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Interviews of Brenda McIntosh aged 71

EERC/DG/DG17/5

Education Childhood Recreation Working life Community Life World War, 1914-1918 Domestic Life Gender Religion Health Dumfries (Scotland)

Track 1 of 2 (DG17/5/1/1, 14 February 2014) of a biographical interview with Brenda McIntosh (b.1932, Dumfries). Brenda's parents had moved to an ex-servicemen’s small-holding community after meeti...

Interviews of Dr Guy (Gavin) Brown

EERC/DG/DG4/10

Childhood Working life Health Community Life Recreation Education World War, 1939-1945 Port William Newton Stewart Monreith

Biographical interview with Guy Brown who was born in Port William. Guy's father had been the local GP and Guy followed him into the profession and took over the surgery in due course. He talks abou...

Interviews of Cathy Miller aged 75

EERC/DG/DG4/14

Childhood Education Working life Community Life Dairy Farming Religion Supernatural Health World War, 1939-1945 Cherry Valley Glasserton Whithorn Stranraer Physgill

Interview with Cathy Miller (aged 75) talks about her life on Glasserton estate. She was born in Ravenscroft and raised at Cherry Valley before moving to Glasserton Lodge when she was 21. She talks ...

Interviews of John McColm aged 87

EERC/DG/DG26/16

Childhood Education Health Working life Farming World War, 1939-1945 Community Life

Biographical interview with John McColm (b. 1919), a dairy farmer of Garthland Mains. John could trace his family connection to the area back to 1684 when Jean McColm had land at Craigslave. His own...

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 John Hamilton

EERC/EL/EL11/10

Childhood Education Working life Engineering Computers shops Photography Community Life World War, 1914-1918 Health Haddington Dalkeith Edinburgh Silverknowes

In this interview, John Hamilton (born 1964) talks about his childhood, working life and his life in Haddington. Recalling his early life, John remembers going to Ireland in the holidays (where his m...

Interviews of Richard Kinghorn aged 69,

EERC/DG/DG43/2

Childhood Education Recreation Working life Industry Health Business Butchers Community Life Dumfries (Scotland) Troqueer

Biographical interview with Richard Kinghorn (aged 69). Alex Inman (the fieldworker) and Richard were interviewed for the Study after a pop-up event in Dumfries in ****. In this interview, Richard t...

Interviews of Hal McGhie aged 80

EERC/DG/DG46/14

Childhood Play Recreation Working life Business Sports Community Life Education World War, 1939-1945 National Service Transport Health Lochmaben Dumfries (Scotland)

Biographical interview with Hal McGhie (b. 1932) who was born in Lochmaben and has spent most of his life there. Hal begins by speaking about his early life and family history. He was one of 10 chil...

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...

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