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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
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
Stanley Robertson, 1952
PH 2005 026 001
People and PlacePeople and Place
Robbie Robertson, Aberdeen, 1970sPH 2005 024 001
People and PlacePeople and Place
The foot of Castle Terrace, Aberdeen
PH 2005 026 002
Around Hanover Street School, Aberdeen
PH 2005 026 003
People and PlacePeople and Place
Corner shop, Frederick Street, Aberdeen, 1950sPH 2005 029 002Stanley Robertson and family,
Aberdeen, ca. 1976PH 2005 030 013
People and PlacePeople and Place
Class photograph, Hanover Street School, early 1950s, Aberdeen
PH 2005 026 004
The Castlegate, Aberdeen, 1950sPH 2005 029 001
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
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
FieldworkFieldwork
John Henry, AberdeenPH 2005 030 020
Sam Stewart, EllonPH 2004 025 007
FieldworkFieldwork
Brooks Macdonald at her graduation
PH 2005 030 012
Brooks Macdonald (Janet Robertson), Aberdeen
PH 2005 030 001
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
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
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
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
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’
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
Travellers in PerformanceTravellers in Performance
Elizabeth Stewart, Mintlaw, playing ‘The Highland Wedding’
PH 2004 003 001
The Lindsay Family, StrichenPH 2004 003 003
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
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
Travellers in PerformanceTravellers in Performance
Alan Smith, Aberchirder, performs ‘The Gypsy Laddies’
(Child 200)PH 2004 003 040
Travellers in PerformanceTravellers in Performance
Elizabeth Stewart, MintlawPH 2004 003 057
Angela Masia, AberdeenPH 2004 025 015
Travellers in PerformanceTravellers in Performance
Clifford Robertson, Aberdeen, and groupat the ‘Barrie Nicht’, October 2004PH 2004 025 019
Stanley Cruickshank, AberdeenPH 2004 025 024
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
Travellers in PerformanceTravellers in Performance
Simon Robertson, AberdeenPH 2004 025 040
Author and storyteller Jess Smith, PerthshirePH 2005 007 049
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
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
The Oral and Cultural The Oral and Cultural Traditions of Scottish Traditions of Scottish
TravellersTravellers
The ProjectThe Project
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
The ProjectThe Project
Tim Neat addressing conference participants at the ‘Boorachie’,
March 2005PH 2005 007 016
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
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
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
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
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