EERC/DG/DG38/4
Biographical interview (DG38/4/1/1, track 1 of 2) with Betty McMinn (b. 1932, Eastriggs) about her life in nursing. Betty had wanted to go into nursing from school but her father thought she 'wouldn'...
EERC/DG/DG38
Margaret Smith conducted a total of 42 recordings with a total of 44 interviewees. The interviews were carried out between 2014 and 2017.
EERC/DG/DG38/1
Biographical interview with Helen Little (b. 1935) who was born in Dumfries. This interview focusses on Helen's training and professional life as a nurse. Helen describes her pre-training time at Th...
EERC/DG/DG38/2
Biographical interview with Patricia Martin (b. 1933, Yorkshire) who came to Dumfries as a 15 year old to study nursing at the Royal Infirmary. Pat explains that, after leaving school when she reache...
EERC/DG/DG38/5
Interview with 3 women who trained for nursing in the 1950s: Pat Martin (training 1952-54), Betty McMinn (training 1950-53) and Ena Forteath (training 1953-57). The women begin by talking about their...
EERC/DG/DG38/6
Interview with Helen Gray (aged 81) who was born in East Lothian and who has lived in Dumfries since moving to the area in 1954 to train as a midwife. In this detailed interview Helen talks about var...
EERC/DG/DG38/7
Biographical interview with Katrina Wells (b. 1946, Govan) about her life in nursing. Katrina moved to Lockerbie when she was 14, to live with her father, and said that she thought she had died and g...
EERC/DG/DG38/8
Biographical interview (DG38/8/1/1, track 1 of 2) with husband and wife Duncan (b. 1921 in Linwood) and Shirley (b. 1926 in Inverness) who both trained and worked as pharmacists. In this interview,...
EERC/DG/DG38/26
Yvonne Layden was born in Liverpool and moved to Dumfries when she married. This interview is about her working life in two Dumfries factories. After her children had started school, Yvonne got a job...
EERC/DG/DG38/27
Interview with Tom McGill, born 1925. There is a brief biography of Tom's life up to the point where he trained as a minister and moved to Stranraer (1972) where he became minister for the Stranraer ...
