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Interviews of Ian Tweedie

EERC/DG/DG46/11

Childhood National Service Play Sports World War, 1939-1945 Community Life Housing Lochmaben Halleaths, Dumfries and Galloway Townhead, Dumfries and Galloway

Biographical interview with Ian Tweedie (b c.1939, Townhead, Lochmaben) about his life in Lochmaben. Ian describes his childhood playing around the Mill Loch and recalls the soldiers who were based a...

Interviews of Richard Kinghorn aged 69 and Alex Inman aged 68

EERC/DG/DG17/3

Education Childhood Community Life Housing Transport Play Domestic Life Working life Dumfries (Scotland) Troqueer

Biographical interview with friends, Alex Inman (b.1946) and Richard Kinghorn (b.1945). This interview is largely about childhood, especially home-life and schooldays in Dumfries. The men share memo...

Interviews of Sophie Smith aged 8 and Derry Broadfoot aged 8

EERC/DG/DG31/3

Childhood Education Travel Play Rugby football Social Systems Dumfries (Scotland)

Interview with Sophie Smith and Derry Broadfoot (aged approximately 8), who are pupils at St Ninian's school in Dumfries. They talk about their journey to school and the games they play with their f...

Interviews of Maureen McIntyre aged 76,

EERC/DG/DG32/1

Childhood Education Play Domestic Life Clothing and dress World War, 1939-1945 shops Moniaive Dunreggan Hillhead, Dumfries and Galloway

Biographical interview with Maureen McIntyre (aged 76) who was born in Dunreggan and has lived in the Moniave area her whole life. Maureen recalls her early life in a very tiny house where the family...

Interviews of Isabelle Gow aged 59

EERC/DG/DG46/3

Childhood Education Play Transport Lochmaben Elshieshields

Biographical interview with Isabelle Gow (b. 1953) about her early life and primary schooldays in Lochmaben. Isabelle lived on a farm so her father dropped her off for school in the morning. In the ...

Interviews conducted by Vivian Hastie,

EERC/EL/EL1

Childhood Education Play Sports Shopping Farming Working life Material Culture Travel Foodways

Vivian Hastie conducted 1 interview made with 1 interviewee, carried out in 2015.

Interviews of Agnes Macdonald and Helen McNeill

EERC/EL/EL11/1

Childhood Education Play Religion Housing Transport Working life Travel and Holidays Community Life World War, 1939-1945 Dunbar Burnmouth Belhaven Newtongrange, East Lothian

In this interview, twins Agnes Macdonald and Helen McNeill (both 87 years old) talk about their childhood in Bellhaven, where their father was the local policeman. The women talk about being at the l...

Interviews of John Main

EERC/EL/EL11/3

Childhood Education Working life Play Farming Material Culture Foodways Business Community Life Haddington North Berwick Garleton Hills Alderston Harperdean East Garleton Comrie Cultybraggan Gifford

In this interview (EL11/3/1/1 the first of three sessions), John Main talks about his childhood and schooldays. He shares memories of his family home where his mother looked after an extended family ...

Interviews of Shirley Swinton and Janet Whinnett

EERC/EL/EL11/6

Childhood Education Community Life Housing Play Working life Haddington

This interview, with friends Shirley Swinton (60) and Jane Whinnett (59), concentrates on their experiences of childhood from early memories through their primary school years. As both women had Febr...

Interviews of Graham Wells

EERC/EL/EL11/8

Childhood Education Working life Housing Community Life Play Social Systems Music Sports Mining Banks and banking Ormiston Haddington Port Seton North Berwick Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland Dunbar Tranent

In this interview, Graham Wells (aged 46) from Ormiston talks about his childhood and working life in East Lothian. Graham recalls that his parents settled in Ormiston when they married. At that time...

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