Tha sinn a鈥� coinneachadh ri daoine a tha air a bhith fada be貌. We meet people who have lived long lives.
鈥橲 iomadh rud a ch矛 duine a bhios fada be貌. Anns a鈥� phr貌gram seo, tha sinn a鈥� coinneachadh ri daoine a tha air ceud bliadhna a dh鈥� aois a ruighinn gus faighinn a-mach d猫 an se貌rsa beatha a th鈥� air a bhith aca agus d猫 na h-atharrachaidhean a tha iad air fhaicinn thar nam bliadhnachan?
Chunnaic iad iomadach leasachadh anns na sg矛rean aca fh猫in a thaobh taigheadais, dealain agus uisge a鈥� tighinn chun nam bailtean agus bha iad be貌 tro 脿m an uair a bha iasgach agus croitearachd mar ph脿irt chudromach ann am beatha l脿itheil. Tha iad air leasachaidhean m貌ra fhaicinn a thaobh c霉ram meidigeach le seirbheis na sl脿inte ga st猫idheachadh agus nas cudromaiche buileach, 鈥檚 iad an ginealach mu dheireadh aig a bheil cuimhneachain a bhith an s脿s san D脿rna Cogadh.
Am measg na bhios a鈥� bruidhinn, tha an s脿r sgeulaiche Willie MacLe貌id, a bha na dhuine 貌g mar ph脿irt dhen sgioba s脿bhalaidh an uair a chaidh an soitheach ainmeil, an SS Politician air na creagan faisg air 脠irisgeidh ann an 1941, is e loma l脿n uisge-beatha, agus tha D貌mhnall Angaidh Moireasdan, aig a bheil deagh chuimhne air Blitz Bhruach Chluaidh, am measg aon den chiad fheadhainn anns na h-Eileanan an Iar a fhuair cairt bhon R矛gh 霉r. Tha e fhathast gl猫 猫asgaidh air a chasan, a鈥� cuideachadh le na caoraich thall ann an 脿ite 脿raich air na Lochan ann an Eilean Le貌dhais.
Pr貌gram bl脿th, aighearach a鈥� toirt s霉il air ais air na ceud bliadhna a chaidh seachad tro sh霉ilean nan Ceudanach.
A long-lived person sees many things. In this programme, we meet people who have reached 100 years of age to find out what kind of lives they have lived and what changes they have seen.
They have witnessed many improvements in their own communities in terms of housing, electricity and running water coming to the villages and they have also lived through a time when crofting and fishing were a pivotal part of daily life. They have seen great developments in terms of health care, with the NHS being established, and most importantly, they are the last generation who have first hand memories of the Second World War.
Amongst others, we speak to the exceptional storyteller, Willie Macleod from Stornoway, who as a young man, was part of the salvage team when the well-known SS Politician, which was full of whisky, ran aground close to Eriskay in 1941. Donald Angus Morrison, one of the first in the Western Isles to receive a birthday card from the new king, has vivid memories of the Clydebank Blitz and is still very able on his feet, helping out on the croft as often as he can in Lochs on the Isle of Lewis, the district in which he was born and brought up.
A warm-hearted look back at the last 100 years through the eyes of centenarians.
In Gaelic with English subtitles.
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