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My Great Great Grandfather was swept out to sea in an open fishing boat from Shetland and taken to Philadelphia - can you find anything about his stay in America? What were the 'music bells' of St Giles? How did the dog give birth to the fish fly?
Those were just some of the queries you sent us for the last series of Past Lives. On your behalf we climbed the bell tower of St Giles, visited the village of Sprouston to find out about Garry the ministers dog (who donated a tuft of his fur for that fishing fly), and tracked down the passenger list which told the harrowing story of six Shetland fishing men, desperately fighting the North Atlantic at its worst.
And we even made sure one of our listeners, Hugh Irvine, was finally able to take the school trip he missed out on in Gorebridge in the 1940s to a mysterious underground 'earth dwelling'. It turned out to be the stunning Crichton souterrain in East Lothian. Local archaeologist David Connolly and presenter Mark Stephen were there to make sure Hugh enjoyed his visit and to show him the Pegasus stone - the mark of the Second Augustan Roman Legion, which gives away who our enterprising local 'earth dwellers' nicked their masonry from. Recycling in action - ancient style!
Mark Stephen, archaeologist David Connolly with listener Hugh Irvine and Louise Yeoman setting out for Crichton Souterrain.
So don't be shy! Now it's your turn to get in on the programme - tell us what you've always wanted to know about. Send us your historical queries! Let us know what local curiosities and mysteries you'd like us to cover in this series... Contact Mark Stephen, Louise Yeoman and the team on pastlives@bbc.co.uk or ring us and leave a message on 0141 422 7575.
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