by Gordon Mackay | Dec 31, 2019 | Doric Blog - People / Culture
(written especially for Doric Future) I would like to introduce you to Our Doric Man, From “Down Under”! This lovely Australian man originally from Crathie, Aberdeenshire, contacted me when he started to watch some of my videos from Aberdeenshire on you tube. When I...
by Gordon Mackay | Dec 22, 2019 | Music / Culture
22 Dec 2019 Featuring songs from Bob Knight This is the start of a series of musical videos depicting our Doric Song and Stories. DoricFuture is bringing people together to portray a new perspective on our Doric Culture. It also shows the warmth and humour of us...
by Gordon Mackay | Dec 12, 2019 | Doric Future, People / Culture
12th Dec 2019 “in just one day 500 people watched Antonia’s interview.” “ I shall interview Antonia again in the “future “ to see if her dreams have come to be”……..ltures To watch the video, click the play button on the section below. Join the Doric TV Community today...
by Gordon Mackay | Nov 26, 2019 | Doric Blog - Language and Culture, Doric Blog - People / Culture
My name is Antonia Uri, I am 23 years old and I was brought up in the countryside in-between Mintlaw and Longside. Preserving the Doric dialect is extremely important to me because it is a huge part of who I am, and is something that ties me to my home no matter where...
by Gordon Mackay | Nov 23, 2019 | Doric Blog - People / Culture
(written especially for Doric Future) DORIC Fit is “Doric”? Doric is the wye north-East folk spik. I suppose ye wid ca’ it an accent or a dialect. Fin I wis a loon, I didna’ ken that I spoke Doric or hid an accent. Ye see, the wye I spoke wis learnt at my midder’s...
by Gordon Mackay | Nov 22, 2019 | Doric Blog - People / Culture
The importance of videoing oral history to document not only how the Doric language is spoken, but also on how we look. There are certain features that mark a Doric face, shaped possibly by the environment we are brought up in. Bessie Cordiner Wilkins has a great...
by Gordon Mackay | Nov 16, 2019 | Doric Future, People / Culture
16th November 2019 Lot’s of people have shown an interest in Jills work and have been asking how they might find out more, well who better to tell them than Jill herself? To watch the video, click the play button on the section below. Join the Doric TV Community today...
by Gordon Mackay | Nov 10, 2019 | People / Culture
18th August 2020 It’s quite sad that when I was younger, speaking Doric was possibly a sign that one didn’t have a great command of the English Language! I really feel proud of my Doric dialect now, having lost so many words and phrases, will endeavour to rekindle...
by Gordon Mackay | Nov 1, 2019 | Doric Dracula
Lock Down 2020. Well Being . Connecting to History, Heritage and Nature. Dracula’s Connection to Cruden Bay Coastline and Castle. Various authors who have written about Slains Castle. Jill ‘s journey – Following In The Footsteps of Bram Stoker. Brief Connections with...
by Gordon Mackay | Sep 1, 2019 | Doric Dracula
During September and October 2019 Peterhead based theatre group (MODO) staged a series of Doric influenced perfomances at Slains Castle in Cruden Bay.Jill spent some time with the cast and crew of Doricula, a bespoke piece of work melding the influences of the Doric...
by Gordon Mackay | Aug 30, 2019 | Doric Future, People / Culture
30th Aug 2019 On The Stone Circles Of Buchan,Scotland. The Doric Words will go, but it’s the impression that’s left by the people before us that will live on and fascinate us. To watch the video, click the play button on the section below. Join the Doric TV Community...
by Gordon Mackay | Aug 11, 2019 | Doric Future, People / Culture
11th Aug 2019 Alan Hay, Archivist of The Clan Hay Society and Chairman of The Royal Celtic Society As an early contribution to our ‘Historians of Cruden Bay’ project we are delighted to share the reflections of Alan Hay. To watch the video, click the play button on...
by Gordon Mackay | Jul 21, 2019 | Doric Future, People / Culture
26th Jul 2019 Ian Kennedy from Peterhead has a great love and enthusiasm of our Buchan Heritage, his mother was brought up in Cruden Bay and lived well into her 90’s and Ian reminises about her life and the changes she saw. To watch the video, click the play...
by Gordon Mackay | Jun 16, 2019 | Doric Future, People / Culture
16th June 2019 Gordon Findlay is a lifelong resident of Cruden Bay, best known to many as the primary school ‘Janny’ for many years, and an elder of the Congregational Church in the heart of the village. To watch the video, click the play button on the...
by Gordon Mackay | Jun 4, 2019 | Doric Future, People / Culture
14th June 2019 Ann (Rennie) Findlay’s Memories To watch the video, click the play button on the section below. Join the Doric TV Community today We very much hope you will join our Doric TV Community by clicking on the link below, could you please share a link to this...
by Gordon Mackay | Mar 7, 2019 | Doric Future, People / Culture
7th Mar 2019 Doric roots are strongly formed from fishing and farming communities. The late Norman Moncrieff beautifully describes this way of life. Norman’s grandfather was the last Commercial Fisherman in Collieston, Aberdeenshire. To watch the video, click the play...
by Gordon Mackay | Mar 1, 2019 | Doric Dracula
David Brown, local countryside ranger speaks of following in Stoker’s footsteps to explore in a mindful and meaningful way the advantages of being in commune with our sea and land scape. Join the Doric TV Community today We very much hope you will join our Doric TV...
by Gordon Mackay | Feb 21, 2019 | Doric Future, Music / Culture
9th Feb 2019 Featuring the Folk Club’s female voice choir I have had a long-time attachment to the Cruden Bay Folk Club which was formed in 2012, and before that with many of the local entertainers who came together to form the club. In this video ‘One Voice’ the...
by Gordon Mackay | Feb 11, 2019 | Doric Future, People / Culture
1st Feb 2019 Farm Roup at The Ward , Slains, Aberdeenshire This is the last farm Roup that myself and my father attended. It is important that we keep a record of not just a farming industry but also the way of life that went with it. To watch the video, click the...
by Gordon Mackay | Feb 4, 2019 | Doric Future, People / Culture
4th Feb 2019 Bertie Bruce, Joseph Yule and Malcolm Forbes were the last commercial fishermen to fish from the Forvie and Cruden Bay Salmon Stations. In the year 1831 a system called bag netting was developed to catch salmon in the northeast waters, which became one of...
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