I Remember - A Covid Memorial for Scotland in Glasgow's Pollok Park

Scotland Outdoors

BBC

Nature, Society & Culture, Science

4.7 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Mark Stephen hears from artist Alec Finlay and others, with readings from Robert Carlyle.

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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.
0:36.2	The Scotland Outdoors podcast from BBC Radio Scotland.
0:46.4	Hello and thank you very much for choosing to listen to this.
0:49.4	I'm Mark Stephen.
0:51.1	Because so many of you are kind enough to get in touch with us, we're very aware of the fact that the Scotland Outdoors podcast is listened to all around the world.
0:59.6	This edition's a wee bit unusual. It came out of an event I covered in Glasgow, but to be honest, I don't think it's going to matter where you are in the world.
1:08.8	The chances are this will resonate with you because
1:12.1	it's something that's concerned all of us, this time in March, is when our lives were changed.
1:41.3	Today we're going to ask some of you to help us bury these.
1:48.0	We're going to invite some of the people here
1:52.0	to help us lay a rose
1:54.0	with the I remember.
2:06.6	It's a typically grey and dreech, Glasgow Day. I'm standing the south side in Pollock Park
2:09.6	and in front of me, just about 15 metres away.
2:12.6	There's a small mound.
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