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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 Nurse Cowel

EERC/DG/DG47/3

Industry Housing Living Conditions Fishing Foodways Community Life Recreation Working life Carsluith Creetown

DG47/3/1/1 (track 1 of 12) is with a Carsluithian, identified as Nurse Cowell, and begins with her describing her earliest memories. Her father built the family home, Greywalls in Carsluith, and Ms C...

Interviews of Netta Cowell

EERC/DG/DG47/14

Community Life Working life Quarries and Quarrying Fishing Foodways World War, 1939-1945 Carsluith Creetown Gatehouse of Fleet

In this short track, David talks to Netta Cowell, who was born at Kirkmabreck, where her father was manager at the quarry (early 1900s). Netta's family moved to Gretna and then back to Carsluith (and...

Interviews of Mary Nichol

EERC/DG/DG47/15

Community Life Housing Fishing Foodways World War, 1939-1945 Carsluith Creetown Gatehouse of Fleet

In this interview Mary Nicholl recalls her time living down the weir in Carsluith. Mary, who was born in Gatehouse-of-Fleet, moved to Carsluith when she was married. She raised her ten children in a...

Interviews of Mr Galloway

EERC/DG/DG47/16

Community Life Working life Quarries and Quarrying World War, 1914-1918 Foodways Agriculture Childhood Carsluith Creetown Kirkmabreck

In this interview, Mr Galloway (b.1906) who was born in Kirkmabreck, tells David Hannay about his life in Carsluith. Mr Galloway's father worked at the old Scottish Granite quarry before that closed ...

Interviews of Gordon Gordon

EERC/DG/DG47/26

Working life Farming Community Life Foodways Recreation Transport Creetown Cardoness

In this interview, Gordon Gordon talks about his time at Kirkdale in the 1960s where he worked alongside Brian Reid who was experimenting with organic farming. Mr Reid, who was a railway designer and...

Interviews of Jean and John Scott

EERC/DG/DG47/27

Working life Farming Community Life Foodways Recreation Transport Carsluith Creetown

This interview with Jean and John Scott was held as the Scott's prepared to leave Kirkdale Bank where they had been living for 13 years, to move to Dumfries. John had been caretaker at Kirkdale for 1...

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