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1957: Life on Rathlin Island | BBC Archive
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as posted by the channelAcross the narrow waters, Rathlin can be seen from both Scotland and Ireland. It is a land of rough roads and storm-bound jetties; of paraffin lamps in solitary cottages and sea birds in their thousands. On this Island long ago, Robert the Bruce watched the spider. Today only 150 people live here-but they have managed to turn isolation and hardship to their uses.
Written by Sam Hanna Bell and Harry Govan.
Clip taken from Rathlin: The Island Betwixt and Between, originally broadcast on BBC Television, 29 January, 1957.
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