0:00:19 > 0:00:24This story belongs to Cameron and her granny Freda.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28It's a tiny tale about Granny Freda's life
0:00:28 > 0:00:30And the things she used to do.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39Now it is time for her to share her memories
0:00:39 > 0:00:42and take Cameron on a journey of discovery.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44What is that, Granny?
0:00:44 > 0:00:47That's an old record player.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49What's a record player?
0:00:49 > 0:00:54Well, you listen to music players or you sometimes listen to music
0:00:54 > 0:00:55on your computer.
0:00:55 > 0:01:01Well, I used to listen to my music on a record player when I was small.
0:01:01 > 0:01:05- Do you want to have a listen?- Yeah. - Yeah, let's have a go.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07We switch them on here.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10Then you've got to put the big needle on them, see?
0:01:10 > 0:01:13Wow, what an old record player.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17That is definitely from a long, long time ago.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20But listen, it still plays music.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22It sounds a bit crackly, though.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26See? Is that funny?
0:01:26 > 0:01:28Yeah, we'll stop 'em.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31Now, do see the record on the top?
0:01:31 > 0:01:33- Yeah.- That's where the music is.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36When I'd come home from school, when I was small,
0:01:36 > 0:01:39I used to sit and listen to my songs on there.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41That's when I started to sing,
0:01:41 > 0:01:45when I started to sing along to the records on there.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48Granny Freda talks about the old record player
0:01:48 > 0:01:51and her love for singing and being a musician.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07Cameron and her granny Freda live in the Shetland Islands.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10The Shetland Islands is a group of islands in the sea,
0:02:10 > 0:02:12off the coast of Scotland.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16It's a nice place to live.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19Surrounded by sea.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21Lots of animals.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25Plenty of fresh air.
0:02:25 > 0:02:30And, of course, lovely beaches.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44Well, I started singing when I was really, really young.
0:02:44 > 0:02:49I was about five when my mum got me to sing
0:02:49 > 0:02:52in the hall and in church
0:02:52 > 0:02:57at things that they were putting on in the village.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00This is Granny Freda when she was a young girl.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03And look, she even won a trophy for her singing.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06Look at these old pictures.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10People would gather together from all around Shetland to sing,
0:03:10 > 0:03:13listen to music and dance. In the olden days,
0:03:13 > 0:03:16they didn't have record players or televisions,
0:03:16 > 0:03:19so they made their own music and still had lots of fun.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22Sometimes they would meet in halls
0:03:22 > 0:03:24or sometimes they would meet in houses.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28It's a bit busy in there.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34They are even on the stairs.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47A lot of people sing and play instruments
0:03:47 > 0:03:49on the island where Cameron lives.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52Cameron is very lucky.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55- She has a lot of singers in her family.- Hi, Mumum.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57Hello, little Cameron.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00This is my Mumum.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02She likes to sing, too.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04SHE HUMS
0:04:04 > 0:04:07Mumum is what Cameron calls her great granny.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10SHE HUMS
0:04:10 > 0:04:12- Hi, Cameron.- Hi.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15This is my mummy, she likes to sing, too.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25- Hiya.- Hello, Cameron. - Hello there.- Hi.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29You know, Cameron, when I was young,
0:04:29 > 0:04:34we didn't listen to music players or computers like you do nowadays.
0:04:34 > 0:04:35What about you, Mum?
0:04:35 > 0:04:37We had a radio we listened to
0:04:37 > 0:04:42at night, but my brothers and my dad listened to sport.
0:04:42 > 0:04:46Look at these pictures of families gathered round the radio,
0:04:46 > 0:04:50listening to their favourite shows. Sometimes the shows had music
0:04:50 > 0:04:54playing and sometimes it was just people talking.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56In the old days, the radio was very important.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59There were no televisions,
0:04:59 > 0:05:01so it was a way to find out what was going on.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04How did you listen to music then?
0:05:04 > 0:05:08Well, my mum used to sing to us when we were little and she used to
0:05:08 > 0:05:13sing us songs her dad taught her when she was a little girl like you.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Mummy, did you sing?
0:05:15 > 0:05:18Everybody can sing, Cameron.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20When I was young, I used to sing with Granny
0:05:20 > 0:05:22and sometimes I'd sing on stage, too.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26I'd like to do something that we have never done before.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28What is that, Granny?
0:05:28 > 0:05:30The four of us to sing a song together.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33Yay, Granny! I would like that.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Well, you are the prettiest one here
0:05:35 > 0:05:38so you can choose which song we sing.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42- Man Of Madison! - I think that is a great one to do.
0:05:42 > 0:05:43Let's sing that one.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54# The view standing here through the tall trees of spring
0:05:54 > 0:05:58# The bluebird is calling and ready to sing
0:05:58 > 0:06:03# The bright yellow butterflies There to be seen
0:06:03 > 0:06:06# Through birds and er'body And leaves shining green
0:06:06 > 0:06:09# Said in her heart "I'm flying so high"
0:06:09 > 0:06:14# A voice in the wilderness calls from the sky
0:06:14 > 0:06:17# You can be something or nothing... #
0:06:17 > 0:06:22Wowee! That is Cameron's Mumum, Granny Freda,
0:06:22 > 0:06:26Cameron's mummy and Cameron, all singing together. Lovely.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31# Old man of Madison I'm listening to you. #
0:06:31 > 0:06:34This song is called Man Of Madison.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38Granny Freda wrote this song for Cameron when she was a tiny baby.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42# Life is crowding in like the leaves of July
0:06:42 > 0:06:46# The views is obscured and time's asking why
0:06:46 > 0:06:49# Step into the sunshine Dance with the rain
0:06:49 > 0:06:53# And the tall trees of springtime will come around again
0:06:53 > 0:06:57# The bright yellow butterflies wings will unfold
0:06:57 > 0:07:00# And the bluebird is still singing her song to the world
0:07:03 > 0:07:06# You can be something or nothing What will you be?
