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Interviews of Nancy McGuffie

EERC/DG/DG47/20

Community Life Working life Education Childhood Health World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1939-1945 Carsluith Creetown Newton Stewart

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...

Interviews of Mrs McKnight

EERC/DG/DG47/21

Community Life Childhood Working life Farming Carsluith Creetown Newton Stewart Gatehouse of Fleet

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 Julia Bain, Jess and Kenneth Ball

EERC/DG/DG47/22

Social Systems Industry Landscape Building Community Life Housing Carsluith

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 ...

Interviews of Irene Doak and Maureen Wood

EERC/DG/DG47/23

Childhood Farming Social Life and Customs Community Life Agriculture Carsluith Kirkmabreck

In this interview Irene Doak (63) and Maureen Wood (64) share their memories of Ravenshall and Carsluith with David. Maureen's family moved to the area when she was seven and her grandfather was chau...

Interviews of Wilma Grierson

EERC/DG/DG47/24

Childhood Education Community Life Buildings Plants Carsluith

In track 1 of 2 (DG47/24/1/1) Wilma Grierson recalls her childhood living on Kirkdale estate. She speaks particularly about the walled gardens and the planting around the grounds remembering the magn...

Interviews of Ian McGuffie

EERC/DG/DG47/25

Childhood Working life Buildings Mills Agriculture Social Systems Music Recreation Sports Carsluith Creetown

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...

Interviews of Gordon Gordon

EERC/DG/DG47/26

Working life Farming Community Life Foodways Recreation Transport Creetown Cardoness

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

Working life Farming Community Life Foodways Recreation Transport Carsluith Creetown

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 Bert Rae

EERC/DG/DG47/28

Childhood Education Farming Industry Community Life World War, 1939-1945 Rationing Supernatural Dundrennan Kirkdale, Dumfries and Galloway Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway Kirkmabreck Cairnryan Carsluith

In this interview Bert Rae (b. circa 1935) talks about his early life around Carsluith. He talks particularly about farm life as his parents farmed at Dundrennan and on part of the Kirkdale estate. ...

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...

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