Interviews of Mrs King
EERC/DG/DG47/4
In this interview, David Hannay speaks to Mrs King whose great grandfather, Mr Sutcliffe, established Kirkmabreck quarry. He was manager there for a year or two and then his son, who had been living ...
Interviews of Jim Henry
EERC/DG/DG47/17
In this interview, Jim Henry (b.1905) recalls his childhood at Barholm farm and shares memories from his childhood and life. He recalls his time at Carsluith school where the teachers were Mr and Mrs...
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...
Interviews conducted by Katie Shepherd and Ailsa Dixon ,
EERC/EL/EL39
These interviews were made as part of a collaborative project between the RESP Archive Project and the archive team at the John Gray Centre in Haddington. Two RESP Archive Project interns, Katie Shep...
Interviews conducted by Alice Heywood
EERC/EL/EL29
Alice Heywood conducted 2 interviews made with 2 interviewees, both carried out in 2020.
Interviews of Donald 'Barrs' Maclean,
EERC/ES/ES7/6
Childhood
Social Life and Customs
Community Life
Housing
Transport
Working life
Weaving
Armed Forces
Education
Merchant ships |
Shawbost (Siabost), Isle of Lewis (Eilean Leòdhais), Scotland
Stornoway (Steornabhagh), Western Isles, Scotland
In this interview, Donald Maclean (b. Shawbost, c. 1950), who is known as Barrs, talks about his life and connections to weaving. His mum and dad were both local and Barrs recalls that every home had...