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Interviews of Robert Ross aged 71

EERC/DG/DG2/7

Working life Quarries and Quarrying Education Punishment Community Life Social Life and Customs Housing Carsluith Creetown Gatehouse of Fleet

Interview with Robert (Rab) Ross who was born in Carsluith. The interview is concerned with Rab's working life and particularly his 32 years at the Creetown quarry. He talks about many aspects of li...

Interviews of Sandra Tweedie aged 74

EERC/DG/DG2/9

Childhood Social Systems Community Life Recreation Education Living Conditions Sanitation Lighting Foodways Working life Quarries and Quarrying Carsluith Creetown

Interview with Sandra Tweedie about her life in Carsluith. Lots of detail is given about the home interior and renovations over time, such as the move from dry toilet to indoor facilities. Sandra's ...

Interviews of Dora Nichol

EERC/DG/DG47/30

Childhood Working life Community Life Weather World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1939-1945 Housing Fishing Industry Carsluith

In this interview (DG47/30/1/1, track 1 of 2) Dora Nicholl talks about her life, particularly after she moved to Carsluith when she married in 1954. Dora was born in Peebles and moved to Stirlingshir...

Interviews of Mr and Mrs Kerr

EERC/DG/DG47/1

Working life Farming Community Life Carsluith

This interview, with Mr and Mrs Kerr, of Carsluith, concentrates on Mr Kerr’s life and especially early recollections of his family farm, near Carsluith, which was run by his father (until 1925) and...

Interviews of Mrs Potts

EERC/DG/DG47/2

Community Life Working life Housing Farming Foodways Travellers Carsluith

In interview 1 of 4 (DG47/2/1/1), Mrs Potts talks about her family and childhood memories. She has a close connection to the area around Carsluith and recalls many of the same people, families, farms...

Interviews of Nurse Cowel

EERC/DG/DG47/3

Industry Housing Living Conditions Fishing Foodways Community Life Recreation Working life Carsluith Creetown

DG47/3/1/1 (track 1 of 12) is with a Carsluithian, identified as Nurse Cowell, and begins with her describing her earliest memories. Her father built the family home, Greywalls in Carsluith, and Ms C...

Interviews of Lizzie Davidson

EERC/DG/DG47/7

Childhood Working life Industry Quarries and Quarrying Telecommunication systems Housing Community Life Death Health Education Farming Music Fishing Travellers Folklore Glasgow Carsluith Creetown Garlieston Isle of Man Cardoness

Recorded over several months, this series of interviews with Elizabeth Davidson (DG47/7/1/1 the first of 14 tracks) takes place in Glasgow, where Elizabeth (b. 1896, now aged 83) had lived since she m...

Interviews of Mr Ruxton

EERC/DG/DG47/13

Working life Gardening Foodways Community Life Carsluith

In DG47/13/1/1 the first (of 2) tracks, David speaks to Mr Ruxton, who worked the gardens at Kirkdale from 1947 - for a period of about fifteen years. Mr Ruxton explains that he was taken on by David...

Interviews of Netta Cowell

EERC/DG/DG47/14

Community Life Working life Quarries and Quarrying Fishing Foodways World War, 1939-1945 Carsluith Creetown Gatehouse of Fleet

In this short track, David talks to Netta Cowell, who was born at Kirkmabreck, where her father was manager at the quarry (early 1900s). Netta's family moved to Gretna and then back to Carsluith (and...

Interviews of Mr Galloway

EERC/DG/DG47/16

Community Life Working life Quarries and Quarrying World War, 1914-1918 Foodways Agriculture Childhood Carsluith Creetown Kirkmabreck

In this interview, Mr Galloway (b.1906) who was born in Kirkmabreck, tells David Hannay about his life in Carsluith. Mr Galloway's father worked at the old Scottish Granite quarry before that closed ...

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