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I can remember when they filmed this programme and they held a dance in the old Y.M. I suppose it was to try and show the community starting to get back to normal but in real life that wasn't the case and there was a really poor turn out so they made us all crowd up in one area on the floor to make it look like a good going dance.
The first night that there was something on as far as I can mind on after the disaster was at the Lyness Social Club and I remember Lulu was singing in the "Song For Europe" in the TV room and a lot of us young folk were watching it. Another popular person died a month after March 17th. Vic Baikie and so things were cancelled for nearly 2 months, when you're young that seemed an awful while so it was good to get out socially again.

I have a copy of the very documentary here described. People who appeared in it included retired Lifeboat Mechanic Bob Johnston above. Bob was a fine man known as Engineer Bob or Bob o Brimsness.

There were three Bob Johnstone's around here and each had there descriptive term, above Bob was 'Engineer Bob' then there was 'Cycle Bob' (owned the garage) and 'Sodger Bob' (was an ex army man).

In other places where the same named people lived a different method was used. For instance the broadcaster originaly from Lewis and known as Donnie B McLeod - the (B) was that he was number two in the school class where other Donnie McLeod's attended.