Community Voices: Tiree

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Younger speakers

Sean: [name] had a toy farm under his bed, he had a bunk bed, and I used to-- I used to always be in his room.
Jack: Was this a few weeks ago, was it?
Sean: It was only last Sunday. Eh, and I used to be obsessed with going in his room and he never used to let me 'cause I used to break his toys. And, eh, anyway, I got in one day and he-- Don't know why, but he had scalpels in his room as well.
Jack: What?
Sean: Yeah, like full-on, like, surgical ones.
Jack: As-- as you do.
Sean: And, eh, he-- I used to see Papa trimming the-- the tails of the cows
Interviewer: Mhm.
Sean: so I decided to-- to do that but with toy cows and the scalpel. And, eh, I started doing them and ended up
Interviewer: Oh.
Sean: going through my hand, eh. And [name] wasn't happy either 'cause none of his cows had tails.
Jack: Yeah, I can't really blame him.

Older speakers

Janette: Oh it's been up-- done up beautifully, the kitchen, the--
Christine: Oh it's nice, oh.
Interviewer: Mhm, is it?
Christine: Oh it's lovely, I've been-- I've been in it but it's very nice, mhm.
Janette: Yes the-- the toilet is beautiful, the--
Christine: Oh I know, I was locked in it.
Janette: Eh?
Christine: I was locked in it.
Janette: Oh we-- we've not to lock it now, when we went in we were told not to because
Christine: Because, no--
Janette: this thing--
Christine: There's something wrong with it, something with--
Janette: Some--
Christine: I went there and we went to the watch night for the Christmas Eve
Aimie: Oh.
Christine: service
Janette: Oh aye.
Christine: and I went into the toilet, I couldn't get back out.
Janette: No.
Christine: And I was thingmying and thingmying it. At last, eh, I think it was [name] that got-- managed-- he managed to open the door and let me out, that's how I know what the toilet--
Janette: Oh, oh--
Christine: I mean it's lovely, the toilet, but I didn't really
Janette: Oh, it's beautiful.
Christine: I didn't really want to spend the night
Interviewer: No.
Christine: in the toilet.