Jean Sutherland

Jean Sutherland
Born (1907-01-06)6 January 1907
Glasgow, Scotland
Died 6 April 2006(2006-04-06) (aged 99)
Newburgh, Fife
Nationality Scottish
Occupation Writer, performer and photographer

Jean Sutherland was a writer, performer and photographer, who lived for most of her life in the village of Newburgh, in Fife, Scotland.

Her photographs of Fife locals and events appeared from the early 1960s to the 1990s in the Fife Herald and The Courier,[1] for whom she contributed articles on the history of Newburgh.

A lifelong collector and performer of poems and songs, she performed from the 1960s with The Fife Yokels,[2] recording a number of LPs[3] and appearing on Grampian Television's Bothy Nichts programmes. Sutherland wrote a number of original songs, including "Among The Neeps" and "The Barley".[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Newburgh Street Scene". National Museums of Scotland. Retrieved September 2009. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  2. ↑ "The Fife Yokels". Footstompin'. Retrieved September 2009. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  3. ↑ "The Fife Yokels on CD". Footstompin'. Retrieved September 2009. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  4. ↑ "Among The Neeps and The Barley". Springthyme. Retrieved September 2009. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
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