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Interviews of Marion Sunderland

EERC/DG/DG4/19

Childhood Working life Teaching Community Life Housing Foodways Recreation World War, 1939-1945 Shopping Religion Fishing Whithorn Garlieston

Biographical interview with Marion Sunderland whose family moved to Whithorn when she was a small child. Marion's mother was a teacher and Marion also became a primary school teacher after studying i...

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 Capt.Jack Niblock aged 80,

EERC/DG/DG4/5

Childhood Working life Community Life Social structure Transport Fishing World War, 1939-1945 Whithorn Isle of Whithorn Garlieston

Biographical interview with Jack Niblock (b.1932) about his life-long interest in boats and fishing. Jack begins by speaking about his family history and links to Dumfries & Galloway which included s...

Interviews conducted by Ailsa Fortune

EERC/EL/EL5

Childhood Working life Fishing Community Life Foodways World War, 1939-1945 Language

Ailsa Fortune conducted a total of 2 recordings with 2 interviewees, carried out in 2018.

Interviews conducted by Mark Mulhern

EERC/EL/EL6

Childhood Working life Fishing Community Life Foodways World War, 1939-1945 Languages Technology

As part of the East Lothian RESP, Mark Mulhern has so far conducted a total of 6 fieldwork interviews with 6 interviewees, carried out between 2017 and 2019.

Interviews of Bill Wilson

EERC/EL/EL11/12

Childhood Education Social Systems Community Life Industry Housing Domestic Life Fishing Play Travel and Holidays Recreation Musselburgh Ormiston Cockenzie Port Seton Edinburgh Levenhall, East Lothian

In this interview, Bill Wilson (b. 1953) talks about his childhood and working life, and about his love of local history. Bill was born in Edenhall hospital in Musselburgh, the middle of three sons. ...

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 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 conducted by Alice Heywood

EERC/EL/EL29

Childhood Play Education Foodways Working life Fishing Housing Community Life Shopping Transport

Alice Heywood conducted 2 interviews made with 2 interviewees, both carried out in 2020.

Interviews of Betty Neil and Suzanne Ewing née Watson,

EERC/EL/EL29/2

Childhood Play Domestic Economy Foodways Working life Fishing Housing Community Life Shopping Transport Fisherrow Musselburgh Edinburgh

In this interview, sisters Betty and Suzanne, talk about growing up in Fisherrow. Their father was a fisherman and their home, at Bush Street, was one of a complex they believe was built by their gre...

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