Carney Heritage Productions
DISCOVER
THE HERITAGE OF SCOTLAND
Discover the Heritage of Scotland
Through a unique digital archive of Scottish life
Discover the Heritage of Scotland
Featuring the Scots language and rich Doric dialect within education and learning
Discover the Heritage of Scotland
Capturing a time period from the late 1800s – mid 1900s
Discover the Heritage of Scotland
And come face to face with YOUR Scottish ancestors way of life
History
A rare insight into Scotland’s past. Over 650 hours of film footage about how life was from 1890s – 1950s in rural Scotland. You can bring the dynamic of film to your Scottish family history which will show you how your Scottish ancestors lived and worked. We can also capture the history of your business for your archive.
Education
The digital video clips are available for all Scottish schools via SCRANs digital portal. Many schools already use the video clips to address the outcomes and experiences within the Curriculum for Excellence.
Visitor Attractions
Unique themed Scottish video footage, in any world language, for visitor attractions, museums and libraries on the heritage of Scotland. This can transform static displays with authentic, relevant digitised Scottish culture on film.
Welcome To Carney Heritage Productions
“Far Oor Local History And Scots Language Comes The Gither!”
About this unique Scottish film archive
This Scottish Heritage website presents a digital film archive of footage which captures the cultural identity of the “ordinary” man and woman’s account of his/her life and work from the 1890s to the 1960s in Scotland.
The clips and our 6 DVDs titles, allow you to connect with, and walk in the footsteps of your Scottish ancestors.
This unique Scottish heritage archive has received the highest academic and educational endorsements.
Carney Heritage Productions invite you to browse the brief Scottish video excerpts from the collection or purchase the DVD from our on-line shop but we would be really keen to have a conversation in relation to how we can make this collection more meaningful to you, whether at a personal, educational or business level.
Don Carney
The Fairmer’s Wife
The Fairmer’s wife played a leading role in the famila n on the fairm. She hid t dee aa the cookin on the open peat fire, far she bilied aa the water t dee the wikly wash. It wis her that hid t feed the hens n milked the coos twice a day.
The Clydesdale Horse
The horsemin n his Clydesdales wid wark on aa Scottish fairms up t the introduction o the tractor fae the early 1900s. This skilled man n his pair hid a strong workin bond, he kint them and they kint him. The first horsemin aboot a placie wis quite a chiel on the fairm n roon aboot his locil area.
Steam Power
Drift back t Victorian Scotland far the power source that drove Scottish industrialisation wis that o steam. Engines like s een wis owned bee the showmen faa travilled Scotland bringing the fun n fascination o the fair t your forefathers.
Schoolin’
As rural communities hid their ain school far the country loons n quines sat at desks like s using a bit o slate t write on wee a slate pencil caed a skillie. Education wis delivered b a strict Missie faa ruled the pupils wee fear. That system o education canna be criticised over muckle since monny pupils, oor ancestirs, wint on t lead Scotland t extra-ordinary heichts.
To thank you for the 6 DVD’s which I ordered on Monday and were delivered yesterday. We spent a very pleasant evening watching two of them. They are brilliant. Only problem is I remember a lot of the things when they were happening and it reminds me how old I am getting!!
Bill Henderson
Emeritus Professor Henry Ellington of the Robert Gordon University and the person tasked with writing the book which was published in 2002, under the title ‘The Robert Gordon University – A History’ has made the following statement about Don Carneys contribution, as a past academic at RGU, to our North East life.
“Indeed, the author would opine that he has probably done as much to promote and preserve knowledge and understanding of pre-1950’s NE rural life as Lewis Grassic Gibbon.”
Professor Henry Ellington
/ Robert Gordon University
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