Interviews of Mr and Mrs Kerr
EERC/DG/DG47/1
This interview, with Mr and Mrs Kerr, of Carsluith, concentrates on Mr Kerr’s life and especially early recollections of his family farm, near Carsluith, which was run by his father (until 1925) and...
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 Mr and Mrs Kerr
EERC/DG/DG47/6
In the first of 2 tracks, David Hannay talks to Mr and Mr Kerr about their home at Casluith Farm. The farm, which was first leased to Mr Kerr's grandfather for his son (i.e. Mr Kerr's father) in 1872...
Interviews of Lizzie Davidson
EERC/DG/DG47/7
Childhood
Working life
Industry
Quarries and Quarrying
Telecommunication systems
Housing
Community Life
Death
Health
Education
Farming
Music
Fishing
Travellers
Folklore
Glasgow
Carsluith
Creetown
Garlieston
Isle of Man
Cardoness
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...
Interviews of Mr McGowan
EERC/DG/DG47/9
Working life
Farming
Quarries and Quarrying
Industry
Social Life and Customs
Transport
Housing
Kirkdale, Dumfries and Galloway
Carsluith
Creetown
Cairnholly
In this 1st (of 2 tracks), Mr McGowan (who was born in 1886 and was 94 years old at the time of the interview, tells David Hannay about his life. He was born in New Luce, where his father was a sheph...
Interviews of Mrs McKnight
EERC/DG/DG47/21
In this interview, 70 year old Mrs McKnight recalls her life in and around Carsluith. She was born at Barholm farm, which her father had from 1926 to 1949. She describes the farm and how it has chang...
Interviews of Gordon Gordon
EERC/DG/DG47/26
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...
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...