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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 George McClymont aged 74

EERC/DG/DG26/15

Childhood Domestic Life Education Working life Fishing Transport shops Community Life World War, 1939-1945 Religion Tourism

Biographical interview with George McClymont (b. 1931) about his early days in Portpatrick. George talks about the family home and domestic arrangements, recalling that the family of nine had running...

Interviews of Margaret (Greta) Hawthorn aged 78

EERC/DG/DG4/1

Childhood Education Recreation Working life Community Life shops Travellers Transport World War, 1939-1945 Glasserton Whithorn Wigtown

Biographical interview with Margaret (Greta) Hawthorn (aged 78) who was born at Claymoddie Farm, Whithorn. Margaret reflects on her life and recalls her schooldays, working life, Whithorn during Worl...

Interviews of Alex Haswell aged 58

EERC/DG/DG4/27

Childhood Education Recreation Working life Community Life Transport Housing Religion Local Government Whithorn Stranraer Elrig New Luce Skeog

Biographical interview with Alex Haswell (b.1954) who was born and grew up in Whithorn. In the early part of this interview Alex talks about his parents, childhood, schooldays and memories of Whithor...

Interviews of David Doughty aged 90

EERC/DG/DG9/1

Childhood Education Working life Business Transport Community Life Recreation Social Systems Street Lighting Sanitation Whithorn

In this interview, (DG9/1/1/1 track 1 of 3) Mr David Doughty (born 1922), with input from his wife, Cathy, who is also present describes life in Kirkcudbright around the 1930s (and later). David's gr...

Interviews of Moira Jones aged 79

EERC/DG/DG13/2

Childhood Education Community Life Working life Social Systems shops Transport Kirkcudbright

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 Spencer Kennedy aged 68

EERC/DG/DG27/1

Childhood Community Life shops Transport Travel and Holidays Education Farming Working life Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries (Scotland)

Track 1 of 2 (DG27/6/1/3) of a biographical interview recorded on 18 December 2013 with Spencer Kennedy (b. 1945) about his early life in Thornhill. Spencer's father was the local vet and his mother ...

Interviews of Dan McKie aged 72

EERC/DG/DG33/4

Childhood Education Working life Transport Travel and Holidays Housing Community Life Health Glasgow Dumfries (Scotland) Gatehouse of Fleet

Biographical interview with Dan McKie (b. 1941) who was born in Hampshire and moved to Scotland when he was five, to stay with his granny after his father was demobbed from the RAF. He has lived in D...

Interviews of Barbara Kelly,

EERC/DG/DG34/3

Childhood Education Transport Working life Community Life Social structure

Biographical interview with Dame Barbara Kelly (aged 70+) who was born in Dalbeattie and has always lived in Dumfries and Galloway. Barbara's parents were teachers and the early part of this intervie...

Interviews of Paul Roxburgh

EERC/DG/DG46/9

Childhood Education Working life shops Transport Recreation World War, 1939-1945 Religion Community Life National Service Archaeology Nature Language Lochmaben Dumfries (Scotland) Halleaths, Dumfries and Galloway Dalton, Dumfries and Galloway Wamphray Castle Loch Beacon Hill, Dumfries and Galloway Parkgate, Dumfries and Galloway

Biographical interview with Paul Roxburgh (b. 1934, Lochmaben). Paul recalls his childhood in Lochmaben where his family had a grocer's shop which had been opened by his grandfather, in the front roo...

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