Oral History

What is oral history? Oral history is the recording of people’s memories in their own words. It’s not about dates carved in stone or official records locked away in archives. It’s about lived experience — what it felt like to grow up somewhere, to work there, to belong to it. When someone talks about their childhood, their job, their family or their street, they are sharing history that would otherwise disappear. That is oral history. Why oral history matters in Paisley Paisl