Identifier | EERC/DG/DG17/3 |
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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 | Education, Childhood, Community Life, Housing, Transport, Play, Domestic Life, Working life, Dumfries, Troqueer |
Interview summary | Biographical interview with friends, Alex Inman (b.1946) and Richard Kinghorn (b.1945). This interview is largely about childhood, especially home-life and schooldays in Dumfries. The men share memories and anecdotes across a range of subjects including: life at home (the chores, the jobs their parents did and informal support networks); school-life, the school buildings and teaching staff; play, friendship and community life. Alex spent his first few years in Glencruden before the family moved to Larchfield, a new estate on the edge of town. Richard was born in Steel Avenue and his family then moved to a new build at Troqueer. Alex and Richard talk about the strong sense of community they experienced as children. They also remember the games they played and the different places they went to rump apples. They recall stories of the local policeman and talk about how their parents managed to work and care for the family and they also recall the chores they did at home. Towards the end of the interview, Alex recalls that when he was at school, he would regularly hear the sheep, accompanied by the sound of the shepherd and his dogs going down past the school on their way to the market. |
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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