Interviews conducted by Caroline Milligan and Mark Mulhern, bulk: , bulk: 20th century
EERC/DG/DG11
Mark Mulhern and Caroline Milligan conducted a total of 13 recordings with 6 interviewees, carried out between 2015 and 2116.
Interviews of Jim Gordon aged 87
EERC/DG/DG13/8
Education
Social Systems
Entertainment
World War, 1939-1945
Farming
Community Life
Choral Music
Visual arts
shops
Social Life and Customs
Kirkcudbright
Twynholm
Creetown
Tongland
Boreland of Girthon
Biographical interview with Jim Gordon (87) who was born in Lanark and moved to Kircudbrightshire when his father, a chemist specialising in agricultural supplies, bought Mullock and Corrahill farms. ...
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 George McClymont aged 74
EERC/DG/DG26/15
Childhood
Domestic Life
Education
Working life
Fishing
Transport
shops
Community Life
World War, 1939-1945
Religion
Tourism
Biographical interview with George McClymont (b. 1931) about his early days in Portpatrick. George talks about the family home and domestic arrangements, recalling that the family of nine had running...
Interviews of Margaret (Greta) Hawthorn aged 78
EERC/DG/DG4/1
Childhood
Education
Recreation
Working life
Community Life
shops
Travellers
Transport
World War, 1939-1945
Glasserton
Whithorn
Wigtown
Biographical interview with Margaret (Greta) Hawthorn (aged 78) who was born at Claymoddie Farm, Whithorn. Margaret reflects on her life and recalls her schooldays, working life, Whithorn during Worl...
Interviews of Betty McBratney
EERC/DG/DG4/22
Childhood
Working life
Farming
Education
Housing
Community Life
shops
World War, 1939-1945
Glasserton
Whithorn
Garlieston
Biographical interview with Betty McBratney who was born at Outen, a cottage on the Garlieston Road. Betty talks about her life and the various places she has lived and worked. She left school at 13...
Interviews of Alex Inman and Richard Kinghorn
EERC/DG/DG11/4
Childhood
Community Life
shops
Business
Education
Recreation
Working life
Architecture
Dumfries (Scotland)
Audio and video files recorded simultaneously during a discussion and walk about around Dumfries. The interview with Alex Inman and Richard Kinghorn focuses on recollections of childhood and early wo...
Interviews of Moira Jones aged 79
EERC/DG/DG13/2
Biographical interview with Moira Jones (aged 79) who was born and brought up in Kirkcudbright where her father was the school janitor. Moira's childhood home was across from the tolbooth and, encour...
Interviews of John Carruth aged 91
EERC/DG/DG26/33
Interview with John Carruth (b. 1922) who was 91 at the time the interview was recorded. John recalls the Stranraer of his childhood and gives detailed information about shops and businesses within t...
Interviews of Spencer Kennedy aged 68
EERC/DG/DG27/1
Childhood
Community Life
shops
Transport
Travel and Holidays
Education
Farming
Working life
Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries (Scotland)
Track 1 of 2 (DG27/6/1/3) of a biographical interview recorded on 18 December 2013 with Spencer Kennedy (b. 1945) about his early life in Thornhill. Spencer's father was the local vet and his mother ...