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Interviews of Alan Campbell George Welch and Stewart Summers,

EERC/WL/WL1/2

Working life Transport Industry Community Life Railways Material Culture Bo'ness Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland Dunfermline, Fife

In this conversational interview, fieldworker Grace Cameron speaks with Alan Campbell (b. 1942), George Welch (b. 1945) and Stewart Summers (b. 1950) about their lives and interest in the railways. A...

Interviews of Mark Ashmole,

EERC/WL/WL1/1

Working life Transport Industry Community Life Social Systems Railways Material Culture Bo'ness

In this interview, Mark Ashmole (aged 66, b. Derbyshire) talks about his love of trains and his involvement with the Scottish Railway Preservation Society (SRPS). Mark, who has lived in Scotland since...

Interviews of Jim Farquhar,

EERC/WL/WL2/1

Working life Railways Glasgow (Scotland) Bo'ness Aberdeen, City of, Scotland

In this interview, Jim Farquhar, talks about his early career in the railways. Jim joined SMT after he completed his National Service, in 1957. He worked first at Aberdeen South where he quickly mov...

Interviews of Grace Cameron,

EERC/WL/WL3/1

Working life Railways Transport Community Life Bo'ness

In this short interview, 10 year old James Cameron interviews his mother, Grace (b. 1984, Paisley) about her connections to the railway museum at Bo'ness and the Scottish Railway Preservation Society ...

Interviews of Billy Paton,

EERC/WL/WL2/2

Working life Transport Industry Railways Material Culture Bo'ness Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland

In this interview, Billy Paton (b. 1957, Motherwell) talks about his life and particularly his working life as a train driver and, later, with the Scottish Railway Preservation Society (SRPS). Billy'...

Interviews of Donnie Skinner,

EERC/WL/WL2/3

Working life Transport Railways Material Culture Social Systems Community Life Bo'ness

In this interview, Donnie Skinner (b. Edinburgh, circa 1952) talks about his lifelong interest in trains, recalling that at the age of 4, he was found in the rail shed at St Margaret's engine shed, Jo...

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