In this episode I talk with Pat Morrison of Penmore, outside of Dervaig.
Pat and I spoke in her home at Penmore Mill at the end of last October.
Originally from Ayrshire, Pat came to Mull as an itinerant art teacher.
Our chat covers all sorts of topics, from the poetry of Robert Burns, to student life in Edinburgh in the 60’s, Turus Mara - the family company, which takes you out to Staffa and the Treshnish Isles from Ulva Ferry, the travails of running a fish hatchery and a reminiscence about a dearly missed friend.
The first few minutes of the recording are awfully hissy sounding. This is because I am such a professional, that I forgot to switch Pat’s recorder on for about 3 minutes. Yup. Sorry. It evens out after that.
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Episode Links:
Robert Burn’s Poetry
Tam o’Shanter http://www.robertburns.org/works/308.shtml
To a Mouse http://www.robertburns.org/works/75.shtml
Holy Willie’s Prayer http://www.robertburns.org/works/58.shtml
Edinburgh college of Art https://www.eca.ed.ac.uk/
John DuBarry http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/gd/results;jsessionid=B02103E06B3C7FDAD6DB004FB9CBC1B2
Archie Fisher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie_Fisher
Turus Mara https://www.turusmara.com/
Staffa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staffa
Lunga https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunga,_Treshnish_Isles
A video about Staffa, Lunga and Ulva I made for Marketing Mull & Iona, with music by Duncan Lyall https://youtu.be/hcqNwdsVkdo
Lochan class boats
Frunculosis https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/marine/Fish-Shellfish/aquaculture/diseases/notifiableDisease/Furunculosis
Christine Kidd https://www.christinekydd.com/
