A Scots woman is sharing her secret to a long life as she celebrates her 102nd birthday.
24.09.2022 - 17:05 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A film showcasing real life growing up in Edinburgh in the 1990s has now been snapped up by Amazon Prime after it was a huge hit with streaming bosses.
Filmed mainly on a traditional camcorder in Gorgie, the impressive and hilarious compilation of clips show a group of young men going through their teenage years in the city, as well as their reactions to it now.
Created by Sean Begg, Edinburgh Live spoke to the 34-year-old last year after he edited and released 'Monkey Culture' as a tribute to his best friend Tam.
Originally hoping to have worked on the project together, the group were devastated in April 2021, when they heard that Tam had passed away suddenly from a heart attack aged just 32.
Supposed to meet the day after his death to look through the tapes, Sean explained that he tirelessly worked on the film to keep Sean's memory alive, releasing it for friends and family later that year.
Speaking about the achievement, Sean said: "I've always loved making videos from a young age, I would often take my video camera with me and film myself and my friends larking about and slowly I realised that I had documented a large part of our teenage years growing up in Edinburgh.
"I guess it shows a unique inside to young lads trying to fit in and find there way it also has captured parts of Edinburgh that are no longer there. During lockdown I had talked with my best friend Tam about using the old footage and putting it together to make a film with us looking back 18 years later and reminiscing and talking about how much everyone had changed and grown up.
"We decided to call it Monkey Culture. Tam had settled down and had just passed his apprenticeship, he was such a character and always full of fun however on the morning that
A Scots woman is sharing her secret to a long life as she celebrates her 102nd birthday.
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