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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 Tom McCreath

EERC/DG/DG4/3

Childhood Working life Farming Community Life Foodways Recreation World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1939-1945 Religion Challoch Farm Whithorn Galloway House Garlieston Sorbie

Interview (DG4/3/1/1) 1 of 2 with Tom McCreath who was brought up at Broughton Mains farm and was a farmer all his working life. Tom begins by talking about his family connections to the area prior t...

Interviews of Jessie McLean aged 95

EERC/DG/DG4/4

Childhood Working life Community Life Social structure Living Conditions Housing Foodways Travellers Religion World War, 1939-1945 Whithorn Sorbie Garlieston Monreith

Interview with Jessie McLean (b. 1916) who was born in Whithorn where she has lived all her life. Jessie was born into the Jolly family who were a large and well-known family at the top of the town....

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 Margerie Clark aged 58

EERC/DG/DG4/24

Childhood Working life Religion Catholic Church Transport World War, 1939-1945 Community Life Tourism Whithorn Sorbie St Ninian's Cave

Track 1 (of 2) of a biographical interview with Margerie Clark (b. 1955). Margerie's mother was from Whithorn and had met her father, a lithotypist from London, when he was based at Kidsdale camp. A...

Interviews of Betty Murray

EERC/DG/DG4/26

Childhood Working life Farming Business shops Community Life Recreation Religion World War, 1939-1945 Transport Whithorn Glasserton Port William Skate, Dumfries and Galloway

Biographical interview with Betty Murray whose parents came to Whithorn in 1934 to run a licensed grocer. Betty describes the shop, providing details of the stock, layout, staffing and suppliers. Sh...

Interviews of Alex Haswell aged 58

EERC/DG/DG4/27

Childhood Education Recreation Working life Community Life Transport Housing Religion Local Government Whithorn Stranraer Elrig New Luce Skeog

Biographical interview with Alex Haswell (b.1954) who was born and grew up in Whithorn. In the early part of this interview Alex talks about his parents, childhood, schooldays and memories of Whithor...

Interviews of Elsie McShane aged 80

EERC/DG/DG4/28

Childhood Education Working life Community Life Travellers Housing Religion World War, 1939-1945 Glasserton Whithorn Isle of Whithorn

Biographical interview with Elsie McShane (aged 80) who was born at the sawmill cottages at Glasserton. Elsie's father became head gardener at Glasserton in the years before World War 2 and the famil...

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