Identifier | EERC/DG/DG17/2 |
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Interviewer | Milligan, Caroline |
Dates | interview: 2014-02-06 coverage: 20th century |
Extent | 1 digital audio file(s), 1 digital photograph(s), 1 papers |
Subject | Working life, Nature, Landscape, Community Life, Music, Transport, Language and languages | Study and teaching |, Language, Dumfries, Dunscore, Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway, Moniaive |
Interview summary | Biographical interview with Sam Johnston who recently moved into Dumfries and Galloway. Sam was born in Shetland, where he completed his education and started on his working life before joining the RAF at 19. Later, he joined the police force in Glasgow before returning to Shetland, where he worked with the local authority for 32 years. He and his wife moved to the south-west after looking around for somewhere to settle which would allow them easy access to Liverpool. Sam recalls that their decision to chose to move here was motivated by the scenery and the local area. He talks about the differences in landscape between here and Shetland, noting that his home is sheltered by high trees. Sam also speaks about: the friendliness of his neighbours; the make-up of the community and the number of people who have come from outside the region to settle here; local amenities and community life; language; local transport; music and song in the Thornhill and Moniave area and the colours in the natural world. Sam also remarks that even after only 6 months in the area, he and his wife felt they had lived here for years. Towards the end of the interview, Sam talks about his time in Glasgow with the police force. He also says that he was glad that he had spent time working and living away from Shetland and felt this had given him a wider perspective than he would have had if he had remained on Shetland his whole life. |
Access | Open |
Usage Statement | We give permission for the re-use of our collections material for non-commercial purposes under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial 4.0 International Licence. |
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