Transcription of Interview with Michael O'Donnell

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Transcription of Interview with Michael O'Donnell

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Transcription of interview with Michael O'Donnell, he talks about: (00:28) date of moving to Caithness and Brough, (01:15)work lighouse keeper – at Dunnet Head lighthouse, (02:25) cycling to work
at the lighthouse. (03:05) lighthouse maintenance jobs, (03:44)how paraffin tilly the light was lit. (07:40) fishing from Brough harbour in the 70’s. (08:12) pecking order of boats parked on the slipway. (08:48) Fishing to earn a living. (09:19 what the anglers they did with
their catch. (09:42) favourite and traditional fishing grounds. (10:43) cod, skate and big halibut. (11:36) landing a halibut with rod and line. (12:19) Fog horns at Dunnet Head. (12:57) staying in a caravan between the fog horn and lighthouse. (13:38) making creels to pass
the time when working at the lighthouse. (14:09) storm at Brough (14:46) big wave incident. (16:06) repairing the harbour and pier committee raised money for materials. (16:20) Ian Munro from Clett Cottage. (17:00) building the boat park and Brough men in Merchant
And Royal Navy (18:12) life at sea in the Navy and the captain of the Liverpool of Liverpool lived in Brough. (18:42) seasick and buying first boat. (20:57) delivering the boat from Scrabster to Brough with Willie Geddes who was blind. (22:16) How blind Willie Geddesrepaired tractors.