Interviews of Mrs Potts
EERC/DG/DG47/2
In interview 1 of 4 (DG47/2/1/1), Mrs Potts talks about her family and childhood memories. She has a close connection to the area around Carsluith and recalls many of the same people, families, farms...
Interviews of Nurse Cowel
EERC/DG/DG47/3
Industry
Housing
Living Conditions
Fishing
Foodways
Community Life
Recreation
Working life
Carsluith
Creetown
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...
Interviews of Mr Ruxton
EERC/DG/DG47/13
In DG47/13/1/1 the first (of 2) tracks, David speaks to Mr Ruxton, who worked the gardens at Kirkdale from 1947 - for a period of about fifteen years. Mr Ruxton explains that he was taken on by David...
Interviews of Netta Cowell
EERC/DG/DG47/14
Community Life
Working life
Quarries and Quarrying
Fishing
Foodways
World War, 1939-1945
Carsluith
Creetown
Gatehouse of Fleet
In this short track, David talks to Netta Cowell, who was born at Kirkmabreck, where her father was manager at the quarry (early 1900s). Netta's family moved to Gretna and then back to Carsluith (and...
Interviews of Mary Nichol
EERC/DG/DG47/15
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...
Interviews of Mr Galloway
EERC/DG/DG47/16
Community Life
Working life
Quarries and Quarrying
World War, 1914-1918
Foodways
Agriculture
Childhood
Carsluith
Creetown
Kirkmabreck
In this interview, Mr Galloway (b.1906) who was born in Kirkmabreck, tells David Hannay about his life in Carsluith. Mr Galloway's father worked at the old Scottish Granite quarry before that closed ...
Interviews of Jean and John Scott
EERC/DG/DG47/27
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...
Interviews of Stuart Nichol
EERC/DG/DG47/29
Childhood
Working life
Community Life
Social Life and Customs
Foodways
Carsluith
Kirkdale, Dumfries and Galloway
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...