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Interviews of Marion Sunderland

EERC/DG/DG4/19

Childhood Working life Teaching Community Life Housing Foodways Recreation World War, 1939-1945 Shopping Religion Fishing Whithorn Garlieston

Biographical interview with Marion Sunderland whose family moved to Whithorn when she was a small child. Marion's mother was a teacher and Marion also became a primary school teacher after studying i...

Interviews of Margaret Wilson,

EERC/DG/DG20/1

Childhood Housing Community Life Shopping Wanlockhead

Short initial biographical interview with Margaret Wilson (aged c75) who has lived her whole life in Wanlockhead. Margaret talks about the family home at Straight Steps which she shared with her wido...

Interviews of Margaret and Ronnie Wilson

EERC/DG/DG20/2

Education Childhood Housing Community Life Shopping Wanlockhead Leadhills Lowther Hill Kelloholm

Biographical interview with Margaret and Ronnie Wilson (see also DG20/1/1/1) who have lived in the same house in Wanlockhead for the past 51 years. The interview begins with Ronnie giving us a brief ...

Interviews of Hugh Ramsay

EERC/DG/DG4/25

Childhood Working life Farming Domestic Life Transport Shopping World War, 1939-1945 Clothing and dress Language Galloway House Garlieston Stranraer

Biographical interview with Hugh Ramsay whose family took over Millisle Farm near Garlieston in 1931. Primarily a dairy farm, Millisle was involved with cheese-making until 1970. Their milk producti...

Interviews of Mollie Carnan aged 77

EERC/DG/DG10/5

Childhood Domestic Life Foodways Shopping Minnigaff Cumloden Newton Stewart

Short biographical interview with Mollie Carnan who had lived in the Newton Stewart area all her life. Her father was a forester on the Cumloden estate and the family stayed there in a cottage withou...

Interviews of Joseph Sassoon aged 85,

EERC/DG/DG13/1

Childhood Community Life Social Systems Education Shopping Entertainment Visual arts

Biographical interview with Joseph Sassoon (b. 1927) who had lived most of his life in Kirkcudbright. Joseph's father, an artist, had moved to the town on the recommendation of another artist, the et...

Interviews of Heather Millar aged 64

EERC/DG/DG13/3

Childhood Community Life Housing Working life Shopping Social Systems Entertainment Transport Kirkcudbright

Biographical interview with Heather Miller (b. 1947) who was born and brought up in Kirkcudbright. Much of the interview is about Heather's grandparents' home which was a fisherman's cottage down nea...

Interviews of Sheila Austin aged 69

EERC/DG/DG27/9

Childhood Working life Farming Social Systems Community Life Education Shopping Foodways Entertainment Dumfries (Scotland) Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway Nether Glaisters

Biographical interview with Sheila Austin (aged 70) who recalls life on a sheep farm. Her father's family had been at Nether Glaisters for 5 generations and this was her first home. The family then ...

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 Gordon Hastie,

EERC/EL/EL1/1

Childhood Recreation Education Shopping Farming Working life Material Culture Travel Foodways Alderston Mains Haddington Ormiston

This interview, with Gordon Hastie (b. 1952 at Melvin Hall near Ormiston), is conducted by Gordon’s wife, Vivian. In 1958, his family moved to Alderston Mains, where Gordon and his family still liv...

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