{"id":359,"date":"2024-11-26T15:38:27","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T15:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/resp\/?p=359"},"modified":"2024-11-26T15:51:02","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T15:51:02","slug":"359","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/resp\/2024\/11\/26\/359\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating a new batch of recordings just added to the RESP website"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_360\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-360\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-360 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/resp\/files\/2024\/11\/Tweet-13-ic-af-229-machinery-at-Bruntons-wire-mill-1024x550.jpg\" alt=\"B&amp;W photograph showing machinery in Brunton's wire mill\" width=\"584\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/resp\/files\/2024\/11\/Tweet-13-ic-af-229-machinery-at-Bruntons-wire-mill-1024x550.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/resp\/files\/2024\/11\/Tweet-13-ic-af-229-machinery-at-Bruntons-wire-mill-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/resp\/files\/2024\/11\/Tweet-13-ic-af-229-machinery-at-Bruntons-wire-mill-768x413.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/resp\/files\/2024\/11\/Tweet-13-ic-af-229-machinery-at-Bruntons-wire-mill-1536x825.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/resp\/files\/2024\/11\/Tweet-13-ic-af-229-machinery-at-Bruntons-wire-mill-500x269.jpg 500w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/resp\/files\/2024\/11\/Tweet-13-ic-af-229-machinery-at-Bruntons-wire-mill.jpg 1763w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The factory floor in Brunton&#8217;s wire mill, Musselburgh. Thanks to the John Gray Centre Archive for sharing this image with us. (ref. ic-af-229)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>For this blog post, which marks the most recent upload of recordings onto the RESP Archive website, we are delighted to hear from Mark Mulhern, Senior Research Fellow with the EERC and lead for the RESP Spoken Word strand.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This latest batch of recordings to be added to the RESP Archive website is in some ways representative of how the RESP goes about including different voices in its collection. Within this batch, which includes 24 fieldwork interviews, we have recollections about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The mills in Musselburgh \u2013 Brunton\u2019s, Stuart\u2019s and Inveresk paper mill<\/li>\n<li>One man\u2019s (David Elder) recollections of his early life, National Service and more<\/li>\n<li>Recollections for workers at a number of enterprises at Gateside Industrial Park, Haddington<\/li>\n<li>One woman\u2019s (Sheila Murray) recollections of her life in Peebles and her connections to the textile mills in the town<\/li>\n<li>A recording made in 1973 of Mrs Blacklock on the occasion of her 100<sup>th<\/sup> birthday<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_362\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-362\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-362 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/resp\/files\/2024\/11\/EL6-21-4-1-Sheila-and-Kathryn-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Image showing interviewees Sheila Fraser and Kathryn McMillan\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/resp\/files\/2024\/11\/EL6-21-4-1-Sheila-and-Kathryn-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/resp\/files\/2024\/11\/EL6-21-4-1-Sheila-and-Kathryn-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/resp\/files\/2024\/11\/EL6-21-4-1-Sheila-and-Kathryn-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/resp\/files\/2024\/11\/EL6-21-4-1-Sheila-and-Kathryn-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/resp\/files\/2024\/11\/EL6-21-4-1-Sheila-and-Kathryn-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/resp\/files\/2024\/11\/EL6-21-4-1-Sheila-and-Kathryn-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-362\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Friends Sheila Fraser and Kathryn McMillan shared their memories of working together in the Brunton&#8217;s wire mill offices (EL6\/21)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Within this batch of recordings there is a variety in content and also in the way in which these recordings became part of the RESP:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Musselburgh Mills recordings came about as a result of new fieldwork conducted by myself, largely within Musselburgh Museum.<\/li>\n<li>David\u2019s recording was made by an existing group within the John Gray Centre \u2013 the Active Memories Group.<\/li>\n<li>The interviews of those who worked at the various industrial enterprises at Gateside in Haddington were conducted by members of Haddington\u2019s History Society as part of a project that they ran in partnership with the RESP.<\/li>\n<li>Sheila\u2019s recording was made by my colleague Caroline Milligan. This interview came about as a result of Sheila having read and enjoyed our recently published book <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.nms.ac.uk\/products\/border-mills-lives-of-peeblesshire-textile-workers\">Border Mills: Lives of Peeblesshire Textile Workers<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The recording of Mrs Blacklock was donated to the RESP as a result of Mrs Blacklock\u2019s grandson \u2013 her interviewer in 1973 \u2013 coming across our work in D&amp;G and asking if we would be interested in adding his recording of his granny to the RESP Collection<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As can be readily discerned, material comes to the RESP in a variety of ways. The common factor with this batch of recordings is that their inclusion came about as a result of the RESP being active within and receptive to the communities with which we work with. This is true of this batch of recordings and also reflects the wider ethos of the RESP in which we seek to enable communities to create, preserve and share their recollections.<\/p>\n<p>Another salient point about this batch of recordings is the variety of content. These 24 recordings cover industrial employment, childhood, National Service, work in a number of mills across lowland Scotland and the recollections of a lady who was born in 1873. This diversity is also reflected across the wider RESP Collection.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_361\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-361\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-361 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/resp\/files\/2024\/11\/EL6-24-4-1-David-Dixon-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"portrait shot of David Dixon\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/resp\/files\/2024\/11\/EL6-24-4-1-David-Dixon-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/resp\/files\/2024\/11\/EL6-24-4-1-David-Dixon-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/resp\/files\/2024\/11\/EL6-24-4-1-David-Dixon-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/resp\/files\/2024\/11\/EL6-24-4-1-David-Dixon-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/resp\/files\/2024\/11\/EL6-24-4-1-David-Dixon-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/resp\/files\/2024\/11\/EL6-24-4-1-David-Dixon-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-361\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Dixon (EL6\/24) shared memories of his working life and connections to Brunton&#8217;s wire mill.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This range is in and of itself of great importance to the RESP as we seek to provide a space to enable folk to talk about what is of interest to them. Such an approach almost inevitably leads to a collection with diverse content. That diversity of content is a reflection of what is of interest to people in different places. A collection of individuals speaking about what is of <strong>interest<\/strong> to them tells us what is of <strong>importance<\/strong> to them. In this way, the RESP is establishing a body of work that, for now and the future, tells us something about the commonalities and differences of lives lived in different places and at different times across Scotland. Key to enabling this is the open and receptive approach taken in conducting and managing the RESP.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_363\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-363\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-363 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/resp\/files\/2024\/11\/Tandberg-goats-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"image of the Tandberg goats statue in Haddington\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/resp\/files\/2024\/11\/Tandberg-goats-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/resp\/files\/2024\/11\/Tandberg-goats-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/resp\/files\/2024\/11\/Tandberg-goats-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/resp\/files\/2024\/11\/Tandberg-goats-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/resp\/files\/2024\/11\/Tandberg-goats-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/resp\/files\/2024\/11\/Tandberg-goats-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-363\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Tandberg Goats were moved to their current location in Haddington after Mitsubishi took over the Tandberg plant at Gateside.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This work continues!<\/p>\n<p>Mark Mulhern<\/p>\n<p>Nov 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For this blog post, which marks the most recent upload of recordings onto the RESP Archive website, we are delighted to hear from Mark Mulhern, Senior Research Fellow with the EERC and lead for the RESP Spoken Word strand. 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