Alison Burgess gave an introduction into the concept of the Bags, the bags contained different objects to incite the four senses. After the introduction, Alison passed around a bar of Wright’s Coal Tar Soap to smell also a box of Izal toilet tissue. In her school bag Alison produced a school bell, chalk and chalk board, ruler and the dreaded strap. These objects started conversations and memories of school days. Alison has various bags filled with objects associated with subjects such as sport and food and as we had seen school days. Alison had also brought in copies of the Galloway Gazette dating back to 1977 a time when the Gazette was a broad sheet.
Alison asked the group if they would like to do a Newton Stewart bag to contain photographs, words, traditions, music, drama etc that comes from people of Newton Stewart. Alison played a recording of a gentleman who served in the WW2 and he spoke of German planes flying over and waving to British soldiers, the day was December 25th, of course everyone speaks of the trenches and Christmas Day, would anyone have known about the flyover? A lady also has been recorded talking about her time in the Home Guard and the taking over of Dalbeattie.
All this has got the group wanting to do something towards the history of Newton Stewart.
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