American Years Revisited
American Years Revisited records and shares the stories connected to 31 years of US Naval Base presence on the Holy Loch (from 1961 to 1992) and the impact this has had on the history and heritage of our community. We are working to uncover and record the wealth of information from Dunoon and across the Atlantic and to preserve and present this in ways that engage with local people, visitors and people online around the world.
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Episodes
Sunday Apr 10, 2022
Sunday Apr 10, 2022
In this episode the group talked with Jan Moodie Raffino of Colonsay and Dunoon, and her husband Fred Raffino. Jan and Fred were one of the first Scots American couples to marry after the arrival of the Proteus. Fred talks about his life in America, his experiences in Cuba and what life was like for a young American sailor in Dunoon. Jan shares her experiences of life here in Scotland and further away in the states.
Sunday Apr 10, 2022
Sunday Apr 10, 2022
In this episode we speak to Isobel Lindsay, renowned peace activist and Scottish Nationalist. Isobel went on her first anti-nuclear march when she was 14 and has long been active in the CND, being part of the Committee of 100 and the Direct Action Committee. Isobel talks about why she became involved in the CND and the organisation of protest in the 60s to the American nuclear presence in the Holy Loch in Cowal on the West Coast of Scotland.
Sunday Apr 10, 2022
Sunday Apr 10, 2022
In this episode we talk to Bob Reid born in Dunoon in 1946, left in 1965 to go to university and came back 3 years ago for retirement. Bob talks about the Americans arriving in Cowal and what it was like when he was going to school with the Americans, the protests against the nuclear presence and what the exchange of cultures was like.
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