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Interviews of Alex Anderson aged 84

EERC/DG/DG13/12

Childhood Education Working life Business Civil Engineering Community Life Recreation Roads | Weather

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 ...

Interviews of Cyril and Dorothy Wise aged 84 and 77

EERC/DG/DG14/8

Working life Business shops Dumfries (Scotland) Lockerbie

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...

Interviews of Andrew Hannay

EERC/DG/DG26/3

Business Mills Banks and banking Industry

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 ...

Interviews of Elizabeth Ray aged 83

EERC/DG/DG2/2

Education Community Life Childhood Travel World War, 1939-1945 Working life Recreation Drapers Business Creetown Sandgreen

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 ...

Interviews of Winnie Johnstone aged 66

EERC/DG/DG2/3

Childhood Agriculture Dairy Farming Business Recreation Travel and Holidays Working life Social Systems Carsluith Auchenlarie Holiday Park

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 ...

Interviews of Wyllie McCulloch aged 51

EERC/DG/DG2/8

Working life Business Fishmongers Recreation Amateur Theatre Community Life Social Life and Customs Creetown Gatehouse of Fleet Auchenlarie

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...

Interviews of Pete Aiken age 69

EERC/DG/DG2/12

Working life Business Religion Church of Scotland, Establishment and disestablishment Presbyterianism Community Life Atheism

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...

Interviews of David Hannay aged 73

EERC/DG/DG2/13

Agriculture Business Community Life Social Systems Kirkdale, Dumfries and Galloway Carsluith Cambret Barholm, Dumfries and Galloway Claughreid Hallcroft, Dumfries and Galloway Cardoness Laggan Mossyard Auchenlarie Gatehouse of Fleet Newton, Dumfries and Galloway

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 ...

Interviews of Paul Soriani

EERC/DG/DG4/18

Childhood Working life Business Community Life World War, 1939-1945 Farming Whithorn Sorbie

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 ...

Interviews of Tina Soriani and Aldo Petrucci

EERC/DG/DG4/20

Childhood Working life Business Community Life Farming Catholic Church World War, 1939-1945 shops Health Whithorn

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...

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