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Tattie Picking

By Susan Conti

Susan Conti
Image provided by Smartify

This audio forms part of a series of audio interviews conducted in 2022 by Smartify as part of the Spirit of the Highlands and Islands project. Listen and discover the Spirit of the Highlands and Islands through the eyes of the people who live, work and visit here.

Join Susan Conti as she recounts fond memories at work during the Tattie Holidays in Forres - where children were given a holiday from school to help in the annual potato harvest.

...it was hard work, but we had a laugh!

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