Interviews conducted by Tania Gardner
EERC/DG/DG13
Tania Gardner conducted a total of 16 recordings with 13 interviewees. The interviews were carried out between 2012 and 2014.
Interviews of Evelyn McGibbon aged 78
EERC/DG/DG13/10
Childhood
Education
Working life
Social Systems
Community Life
Customs and Traditions
Hogmanay
World War, 1939-1945
Entertainment
Glasgow
Kirkcudbright
Dundee -- Scotland
Crocketford
Biographical interview with Evelyn McGibbon (b.1936) who was born in Dundee and fostered to Crocketford when she was two and a half years old and has maintained links with the area throughout her life...
Interviews of Alex Anderson aged 84
EERC/DG/DG13/12
Childhood
Education
Working life
Business
Civil Engineering
Community Life
Recreation
Roads |
Weather
Biographical interview with Alex Anderson (aged 84), who was born and raised in Edinburgh. Alex talks about his father and mother and their connections to Dumfries and Galloway before speaking about ...
Interviews of Joseph Sassoon aged 85,
EERC/DG/DG13/1
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 Moira Jones aged 79
EERC/DG/DG13/2
Biographical interview with Moira Jones (aged 79) who was born and brought up in Kirkcudbright where her father was the school janitor. Moira's childhood home was across from the tolbooth and, encour...
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 Felicity Gelder aged 65
EERC/DG/DG13/4
Biographical interview with Felicity Gelder (aged 65) who has spent much of her life in Kirkcudbright. Felicity grew up in 83 and 81 High Street, properties that were owned by her grandmother. She d...
Interviews of Nancy Muirhead aged 75
EERC/DG/DG13/7
Childhood
Working life
Knitting
Social Systems
Entertainment
Community Life
Housing
Kirkcudbright
Castle Douglas
Dumfries (Scotland)
Biographical interview with Nancy Muirhead (aged 75) who was born in Mull and came to Kirkcudbright, where she still lives, when she was around 12 years old. Nancy talks a little about settling into ...