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🗓️ 5 December 2018
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Mark visits the Aviemore once dubbed the St Moritz of Scotland
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| 0:00.0 | He tells her that she will be sent to France as a secret agent, and if she's caught, she's going to be shot. |
| 0:09.3 | I'm Helen Obalam Carter, and this is history's secret heroes, where I shine a light on extraordinary stories from World War II. |
| 0:17.6 | What they wanted was someone to get themselves arrested and sent to Auschwitz. |
| 0:22.0 | Tales of deception, an incredible acts of resistance and courage. |
| 0:26.3 | She was a born soldier. |
| 0:27.4 | She's a freedom fighter in its widest sense. |
| 0:29.9 | The brand new series of History's Secret Heroes. |
| 0:32.8 | Listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:35.7 | I'm Mark Stephen, and this is our story. And and this week I thought we could take a look at how |
| 0:40.3 | Avie Moore came to be what it is today. |
| 0:43.3 | I'm on the funicular railway going up Karengor Mountain. |
| 0:47.3 | Now the town down there, Avie Moore, used to be called at one stage the San Maritz of the North. |
| 0:53.3 | Once its slopes and corries were tramped only by the dedicated used to be called at one stage the San Maritz of the north. |
| 0:55.0 | Once its slopes and corries were tramped only |
| 0:57.3 | by the dedicated hill walker and climber. |
| 0:59.8 | Today it has been transformed into the winter playground |
| 1:02.6 | of Britain. |
| 1:04.4 | It was a holiday atmosphere, there were a lot of disco dancing, |
| 1:08.6 | lots of folk singing, It was just absolutely fantastic. |
| 1:11.6 | In Aviemore there were a number of bars and discos that were open till one o'clock. |
| 1:17.6 | Most of the rest of Scotland it was closing at 11 o'clock so it had this really kind of party feel. |
| 1:24.6 | And there were coaches coming from London every weekend. |
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