Interviews conducted by Julia Muir Watt
EERC/DG/DG4
Julia Muir- Watt conducted a total of 36 recordings made with 28 interviewees, carried out between 2012 and 2013.
Interviews of Jenny Jolly aged 86
EERC/DG/DG4/2
Childhood
Working life
Farming
Sawmills
Community Life
Foodways
Health
Travellers
World War, 1939-1945
Wigtown
Whithorn
Innerwell
Rigg Bay
Garlieston
Galloway House
Kidsdale
Interview with Jenny Jolly about her life and work (DG4/2/1/1). Jenny, who has spent most of her life in Whithorn, begins by talking about her parents, her Irish ancestry and her father's illness and...
Interviews of Tom McCreath
EERC/DG/DG4/3
Childhood
Working life
Farming
Community Life
Foodways
Recreation
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1939-1945
Religion
Challoch Farm
Whithorn
Galloway House
Garlieston
Sorbie
Interview (DG4/3/1/1) 1 of 2 with Tom McCreath who was brought up at Broughton Mains farm and was a farmer all his working life. Tom begins by talking about his family connections to the area prior t...
Interviews of John Wilson aged 74
EERC/DG/DG4/9
Childhood
Education
Farming
Domestic Life
Working life
Emigration
Community Life
Death
Recreation
World War, 1939-1945
Whithorn
Monreith
Glasserton
Baldoon
Biographical interview with John Wilson (b. 1938) of Wigtown. John starts by giving some information about his family history. His father, who was one of seven brothers, had gone to America before re...
Interviews of Jock McMaster
EERC/DG/DG4/11
Childhood
Working life
Farming
Foodways
Transport
Community Life
Tourism
Recreation
World War, 1939-1945
Biographical interview with Jock McMaster, a farmer in his late 70s, who has always lived in the Monreith area. His family came to Blairbury farm around 1830, initially as tenant farmers. During thi...
Interviews of Robin Kinnear
EERC/DG/DG4/12
Childhood
Working life
shops
Community Life
Tourism
Housing
Clothing trade
Farming
World War, 1939-1945
Death
Transport
Port William
Monreith
Whithorn
Parton
Biographical interview with Robin Kinnear. Robin's great-grandfather had moved to Port William as a tailor in 1898 and the family business of drapers had continued from there, eventually including fu...
Interviews of Judy Brown aged 73
EERC/DG/DG4/13
Childhood
Education
Working life
Farming
Domestic Life
Housing
World War, 1939-1945
Recreation
Weather
Whithorn
Glasgow
Biographical interview with Judy Brown (b. 1939) who could trace her family history in the area to the 1850s when her grandfather had Zorach and Outreach farms. Judy talks about farming, the Irish po...
Interviews of Kennedy Doonan
EERC/DG/DG4/16
In track 1 (of 2) of this biographical interview, Kenny Doonan (b.c1930s) describes his childhood on Barrachen Estate, where his mother had Home Farm and kept a small dairy herd. Kenny went on to wor...
Interviews of Jean Rennie aged 86
EERC/DG/DG4/17
Childhood
Working life
Farming
Community Life
Housing
Foodways
Travellers
World War, 1939-1945
shops
Barrachan
Whithorn
Newton Stewart
Whauphill
Kirkinner
North Clutag
Capenoch
Biographical interview with Jean Rennie, who was born in Aryshire and has lived most of her life in Wigtownshire. Jean talks about her childhood at Capenoch Farm. The family had a dairy herd and gre...
Interviews of Paul Soriani
EERC/DG/DG4/18
Biographical interview with Paul Soriani, whose grandparents started the Central Café in Whithorn. Paul's mother and uncle were also interviewed by Julia Muir-Watt (see DG4/20). Paul provides some ...