Taking an interest in the unique local history of Ardersier, community members are using the O4O project to help in the interviewing of older members of the community. The interviews will be filmed and archived on DVD, forming an exciting local history resource for future generations.

 

The project is running under the auspices of the community council, and equipment has been purchased with the help of a Highland Council  Ward Discretionary Grant. The project aims to capture the stories of older peoples' lives in a way that can be shared with future generations. The interviews will form a new oral history of Ardersier which can be used to produce a DVD about the village, which it is hoped can be sold to locals and visitors. An additional aim of the project is to contact older people in the village who may be frail or housebound, to find out their views on the level of support they receive and if there might be a demand for more community based activities for older people.

 

It is hoped the Heritage DVD project will enhance a sense of place and pride in the Ardersier community, including school children and older people. The project is up and running, and interviewing has already begun. The community is working with UHI Millennium Institute History Centre to learn oral history techniques and with BBC Alba to learn filming and editing techniques. Hugo Manson, oral history expert from the UHI Centre for History, is advising the group of interviewers.
 

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