This episode is a conversation with Kenny and Colin MacIntyre of Tobermory.
Kenny is a well known broadcaster and host of Sportsound on BBC Scotland, and Colin is a world famous musician under the name Mull Historical Society and also an acclaimed novelist, writing the Mull Mysteries series featuring Ivor Punch.
Kenny and Colin talk about their father, the political broadcaster Kenny MacIntyre and their grandfather Angus MacIntyre, noted poet and bank manager.
They share memories of growing up in Tobermory, tales from their family and reminisce on the smells of their Mum’s hair dressing salon, amongst many other things.
The episode finishes with Angus MacIntyre’s poem Memories of Mull read by Iain Anderson with kind permission of BBC Radio Scotland.
Colin and Kenny have very kindly provided a selection of photos which you can see at the end of this page. Do check them out, there’s lots of well known faces in there!
Thanks for listening!
Episode Links:
Colin’s website, with details on his music, books and plays.
Angus MacIntyre’s Ceilidh Collection (on Ebay)
Sportsound – BBC Radio Scotland
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What a splendid thing this is. Well done to all. Great, unvarnished, candid memories, and probably a thousand tales still untold of those real characters, Kenny and his father. Iain Anderson’s recitation of the poem is good, but to anyone who remembers Angus’ renditions of his work on the stage in the Aros Hall, it scarcely stands comparison. I often read poems from ” The Compleat Angus” and I can still see, and hear him, almost as good an actor as he was a poet. Taing mor duibh uile.
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Gun robh math agad!
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