My Ain Folk
Date: 1973
Director: Bill Douglas
Production Company: British Film Institute (BFI)
Stars: Stephen Archibald, Hughie Restorick, Bernard McKenna, Paul Kermack
Location(s): Edinburgh (Scotland)
Region(s): Scotland
Storyline:
The continuation of an autobiographical story about a young boy from an impoverished family who grows up in a mining village.
Additional Information:
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At the pit head, the men of the village wait to descend to the coalface at the start of their working day. Looking toward Newcraighall Colliery, also known as 'Klondyke', which closed in the 1960s.
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After Granny passes away, Tommy (Hughie Restorick) looks across the street to where his Jamie's Grandmother (Helena Gloag) is watching.
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With his Father not wanting to take care of him, Tommy is taken to a home. Third Avenue in Newcraighall, Edinburgh.
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Losing his half-brother and friend, Jamie (Stephen Archibald) sits alone after being taken in by his Grandmother.
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During a hard winter, women queue to collect water from the only working tap in the village. The cottage-flats in Newcraighall were generally built in blocks of sixteen homes.
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Jamie's Father's Girlfriend (Anne McLeod), the next door neighbour, arrives home with a bucket of water. No. 7 Main Avenue, Newcraighall.
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When he can't get into his Grandmother's empty flat, Jamie runs around to the back window. Facing Second Avenue across Main Street in Newcraighall.
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Jamie keeps on running through the ice. The village is seen in 'My Childhood' and 'My Way Home', the first and last films in the Bill Douglas trilogy about his early life. Looking onto Avenue Square.
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An ambulance brings Grandfather home from hospital after a course of electrical therapy. Facing No. 6 Main Avenue in Newcraighall.
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Jamie watches Grandfather (Mr.Munroe) kissing the next door neighbour.
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As promised, Tommy's Father (Bernard McKenna) collects Jamie from school to take him to visit his son in the home. Newcraighall Primary School on Newcraighall Road, Newcraighall in Edinburgh.
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Leaving the school playground, Tommy's Father drives the two of them towards Edinburgh. Looking onto Newcraighall Road with the buildings of Whitehall Street visible to the top.
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The car crawls up a hill into the city. Mound Place in Edinburgh with Princes Street Gardens on the extreme right and buildings on Ramsay Garden to the top right.
The road leads on to the Royal Mile but is now blocked off by bollards (SD)
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The daunting edifice that is the orphanage is reached.
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On waste ground in the village, Jamie's Father cycles in circles. This appears to be the drying green of Avenue Square in Newcraighall.
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Jamie watches his Father and Half-Brother (William Carroll) walk though the village. Newcraighall Drive now occupies the site of these streets.
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Contemplating suicide, Grandfather stands on the railway line.
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After Janie's Grandfather finally takes his own life by gassing himself, his body is taken through the window of the cottage-flat. Main Avenue in Newcraighall, Edinburgh.
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With no one prepared to look after him, Jamie is taken to the home to join Tommy. Scotland's National Monument on Calton Hill, Edinburgh 1.
The National Monument of Scotland was modelled on the Parthenon in Athens, but in 1829 was left unfinished. (SD)