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🗓️ 25 May 2022
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Mark Stephen with a programme recorded on the Island of Muck in 2014.
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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. |
0:45.0 | Hello and thanks very much for choosing to listen to this podcast. |
0:48.3 | I'm Mark Stephen. |
0:49.7 | In this edition, we're going to be dipping into our archive again and with very good reason. |
0:53.9 | News came through this week that Lawrence McEwan, the owner of the island of Muck... this edition we're going to be dipping into our archive again and with very good reason news came |
0:54.4 | through this week that Lawrence McEwen the owner of the island of muck has died at age of 79 now |
1:00.4 | muck is one of the small isles it lies off the west coast of Scotland and it is pretty small it's |
1:04.9 | around two miles in diameter it's been in the McEwen family's ownership since 1896, and Lawrence has farmed there since he was a young man. |
1:14.2 | The island's now been run by his offspring, but I'm told that Lawrence continued to care for his beloved cattle right up until the very end. |
1:22.1 | Back in 2014, the writer, Polly Pooleur and myself, went to Mac, which was an unforgettable trip, |
1:29.2 | and our time with Lawrence left a lasting impression. |
1:34.9 | We want to get in the way of that? |
1:38.7 | I think any piece. |
1:40.0 | Very heavy bit. |
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