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\"Robbie<\/a>Robbie Stewart<\/strong> \u00a0(b 1911, d 1991) \u00a0was almost blind at birth but nevertheless managed to build up a successful grocery business in the island. \u00a0He enjoyed music and often sang at local concerts and\u00a0was also interested in collecting folkore, for which purpose he bought one of the earliest reliable portable tape recorders, an Uher. \u00a0The machine still survives but not, unfortunately, his recordings. \u00a0We wish too that we had recorded more of his singing than just the one song:-
\n The little shirt my mother made for me.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Thanks go to Rose Williamson and Robbie’s\u00a0niece Barbara Jamieson for much of this biographical note.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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