Mark Stephen hears stories of the north east's distinctive past. He visits Glenesk in Angus and unearths a long-distance love affair from the early 1900s.
'Dear Minnie. I now take up my pen to fulfil my promise of writing to you. You will be thinking by the time you get this that I have forgot about you, but I will never do that.'
In 1902, a young joiner called Alexander Middleton left home in Glenesk in Angus to seek his fortune in the Gold Rush of North America. Over a hundred years later, a box containing 55 letters from him to his sweetheart, Minnie Lindsay, was discovered at the Glenesk Folk Museum. It contained evidence of a love affair no one in the Glen knew about.
Through exclusive readings from Alex's love letters to Minnie - spanning the early part of the 20th Century - we get an insight into life in Glenesk during that time. And Mark discovers that many of the places and social events described in these letters are perfectly preserved to this day.
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- Mon 18 Aug 2014 13:32主播大秀 Radio Scotland
- Tue 19 Aug 2014 05:02主播大秀 Radio Scotland
- Boxing Day 2014 10:02主播大秀 Radio Scotland
- Sun 15 Nov 2015 07:00主播大秀 Radio Scotland
- Sat 2 Jan 2016 08:00主播大秀 Radio Scotland