Working Voices

The Working Voices oral history project aimed to create a shared story of personal and community memories of living and working in the area.

Firstly, Garnock Connections set out to share the strong and facinating maritime heritage in Ayrshire, from shipbuilding through to folk travelling 'doon the watter':

Maritime industries

We had a fantastic response to the Working Voices project and heard some amazing stories about our maritime heritage like the two below:

You can hear more of the Working Voices story on the Scottish Maritime Museum's YouTube channel. Or to find out even more visit the museum itself where the oral histories collected during the Working Voices project can now be viewed in the Harbour Stories Exhibition.

Women in industry

Secondly, once we shared stories from the maritime industries, Garnock Connections set out on a new mission, this time focused on women:

From textiles to dynamite, women have been a driving force in the industrial history of the Garnock Connections area and yet their stories are rarely recorded. For this reason, the Working Voices oral history project aims to collect and preserve the stories and life experiences of these women.