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Interviews of Sheila Wilkinson aged 69

EERC/DG/DG38/10

Health Working life Nursing | Practice Customs Community Life Foodways Clothing and dress Air Accidents

Biographical interview with Sheila Wilkinson (born c.1945) who spent her childhood in Portnockie. Sheila and the interviewer started their nurse training together, on 1 April 1963 and this interview ...

Interviews of Daisy Young aged 83

EERC/DG/DG38/14

Working life Health Nursing | Practice Community Life Lochmaben Dumfries (Scotland) Merrick Eskdalemuir

Biographical interview with Daisy Young (aged 83, born Moffatt), about her life in nursing. Daisy left school at 15 and got a job at Lochmaben, in the fever wards. She recalled that she was in the n...

Interviews of Ronnie Waugh aged 76

EERC/DG/DG38/15

Working life Health Community Life Nursing | Practice Social Systems Recreation Education Travellers Domestic Life Housing World War, 1939-1945 Dunscore Dumfries (Scotland)

Biographical interview (DG38/15/1/1, interview 1 of 2, 16 February 2015) with Ronnie Waugh (b. 1938). Ronnie moved to Dunscore when he was 2. After leaving school he started to train as an apprenti...

Interviews of Eileen Henderson aged 72

EERC/DG/DG38/16

Working life Community Life Nursing | Practice Health Dumfries (Scotland) Penpont

Biographical interview with Eileen Henderson (b. 1942). This interview is mainly about Eileen's working life, as a nurse at the Crichton Royal Hospital. Eileen recalled that she'd always wanted to w...

Interviews of Frances Lockhart aged 69 and Rita Riddick aged 73

EERC/DG/DG38/18

Working life Health Community Life Customs and Traditions Nursing | Practice Dumfries (Scotland)

Interview with Frances Lockhart and Rita Riddick who had both spent most of their nursing career at Gribton Hospital. After some preliminary biographical information is shared, the pair discuss their...

Interviews of Douglas Lockhart aged 65

EERC/DG/DG38/21

Working life Health Nursing | Practice Community Life National Health Service (Great Britain) Dumfries (Scotland)

Biographical interview with Dougie Lockhart (b. 1949 in Cresswell). This interview is mainly about Dougie's life in nursing, with some information about his family and early life at the beginning. D...

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...

Interviews of Nancy McGuffie

EERC/DG/DG47/20

Community Life Working life Education Childhood Health World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1939-1945 Carsluith Creetown Newton Stewart

In this interview Nancy McGuffie tells David Hannay about her life. She came to Carsluith as a very young child, after her mother was widowed. Her mother bought the house Mrs McGuffie now stays in fo...

Interviews of Peter Aitchison

EERC/EL/EL22/4

Working life Childhood Social Systems Community Life Material Culture Belief Health Law Nature Industry shops Music Belhaven Dunbar West Barns Tyninghame Beltonford

In this interview, Peter Aitchison (b. 1927) talks about is life in West Barns. Peter, who was born at Winterfield Farm, Bellhaven, begins with memories of his early life and family memories. He lef...

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