002

Around Hanover Street School, Aberdeen

PH 2005 026 003

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People and PlacePeople and Place

Corner shop, Frederick Street, Aberdeen, 1950sPH 2005 029 002Stanley Robertson and family,

Aberdeen, ca. 1976PH 2005 030 013

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People and PlacePeople and Place

Class photograph, Hanover Street School, early 1950s, Aberdeen

PH 2005 026 004

The Castlegate, Aberdeen, 1950sPH 2005 029 001

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The Oral and Cultural The Oral and Cultural Traditions of Scottish Traditions of Scottish

TravellersTravellers

Fieldwork with Scottish Fieldwork with Scottish TravellersTravellers

Gathering New and OldGathering New and Old

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FieldworkFieldwork

Alan Smith, AberchirderPH 2004 021 010

Alan Smith, Aberchirder with some of his craftwork

PH 2004 021 013

One of the main aims of the project is for Travellers to interview Travellers

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FieldworkFieldwork

John Henry, AberdeenPH 2005 030 020

Sam Stewart, EllonPH 2004 025 007

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FieldworkFieldwork

Brooks Macdonald at her graduation

PH 2005 030 012

Brooks Macdonald (Janet Robertson), Aberdeen

PH 2005 030 001

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FieldworkFieldwork

Jeannie Robertson, one of Scotland’s best-known singers

The project has also gathered together

and remastered important old recordings from private collections

Margaret ‘Maggie’ Stewart, recorded by her nephew Stanley

RobertsonElphinstone Institute

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Lucy Stewart (1901-1982), a major tradition-bearer with a varied repertoire ranging from classic ballads to rare music hall songs

The Stewarts of Fetterangus are one of Scotland’s leading families for traditional music and song

‘Crichie Donald’ and Margaret Stewart (neé Hutchison),

ca. 1900

FieldworkFieldwork

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David ‘Dytes’ and Martha ‘Peasie’ Stewart (neé Reid), on right, camped near Ballinluig, Perthshire, 1932 Elphinstone Institute

Martha Stewart, grand-daughter of David and Martha,

now studying for an MLitt in Ethnology

and Folklore at the Elphinstone Institute

FieldworkFieldwork

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Girls from Aberdeen in a Gypsy caravan, Open Roads Festival, Glasgow, 2000North East Traveller and Information Project

David Stewart, ca. 1945, described as the ‘King of the Gypsies’ at his funeral in Aberdeen (1954)

Elphinstone Institute

FieldworkFieldwork

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The Oral and Cultural The Oral and Cultural Traditions of Scottish Traditions of Scottish

TravellersTravellers

Travellers in Performance:Travellers in Performance:‘‘A Barrie Nicht’, ‘Gaither Roon the Glimmer’ A Barrie Nicht’, ‘Gaither Roon the Glimmer’

and and

‘‘A Boorachie o Traivellers: A Celebration of the A Boorachie o Traivellers: A Celebration of the Oral and Cultural Traditions of Scottish Oral and Cultural Traditions of Scottish

Travellers’Travellers’

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Travellers in PerformanceTravellers in Performance

Stanley Robertson welcomes audience and performers to the ‘Gaither Roon the Glimmer’

October 2004PH 2004 025 031

Public performances are an important way of giving the public an insight into Traveller identity

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Travellers in PerformanceTravellers in Performance

Elizabeth Stewart, Mintlaw, playing ‘The Highland Wedding’

PH 2004 003 001

The Lindsay Family, StrichenPH 2004 003 003

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Travellers in PerformanceTravellers in Performance

The audience enjoys a night among TravellersPH 2004 003 010

Jason Heaps, Aberdeen, introduced by Stanley Robertson

PH 2004 003 014

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Travellers in PerformanceTravellers in Performance

Angela Masia, Aberdeen, performs on the fiddle

PH 2004 003 018

Johnny Lindsay, Strichen, with his father at the Barrie Nicht

PH 2004 003 036

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Travellers in PerformanceTravellers in Performance

Alan Smith, Aberchirder, performs ‘The Gypsy Laddies’

(Child 200)PH 2004 003 040

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Travellers in PerformanceTravellers in Performance

Elizabeth Stewart, MintlawPH 2004 003 057

Angela Masia, AberdeenPH 2004 025 015

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Travellers in PerformanceTravellers in Performance

Clifford Robertson, Aberdeen, and groupat the ‘Barrie Nicht’, October 2004PH 2004 025 019

Stanley Cruickshank, AberdeenPH 2004 025 024

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Travellers in PerformanceTravellers in Performance

Carmen Higgins, Aberdeen, performs at the‘Boorachie o Traivellers: A Celebration of the Oral and Cultural

Traditions of Scottish Travellers’, March 2005PH 2005 007 071

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Travellers in PerformanceTravellers in Performance

Simon Robertson, AberdeenPH 2004 025 040

Author and storyteller Jess Smith, PerthshirePH 2005 007 049

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Travellers in PerformanceTravellers in Performance

Storyteller Simon Robertson, Aberdeen, at the Boorachie

PH 2005 007 053

Singer and composer Bob Knight, Aberdeen

PH 2005 007 060

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Travellers in PerformanceTravellers in Performance

Participants at the ‘Gaither Roon the Glimmer’

March 2004, AberdeenPH 2004 025 073

Stanley Robertson in concert with Lawrence Tulloch, ‘Scotland at the

Smithsonian’ Washington, DC, July 2003PH 2003 003 2004-6796

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The Oral and Cultural The Oral and Cultural Traditions of Scottish Traditions of Scottish

TravellersTravellers

The ProjectThe Project

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The ProjectThe Project

Stanley Robertson at Whitby Festival, August 2004

PH 2004 031 005

Author-filmaker Tim Neat addresses the Travellers’

conference, AberdeenPH 2005 007 002

The project has been publicized through festival presentations, conferences, schools visits, workshops and performances, from

Washington to Whitby

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The ProjectThe Project

Tim Neat addressing conference participants at the ‘Boorachie’,

March 2005PH 2005 007 016

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The ProjectThe Project

Tim Neat and Ian Russell at the ‘Boorachie’, March 2005

PH 2005 007 024Author and storyteller Jess Smith at

the ‘Boorachie’, March 2005PH 2005 007 034

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The ProjectThe Project

Akiko Takamatsu addresses the ‘Boorachie’, March 2005

PH 2005 007 040Sheila Stewart, Blairgowrie, at

the Elphinstone Institute Storytelling Weekend, April 2005

PH 2005 012 014

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The ProjectThe Project

Elizabeth Stewart plays at the Elphinstone Institute

Storytelling Weekend, April 2005

PH 2005 012 020

Sheila Stewart, Taffy Thomas, Stanley Robertson, Peter Chand at the

Elphinstone Institute Storytelling Weekend, April 2005

PH 2005 012 021

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The ProjectThe Project

Stanley Robertson at the HLF ‘Who Do We Want to Be?’

conference, November 2005PH 2005 031 023

Stanley Robertson with PhD researcher and project transcriber Sara Reith, Heritage Lottery Fund

‘Who Do We Want to Be?’ conference, November 2005

PH 2005 031 015

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AcknowledgementsAcknowledgements

Stanley Robertson, Project KeyworkerStanley Robertson, Project Keyworker

Ian Russell, DirectorIan Russell, Director

Photography by Ian Russell, Carley Williams, Martha Stewart, Sara Photography by Ian Russell, Carley Williams, Martha Stewart, Sara ReithReith

Powerpoint assembled by Thomas A. McKeanPowerpoint assembled by Thomas A. McKean

© 2006 © 2006 Elphinstone Institute, University of AberdeenElphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen