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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 conducted by Julia Muir Watt

EERC/DG/DG4

Biography Childhood Recreation Farming Foodways Community Life Working life

Julia Muir- Watt conducted a total of 36 recordings made with 28 interviewees, carried out between 2012 and 2013.

Interviews of Alex Anderson aged 84

EERC/DG/DG13/12

Childhood Education Working life Business Civil Engineering Community Life Recreation Roads | Weather

Biographical interview with Alex Anderson (aged 84), who was born and raised in Edinburgh. Alex talks about his father and mother and their connections to Dumfries and Galloway before speaking about ...

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 Fiona and Jack Ross aged 45 and 11

EERC/DG/DG21/1

Childhood Community Life Education Social Systems Working life Recreation Travel and Holidays Music shops Sanquhar Wanlockhead

Biographical interview with Fiona Ross (b. 1967) and her son, Jack (aged 11) who live in Wanlockhead. Fiona has always lived in Wanlockhead and has strong family connections to the area. Her grandmo...

Interviews of Hazel-Jane Moffat aged 39,

EERC/DG/DG23/1

Childhood Recreation Education Music Working life Community Life Social Systems Weather Wanlockhead Leadhills

In this interview Hazel talks about her life in Wanlockhead where she has spent most of her life. She lived in Leadhills until she was six and then the family took over running the old Co-op in Wanlo...

Interviews of Elizabeth Ray aged 83

EERC/DG/DG2/2

Education Community Life Childhood Travel World War, 1939-1945 Working life Recreation Drapers Business Creetown Sandgreen

This interview with Elizabeth Ray, aged 84 at the time, is mainly about the Creetown shops Elizabeth remembers from her childhood. She talks about many of these in detail, including the sweetie shop ...

Interviews of Sandra Tweedie aged 74

EERC/DG/DG2/9

Childhood Social Systems Community Life Recreation Education Living Conditions Sanitation Lighting Foodways Working life Quarries and Quarrying Carsluith Creetown

Interview with Sandra Tweedie about her life in Carsluith. Lots of detail is given about the home interior and renovations over time, such as the move from dry toilet to indoor facilities. Sandra's ...

Interviews of Jamie Telford

EERC/DG/DG3/1

Childhood Community Life Traditional Music Recreation Customs Common Ridings (Festivals) Langholm Canonbie

Interview with Jamie Telford about his life in music. Jamie was born in Langholm and as a youngster learned both the pipes and the flute and played with two of the three town bands, the other being t...

Interviews of Willie and Isa Friell aged 92

EERC/DG/DG3/2

Education Childhood Childrens games Recreation Community Life Customs and Traditions Common Ridings (Festivals) Curling World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1939-1945 Easter Working life Cycling Langholm Lamb Hill

DG3/2/1/1 Interview 1 of 2 with Willie and Isa Friel, the aunt and uncle of the interviewer. Both were born in 1919 and Isa is from the 'auld toon' and Willie the 'new toun'. The interviewer propose...

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