When I Was Young: Voices From Lost Communities in Scotland: Highlands and East Coast

by Timothy Neat

Tackling Scotland's history of war, clearance and change in many lost communities, this book offers the reader a glimpse of stories, poems and songs as a blend of reminiscence and oral tradition from the lost small communities of the Cairngorms, Speyside, Glen Roy, Deeside and Easter Ross.

256 pages, Paperback

Published August 8, 2000

About the author

Timothy Neat was born and brought up in Cornwall. He completed a degree in Fine Art at the University of Leeds and moved to Scotland in 1968. From 1973 to 1988, he lectured in History of Art at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee. During his time there, he became the founder-editor of a fine-art periodical called Seer.

Also well known as a filmmaker, Neat made a number of independent films and documentaries, including The Summer Walkers (1976), Hallaig (1984), Play Me Something (1989) and Walk Me Home (1993).