Dumfries and Galloway Regional Study
EERC/DG
302 interviews (346 audio files) amounting to approximately 221 hours of material. Work carried out by 49 fieldworkers with 277 interviewees (135 male, 142 female) Some video and photographic mater...
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...
Interview of Hamish Gibson
EERC/EL/EL3/1
Childhood
Education
Sports
Shopping
Farming
Working life
World War, 1939-1945
Community Life
Nature
Weather
Haddington
Garvald
Papana Water
In this interview, Hamish Gibson (b. 1936) talks about his childhood and life around Garvald and Carfrae Farm. Hamish recalls especially times during World War 2, when he was a schoolboy. He remembe...
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...
Interviews of Roy Pugh
EERC/EL/EL26/3
Community Life
Housing
Transport
Working life
Civil Servants
shops
Childhood
Education
Material Culture
World War, 1939-1945
Customs
Clothing and dress
Nature
Dunbar
Belhaven
Amisfield
In this interview, Roy Pugh (b. 1941, Dunbar) talks about his early life in Dunbar, his career in the civil service and his enduring love for Dunbar, history, the natural world and writing. Roy’s p...
Interview of Michael Fairnie by the Vocational Service Project,
EERC/EL/EL2/14
Working life
Fishing
Conservation
Nature
Technology
Community Life
Social Systems
Musselburgh
Peterhead (Scotland)
Yarmouth
Holland (Netherlands : Province)
Iceland
In this interview Michael Fairnie talks about his life growing up at Fisherrow and working as a fisherman. Michael has a strong interest in the history of Fisherrow and the herring fishing and can dat...
Interviews of Anne Campbell,
EERC/ES/ES6/4
Working life
Weaving
Crofting
Community Life
Landscape
Nature
Material Culture
transhumance
shielings
Bragar (Bràgair), Isle of Lewis (Eilean Leòdhais), Scotland
Stornoway (Steornabhagh), Western Isles, Scotland
In this interview, Anne Campbell (aged 62) talks about her life and work. She was born in Bragar and went to school there before heading to Edinburgh to study at the College of Art. She stayed in Ed...
Interviews of Sam Johnston
EERC/DG/DG17/2
Working life
Nature
Landscape
Community Life
Music
Transport
Language and Languages -- Study and Teaching
Language
Dumfries (Scotland)
Dunscore
Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway
Moniaive
Biographical interview with Sam Johnston who recently moved into Dumfries and Galloway. Sam was born in Shetland, where he completed his education and started on his working life before joining the R...