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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 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 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 Betty McBratney

EERC/DG/DG4/22

Childhood Working life Farming Education Housing Community Life shops World War, 1939-1945 Glasserton Whithorn Garlieston

Biographical interview with Betty McBratney who was born at Outen, a cottage on the Garlieston Road. Betty talks about her life and the various places she has lived and worked. She left school at 13...

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 Elsie McShane aged 80

EERC/DG/DG4/28

Childhood Education Working life Community Life Travellers Housing Religion World War, 1939-1945 Glasserton Whithorn Isle of Whithorn

Biographical interview with Elsie McShane (aged 80) who was born at the sawmill cottages at Glasserton. Elsie's father became head gardener at Glasserton in the years before World War 2 and the famil...

Interviews of John Carruth aged 91

EERC/DG/DG26/33

Childhood Community Life Housing Education shops Business Social structure Weather

Interview with John Carruth (b. 1922) who was 91 at the time the interview was recorded. John recalls the Stranraer of his childhood and gives detailed information about shops and businesses within t...

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 Pam Walker aged 59

EERC/DG/DG33/3

Childhood Education Working life Housing Community Life Health Recreation Dumfries (Scotland) Collin, Dumfries and Galloway Lochside, Dumfries

Short biographical interview with Pam Walker (b. 1955) who has spent most of her life in Dumfries (especially Lochside) and who now lives in Collin. Pam talks about her schooldays, recalling that she...

Interviews of George McColl aged 82

EERC/DG/DG46/2

Education Working life shops Community Life Housing World War, 1939-1945 Lochmaben Dumfries (Scotland) Halleaths, Dumfries and Galloway Heathhall, Dumfries and Galloway

Biographical interview with George McColl (b. 1929, Lochmaben) who talks about growing up and living in Lochmaben. He describes his early life and schooling and recalls taking the control exam to dec...

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