Identifier | EERC/DG/DG4/19 |
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Interviewer | Muir-Watt, Julia |
Dates | interview: 2013-04-24 coverage: 20th century |
Extent | 1 digital audio file(s), 1 papers |
Subject | Childhood, Working life, Teaching, Community Life, Housing, Foodways, Recreation, World War, 1939-1945, Shopping, Religion, Fishing, Whithorn, Garlieston |
Interview summary | Biographical interview with Marion Sutherland whose family moved to Whithorn when she was a small child. Marion's mother was a teacher and Marion also became a primary school teacher after studying in Glasgow and Manchester. Marion describes life in Whithorn from her earliest memories, schooldays and working life up to the present day. Topics covered include: the Polish men based at Burgh Head; day to day school life and play; punishment at school; food, shops and shopping; the impact of rationing and her first banana ice-cream; the local community and the status of the doctor, minister and teacher; travelling and transport; life by the quay - fishing trawlers, leisure, regattas and sailing; home crafts; sport; tourism and the challenges of living in such a remote area. Marion reflects on how the community and teaching have changed over the decades. She notes that local employment has always been an issue for the community, especially since the fall in the number of available agricultural jobs. From her own experience, most of her classmates had to leave the area to find work. Whithorn, she says, is a great place for children and older people, but not so much for those in between. |
Access | Open |
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