Once Upon A Time In The Muirton
Everybody has a story to tell. Once Upon A Time In The Muirton is a collection of memories gathered and told by the people of Muirton in their own voice and in their own style.
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Episode 2 - Contursi Terme - A one way street to Perth for Pena (opens the original)
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In this episode you will hear the voice from one of Muirton's most well kent people over the last 50 years - Pena Rylance. In 1962, speaking only Italian, Pena left her home village of Contursi Terme, in the province of Salerno, south-western Italy. Arriving in the middle of a snowy Scottish January winter. Pena moved to 70D Malvina Place in 1971 and lived their until 1994/95 moving to Stanley Crescent where she is today. Pena worked at Strathallan School as a cook - where she was 'taught' some
Episode 32: Arthur and George Jenkins (opens the original)
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Welcome to this latest episode of Once Upon A Time In The Muirton. I was lucky enough to meet Arthur and George Jenkins at the Northern Primary School exhibition a couple of months ago. The exhibition included display of the time capsule recovered from the demolition of the school after it was destroyed in a terrible fire June 2025. The school known in recent years as Balhousie Primary It was at the exhibition we got talking about Muirton and I learned they are twins, born at home in Ainslie Gar
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