Growing up on Lismore, an event at the Heritage Centre , invited islanders of all ages to a party where they could swap their memories, photographs and even talk about their experiences in a real recording studio.
Helen Crossan, Kiki MacColl, Caroline Willis
Slide display
it was organised by Caroline Willis, Helen Crossan and Kiki MacColl of Liosbeag Café, and it attracted people from on and off the island. In the exhibition room, the curators had projected photos of Lismore childhoods and mounted photographs on stands. The library had been set up as a real television studio by Andy Crossan where Helen Crossan recorded the memories of Iris MacColl, Archie MacGillivray, Alex McLean, Duncan Livingstone, Bessie Kilmurray as well as Caroline, Frances and Mark Willis.
The recording studio (library)
Caroline Willis Interviewing niece Kara
In Liosbeag café, where Kiki provided an excellent buffet, tables were strewn with old photos which everyone pored over with great enthusiasm and Bob Hay was on hand to copy in the office on request. The children were invited to write their stories which Katie MacDonald, Ealasaid MacLean, and Eve Lawrie did enthusiastically.
Duncan Livingstone
The Black family
Bessie Kilmurray Linda and Andrew Simpson
Archie MacGillivray
Archie MacGillivray and Duncan Livingstone
The Willis family
Frances Willis and Bessie Kilmurray
Willis and MacColl family
MacLean Fleming family
Maclean Fleming family
Jenny Lawrie, Eve Lawrie Heidi MacColl
Growing up on Lismore 8 March 2014- Poring over old photos