In DG47/12/1/1, the first of 2 tracks, Mr Milligan (b.1902) tells David Hannay about his family connections to quarry work in the Carsluith area. Mr Milligan's grandfather had been a dyker who had bu...

In this interview Mary Nicholl recalls her time living down the weir in Carsluith. Mary, who was born in Gatehouse-of-Fleet, moved to Carsluith when she was married. She raised her ten children in a...

In this interview Nancy McGuffie tells David Hannay about her life. She came to Carsluith as a very young child, after her mother was widowed. Her mother bought the house Mrs McGuffie now stays in fo...

In this interview, with Julia Bain, her brother Derek and sister-in-law Jess, the contributors chat with David Hannay about life in Carsluith. Julia and Derek recall childhood visits to the area and ...

In this interview, Gordon Gordon talks about his time at Kirkdale in the 1960s where he worked alongside Brian Reid who was experimenting with organic farming. Mr Reid, who was a railway designer and...

In this interview Ian McGuffie (b.1927) tells David about his life in Carsluith and Canada. Ian's grandfather took over the mill at Carsluith in around 1884-5 and different members of the family, in...

This interview with Jean and John Scott was held as the Scott's prepared to leave Kirkdale Bank where they had been living for 13 years, to move to Dumfries. John had been caretaker at Kirkdale for 1...

In this interview Stuart Nicholl (b. 1935) talks about his life in Carsluith. Stuart was recalls Carsluith when he was a child and the village was quite a busy place, jobs were plentiful and there wa...

DG47/3/1/1 (track 1 of 12) is with a Carsluithian, identified as Nurse Cowell, and begins with her describing her earliest memories. Her father built the family home, Greywalls in Carsluith, and Ms C...

Recorded over several months, this series of interviews with Elizabeth Davidson (DG47/7/1/1 the first of 14 tracks) takes place in Glasgow, where Elizabeth (b. 1896, now aged 83) had lived since she m...