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Interviews of Jamie Telford

EERC/DG/DG3/1

Childhood Community Life Traditional Music Recreation Customs Common Ridings (Festivals) Langholm Canonbie

Interview with Jamie Telford about his life in music. Jamie was born in Langholm and as a youngster learned both the pipes and the flute and played with two of the three town bands, the other being t...

Interviews of Mabel Forteath aged 73

EERC/DG/DG32/3

Childhood Domestic Life Farming Recreation Customs Transport Moniaive

Biographical interview with Mable Forteath (born 1941) who lives in Moniave and grew up in the area. As a child, she lived on a farm. Her father was a shepherd. She wasn't keen on school but loved ...

Interviews of Tom Allan

EERC/DG/DG46/5

Education Working life Community Life Customs Foodways National Service Transport shops Clothing trade Lochmaben Lockerbie

Biographical interview with Tom Allan, who moved from Borland to Lochmaben when he was 9 years old when his father took up the post of head gardener at the Lochmaben sanatorium. Tom talks about his s...

Interviews of May Fraser aged 83

EERC/DG/DG38/9

Childhood Education Working life Domestic Life Lighthouses Customs Birth Midwifery World War, 1939-1945

Biographical interview with May Fraser (b. 1930 at Auchencairn). May firstly talks about her birth and being taken home, to Hestan island, at the age of 3 weeks. May's father was the lighthouse kee...

Interviews of Sheila Wilkinson aged 69

EERC/DG/DG38/10

Health Working life Nursing | Practice Customs Community Life Foodways Clothing and dress Air Accidents

Biographical interview with Sheila Wilkinson (born c.1945) who spent her childhood in Portnockie. Sheila and the interviewer started their nurse training together, on 1 April 1963 and this interview ...

Interviews of Barry Craighead

EERC/EL/EL26/1

Childhood Education Working life Death Customs Sports Weather Community Life World War, 1939-1945 Evacuees National Service Musselburgh Dunvegan

In this interview, Barry Craighead (b. 1938, Croydon) talks about his evacuation to Musselbugh at the age of 4; his early life; working life; National Service and his lifelong association with cycling...

Interviews of Roy Pugh

EERC/EL/EL26/3

Community Life Housing Transport Working life Civil Servants shops Childhood Education Material Culture World War, 1939-1945 Customs Clothing and dress Nature Dunbar Belhaven Amisfield

In this interview, Roy Pugh (b. 1941, Dunbar) talks about his early life in Dunbar, his career in the civil service and his enduring love for Dunbar, history, the natural world and writing. Roy’s p...

Interviews of Mr and Mrs Thomson by an unknown female,

EERC/EL/EL2/37

Working life Farming Community Life Industry Material Culture Environment Customs Language Haddington Pencaitland North Berwick

In track 1 of 3 (EL2/37/1/1) Mr Thomson talks about his life in farming. He started work at Upper Bolton, Haddington, where he worked with the horses. His wage when he first got married was 28 shill...

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