Jura Lives

The Isle of Jura's Oral History Project.
Creating an island archive of living memories and stories. With few people, some visitors, and many deer, it's a way of life that we hope to capture - you will be able to read how the project is going, hear clips from interviews, see documentary materials and join in here. The project is happily funded by grants from Argyll and the Islands LEADER 2007-2013 programme, the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Isle of Jura Development Trust. 
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Coming to Keils…The old crofts with the low rafters, the thatched roofs, the smell of peat, the old black kettle always boiling on the range. Venison and fish hanging from the rafters, drying out so they would last through the Winter…

Response to the Oral History Postcards : the most vivid moment of my life here was when…

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