Studio Guest Clair McDade on Mon 29th April on Scots Speak
Scots’ Speak guest this week is Claire McDade, who is currently employed as an archivist, oral history public engagement officer and is responsible for engaging the Glasgow community to share their stories of their experiences of the NHS as part of a British wide project NHS@70. Claire is looking for employees, patients and visitors who want to have their story recorded which can then contribute to the creation of an oral history tapestry of celebrating 70 years of the National Health Service. Aside from this, Claire, originally from Shawlands, is involved in working with the archival textile collection at the University of Glasgow and she currently has an exhibition celebrating the works stored in the archive. As part of this exhibition Claire will be giving a talk at the Glasgow Women’s Library on the 24th of August which will explore the work of predominantly women workers at the Templeton carpet factory. Claire, a history graduate of the university. shares her student experiences including her time as a tour guide on the first Glasgow tour open top bus. Anyone wishing to contact Claire to take part in the NHS@70 oral history project contact via the website: nhs70.org/ call 01612750560/email: nhs70@manchester.ac.uk