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Welcome
to the forum, which holds memories and stories of your life in Scotland.
You can browse through the subjects to get started or why not start a
new topic of your own? Perhaps you want to comment on some of the archive
you've enjoyed, or just want to take time to read other people's thoughts,
you can contribute in any way you like, the forum is for you!
scotlandonfilm@bbc.co.uk
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What do you remember
about Scotland during the Second World War? How did life during wartime affect
you? We want to hear your stories about rationing, blackouts and the Blitz.
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Public transport
in our cities and towns was the norm, before the monopoly of the motorcar, but
it has seen the survival of the fittest. Do you recall regular trams on city streets?
Did you rely on regular ferry services to get home? Share your recollections of
boats, planes and trains.
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Did you have any
close encounters with the emergency services? Can you recall when there was a
policeman on every corner? Share your thoughts on the people who saved our lives
in the invaluable public services.
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How
has country life changed over the past hundred years?
Whether you lived on a farm or a croft, or if you were
part of a fishing community, tell us your memories of
life in rural Scotland.
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How
has life in the kitchen changed for Scots? Can you remember
cooking before the days of celebrity chefs, and when you
bought groceries from the grocers? How have attitudes
to drink changed? Tell us your stories.
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We want to find out
how the home has changed over the last century. Who was boss? What shopping was
done? What fashion trends did you follow in days gone by?
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The
20th Century saw huge changes in opinion towards childhood
and schooling. We want your views on teaching methods,
discipline, 11+ exams, and whether children know their
place!
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For
many Scots, work meant a heavily industrialised life.
Others fished on turbulent seas, farmed the land, found
different jobs in completely new industries - or quite
often found no work at all.
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A
nation of romantics or not? Has the method of finding
love changed over the last century? What about the social
pressures surrounding marriage and childbirth? Send us
your stories!
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Which
ailments have we conquered now, but were big threats in
past decades? How has the NHS changed over the years?
Perhaps some remember life in pre-NHS days?
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Which
sports and pastimes did we brighten up the last century
with? Football? The cinema? Dancing? Holidays in the sun?
How have they changed in style with each generation?
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Immigrants
came and emigrants went. People moved to New Towns and
were pushed out of the city centres into peripheral housing
schemes. Everyday life was transformed by wave after wave
of technological innovation - electricity, television,
traffic. At what price to Scottish life?
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