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Susan Morrison explores the rich and sometimes murky depths of Scotland's past.

Time Travels: Ayr, Idi Amin and Troopships

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Ayr, Idi Amin and Troopships

BBC Radio Scotland - Time Travels, Ayr, Idi Amin and Troopships

Comedian and history enthusiast Susan Morrison discovers Scotland's rich past.

Susan Morrison goes to Ayr to hear about Robert Bruce's younger brother Sir Edward and to find out about home improvement run riot. In the studio we have playwright Jaimini Jethwa.

Susan Morrison goes to Ayr with maritime historian Dr Eric Graham, to find out about the grand Bruce dynasty plan to invade Ireland and grab a crown for Robert Bruce’s younger brother Sir Edward. If it had worked, the two countries might have been united. Helping Susan explore the royal burgh’s oldest building, St John’s Tower, Peter McCall tells her a tale of 19th century home improvement gone mad. In the studio this week as part of our Black History Month series is Dundonian playwright Jaimini Jethwa, telling Susan about her family’s experiences fleeing Idi Amin’s Uganda and coming to 1970s Dundee, while our WW1@Home story is the sinking of the troopships Tuscania and the Otranto off Islay in 1918 with a recording of Lord Robertson of Port Ellen.

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