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Kirk Elder, Robbie Millar from Sinigoe, collecting driftwood on the Sabbath.

Danny Begg describes how to make and use a ‘ripper’ using peat to make a mould for casting lead, and using items found while beachcombing. This was a common item in crofthouses.

Danny Begg describes finding a message-in-a-bottle – from the ship ‘May Island’. And how he was taken to Shetland to give evidence at the inquest, as this was the only piece of evidence to confirm the ship was lost because of high seas. …