Interviews of Oran Dalrymple
EERC/EL/EL12/5
Humbie school pupil, Oran Dalrymple, talks about his life in Humbie where he lives with his family in a house on the boundary between East Lothian and Midlothian. This means that he is eligible to ge...
Interviews of Sheila Young
EERC/EL/EL13/1
Childhood
Working life
Education
Play
Transport
Shopping
Foodways
Community Life
Literature
East Linton
Dunbar
Edinburgh
Belhaven
Garvald
West Barns
In interview 1 of 2 (EL13/1/1/1), Sheila Young recalls her childhood and early schooldays in East Linton. As an only child, she recalls how strange it was to start school and be around other children...
Interviews of Elizabeth Anne Robertson
EERC/EL/EL15/5
Childhood
Education
Working life
Agriculture
Law
Housing
Technology
World War, 1939-1945
Community Life
Domestic Economy
Transport
Macmerry
Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland
Archerfield
Belhaven
In this interview, Anne Robertson (b. 1958) talks about her family and about growing up on the Archerfield Estate where her father was a tractorman. As the 6th of 8 children, Anne recalls a busy chil...
Interviews of John (Jack) Halliday,
EERC/EL/EL39/8
In this interview, John Halliday (b. 1942, Haddington) talks about his working life. He recalls that he left school on the Friday and started work on the Monday, with a local Haddington firm as a TV ...
Interviews conducted by James Birkett and Mike Duguid
EERC/DG/DG52
James Birkett and Mike Duguid conducted 2 recordings with 2 interviewees, conducted in 2018.
Interviews of Alan Kinnear
EERC/DG/DG52/2
This interview forms part of the Kirkcudbright Artists Remembered project. This project was active during the refurbishment of the Kirkcudbright Town hall into the Kirkcudbright Galleries centre and ...
Interviews of Richard Haslam-Jones
EERC/DG/DG53/2
This interview forms part of the Kirkcudbright Artists Remembered project. This project was active during the refurbishment of the Kirkcudbright Town hall into the Kirkcudbright Galleries centre and ...
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 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 Alex and Mrs MacLean
EERC/DG/DG47/11
Housing
Industry
Social Life and Customs
Scottish Travellers (Nomadic people)
Transport
shops
Quarries and Quarrying
Community Life
Health
Recreation
Kirkcudbright
Carsluith
Kirkmabreck
Kirkdale, Dumfries and Galloway
In DG47/11/1/1 (track 1 of 4), Alex MacLean (b.c.1900) and Mrs MacLean talk to David Hannay about Kirkdale, Ravenshall and Creetown. Alex's father worked in the gardens at Kirkdale and his memories d...