0:07:06 > 0:07:10# Go somewhere or nowhere What will you see?
0:07:10 > 0:07:15# Do something or nothing What will you do? #
0:07:15 > 0:07:20Everyone singing together is great fun.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27Granny Freda is going to take Cameron around some
0:07:27 > 0:07:30of the places she used to sing when she was a little girl.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33I wonder where they will go.
0:07:42 > 0:07:47Granny, what did you do when you're a little girl on Shetland?
0:07:47 > 0:07:49I used to sing. I used to sing loads,
0:07:49 > 0:07:51I'd sing everywhere.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55- Shall I show you one of the places I used to sing?- Yeah.- OK, let's go.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59Cameron, when I was a lass, I used to sing at halls like this.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02There are halls like this all over Shetland.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06- Shall we go and have a look? - Yeah.- Yeah, let's go.
0:08:08 > 0:08:09Here we go.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13See what's in here.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Wowee!
0:08:25 > 0:08:29So this is the kind of thing that happens in the halls in Shetland.
0:08:29 > 0:08:30What a party!
0:08:37 > 0:08:41- What do you think of that? - It's really nice.- Great.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43There's a lot of singing went on in here.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53That was fantastic.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57So, where now, Granny Freda? As we find out about your life.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10Ah, the beach!
0:09:10 > 0:09:12It's a great day to go to the beach.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16Um, what...what... Is that, Granny, is that yours?
0:09:16 > 0:09:19- Do want to see the rest of the cave? - Yeah.- Let's go then, come on.
0:09:19 > 0:09:25Come on, let's go. Come on! Can you beat me? Who's first?
0:09:25 > 0:09:28Wow! What do you think of Granny's cave?
0:09:28 > 0:09:32- Really nice and very cool.- Yes.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35And you've even got a gap into there.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38You do. It's all sand there.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40And there is even a big slide.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Look at the view.
0:09:42 > 0:09:49- See everything up there? - And look at that firefly.- Wow.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53- Where'd you get the ideas from? - For my songs?- Yeah.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57Well, I get them from everything that is around about me.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00This is a really special place for getting lots of ideas.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03So, I have been coming here for lots of years
0:10:03 > 0:10:06and I've been writing songs with inspiration
0:10:06 > 0:10:08from things out and about.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10- Come on, now.- Let's walk!
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Granny, can you make a song about sand castles?
0:10:18 > 0:10:22Yes, you can make a song up with absolutely anything.
0:10:25 > 0:10:29Granny, can you make up a song about a sailing ship?
0:10:29 > 0:10:33Yeah, you can make a song up about a sailing ship. No problem.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35- Oh, what's this?- Shells.
0:10:35 > 0:10:39Can you write a song about shells, Granny?
0:10:39 > 0:10:42You can write songs about anything, Cameron.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55With all these songs she has written over the years,
0:10:55 > 0:10:59it is great that Granny still gets to sing them in her band.
0:10:59 > 0:11:00Look, here they are.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02I've played in my band for years.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05And this song is all about a bluebird.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07- Are we going to have a tune?- Yeah.
0:11:12 > 0:11:13# If I were a bluebird... #
0:11:13 > 0:11:17A band is when a lot of people come together to sing a song
0:11:17 > 0:11:19and play a lot of different instruments.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23They make a lovely sound together. Let's listen.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26# But I'm going to sing songs for you and me
0:11:30 > 0:11:32# If I were a bluebird... #
0:11:32 > 0:11:36Granny Freda has travelled all over the world performing
0:11:36 > 0:11:38for lots of different people who came to hear them.
0:11:38 > 0:11:42Here is their old pop video. And there is Granny Freda, too.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Nice hair.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46# ..to you anyway. #
0:11:48 > 0:11:51Look at this old poster of the band.
0:11:51 > 0:11:56# Fly across the mountains and across the sky
0:11:56 > 0:11:59# I'd sing to the ocean I'd sing to the sun
0:11:59 > 0:12:04# Just to remind them the songs that I've sung
0:12:05 > 0:12:09# I'm not a bluebird I'm sorry to say
0:12:09 > 0:12:16# I'm going to sing songs to you anyway. #
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Thank you.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20Fantastic!
0:12:22 > 0:12:25What a fabulous heap of fun.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38Cameron, have you had fun hearing more about my story?
0:12:38 > 0:12:44- Yeah.- Which bit do you think you enjoyed the best?- Your singing.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47So, Cameron loved singing with family, exploring
0:12:47 > 0:12:51Granny's special cave and going to the hall.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54- I've got a present for you. Are you ready?- Uh-huh.
0:12:54 > 0:12:59# We had a gaffe, we had a spree
0:12:59 > 0:13:03# We had fun with the CBeebies
0:13:03 > 0:13:09# We had a smash, we had a wow with Cameron and her family. #
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Thank you.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16That was Cameron and Granny Freda's tiny tale about the things
0:13:16 > 0:13:19Granny Freda used to do and the fun she had.
0:13:19 > 0:13:24And why she has an old, old record player.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27Granny Freda has shared her story with Cameron,
0:13:27 > 0:13:30now Cameron is starting her own story.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33Do you know someone who has a story to share?
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