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In this recording, Ailig MacAmhlaigh (Alexander MacAulay) talks to Coinneach MacÌomhair (Kenneth MacIver) about an area in Glasgow that had a bad reputation for crime and violence.
ann an lag
in a hollow
cliù
reputation
ath–nuadhachadh
renewing
Ailig MacAmhlaigh (Alexander MacAulay) told us why the Blackhill area had a bad reputation:
‘Other places in Glasgow had a bad reputation of course, but I don’t think there was a place so small that had so many criminals and thieves and as much bad stuff going on as there was in Blackhill.’
eucorach
criminal
eucoraich
criminals
mèirleach
thief
mèirlich
thieves
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Dè am beachd a bh’ aig Ailig MacAmhlaigh air sgìre a’ Chnuic Dhuibh (Blackhill)?
What was Ailig MacAmhlaigh’s (Alexander MacAulay’s) opinion of the Blackhill area?
Dè na goireasan a bh’ ann am Blackhill?
What facilities were there in Blackhill?
Cò ris a bha na taighean coltach anns an àite?
What were the houses like in the area?
Seo dhut na freagairtean! | Here are the answers!
‘S e ‘àite salach eucoireach’ a bh’ ann.
It was ‘a criminal, dirty place’.
Thuirt Ailig gun robh ‘aon sreath bhùithtean ann. Bha sia bùithtean ann anns an t–sreath a bha sin. Sin uile.’
Ailig said that there was ‘one row of shops. There were six shops in that row. That’s all.’
‘S e taighean matha a bh’ ann am Blackhill.
They were good houses in Blackhill.