EERC/DG/DG13/12
Biographical interview with Alex Anderson (aged 84), who was born and raised in Edinburgh. Alex talks about his father and mother and their connections to Dumfries and Galloway before speaking about ...
EERC/DG/DG14/8
Interview with Cyril (aged 84) and Dorothy (aged 77) Wise about their family business, Newall's toy shop, which was in Friar's Vennel, Dumfries. The business was started after Dorothy's father, who h...
EERC/DG/DG26/3
Andrew Hannay talks about his family, who had been millers since at least 1695. Initially, the business started in Kirkcowan and later moved to Portpatrick, to Dinvin Mill. Andrew describes how the ...
EERC/DG/DG2/2
This interview with Elizabeth Ray, aged 84 at the time, is mainly about the Creetown shops Elizabeth remembers from her childhood. She talks about many of these in detail, including the sweetie shop ...
EERC/DG/DG2/3
Initial interview track (DG2/3/1/1) with Winnie Johnstone, aged 66, about her early life at Auchenlarie farm, which her father bought when she was 4 years old. As well as a dairy the farm grew corn ...
EERC/DG/DG2/8
Interview with Wyllie McCulloch who's father bought Auchenlarie farm when he was a child. Initially run as a dairy farm with some beef, pigs, sheep, tatties and racing horses, Auchenlarie was eventua...
EERC/DG/DG2/12
Interview with Church of Scotland minister, Pete Aitken, who was born in Hull into Peterhead family which travelled up and down the east coast following the herring. Pete spent his childhood in Hul...
EERC/DG/DG2/13
Interview with David Hannay whose family history in Wigtownshire dates back to 1520 (Sorbie) and Kirkdale (c1700). The majority of this interview is concerned with the history of Kirkdale estate and ...
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 ...
EERC/DG/DG4/20
Biographical interview with brother and sister Tina Soriani and Aldo Petrucci whose parents came to Auchenleck in 1929. They subsequently moved to Whithorn in 1933 when they bought over a derelict p...