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20 August 2005
Bridges and St Kilda
Presented by Sandi Toksvig
This week's guests:
Bridges
Keith Brownlie, Director of Wilkinson Eyre
Keith is director at Wilkinson Eyre, the multi award winning architects responsible for bridges including the Tipping Bridge in Newcastle upon Tyne and The Sail Bridge in Swansea . Keith has travelled widely to help with projects and to fulfil his love of bridges
Jamie Andrew, Mountaineer, writer
Jamie has worked as industrial rope access technician, carrying out maintenance and construction projects on high buildings and bridges. Nine years ago he worked on the Forth Bridge . Jamie's passion for bridges comes from their aesthetic presence, but also because of the time he has spent working on them.
St Kilda
St Kilda Archipelago is a remote Atlantic Island group lying 64km west of the Outer Hebrides , off the west coast of Scotland . It consists of four main islands - Hirta, Soay, Boreray and Dun. St Kilda was first designated a World Heritage site for its natural landscape and wildlife.
The population living at Village Bay on Hirta is believed to have peaked at around 200 residents, but when it was evacuated on 29 th August 1930 , only 36 people lived on the islands. 29 th August 2005 is the 75 th anniversary of the islands evacuation.
Guests:
Stephen Wiseman, Countryside Manager
Stephen has been a Countryside Ranger for 15 years and is currently countryside manager for the Highlands and Islands . His work includes protecting the Marine World Heritage site of St Kilda and conserving and protecting the countryside.
Susan Bain, Properties Manager, National Trust for Scotland
Susan is responsible for overseeing maintenance of all built structures for the National Trust for Scotland . Before that she was the resident archaeologist living on St Kilda for 4 years. Susan will be taking a photography exhibition around the Western Isles, where some of the descendants of the St Kilda inhabitants still live.
The National Trust for Scotland - St Kilda
Visit Hebrides
Building Big - All about bridges
Next week:
Wonders of the National Forest
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