Description

Released in November 2009, Freddy Gillies' video, as one will see from its 'menu contents' above, gives an interesting view of 'The Wee Toon' in the 21st century and, following a tour of the town's main streets and most recent housing developments, highlights the mix of industries, traditional and recent, which keep Campbeltown on the map today, the town particularly well known today for the piping abilities of its individual pipers and pipe bands.

Interestingly, Freddy Gillies, the video's producer, has interviewed a number of The Wee Toun's "worthies" for posterity, including Davy Martin, skipper of the Campbeltown fishing boat "Crimson Arrow"; John Armour, one of the radio presenter's at Campbeltown's own local radio station, Argyll FM; James McLean proprietor of Campbeltown's award-winning Burnside Bar; Alex McKinven, Campbeltown's local football historian; Pipe-Major Ian McKerral, who patiently and painstakingly tutors the area's aspiring young pipers and pipe bands and, importantly, Freddy talks to George McMillan, an ex-Provost of Campbeltown, about the changes he has seen over the last fifty years.