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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 Betty Hudson aged 68

EERC/DG/DG14/5

Childhood Education Farming Domestic Life shops Creetown Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries (Scotland)

Biographical interview with Betty Hudson (DG27) who was born in 1945. Betty's father was a sheep farmer at Glenquicken farm, which is a few miles north of Creetown and she explained that she had been...

Interviews of Elizabeth Ray aged 83

EERC/DG/DG2/2

Education Community Life Childhood Travel World War, 1939-1945 Working life Recreation Drapers Business Creetown Sandgreen

This interview with Elizabeth Ray, aged 84 at the time, is mainly about the Creetown shops Elizabeth remembers from her childhood. She talks about many of these in detail, including the sweetie shop ...

Interviews of Roma Hunter aged 54

EERC/DG/DG2/5

Social Systems Family Education Punishment Working life Social Systems Wool industry Women Child Care Services Newton Stewart Creetown Carsluith Barholm, Dumfries and Galloway

Autobiographical interview with Roma Hunter which concentrates mainly on family life, schooldays and ongoing education. Roma describes the family home and the roles within the family and the impact o...

Interviews of Robert Ross aged 71

EERC/DG/DG2/7

Working life Quarries and Quarrying Education Punishment Community Life Social Life and Customs Housing Carsluith Creetown Gatehouse of Fleet

Interview with Robert (Rab) Ross who was born in Carsluith. The interview is concerned with Rab's working life and particularly his 32 years at the Creetown quarry. He talks about many aspects of li...

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 Erica Thomson aged 46

EERC/DG/DG2/11

Education Working life Wool industry Laundry Creetown Newton Stewart

Autobiographical interview with Erica Thomson who has always lived in Creetown. Topics covered include the jobs her parents did (mother worked at Auchenlarie caravan park and father was, for a time, a...

Interviews of Mrs King

EERC/DG/DG47/4

Community Life Social Systems Housing Industry Transport Education Creetown Cairnharrow

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 Lizzie Davidson

EERC/DG/DG47/7

Childhood Working life Industry Quarries and Quarrying Telecommunication systems Housing Community Life Death Health Education Farming Music Fishing Travellers Folklore Glasgow Carsluith Creetown Garlieston Isle of Man Cardoness

Recorded over several months, this series of interviews with Elizabeth Davidson (DG47/7/1/1 the first of 14 tracks) takes place in Glasgow, where Elizabeth (b. 1896, now aged 83) had lived since she m...

Interviews of Jim McGuffie

EERC/DG/DG47/18

Working life Agriculture Mills Community Life shops Quarries and Quarrying Education World War, 1939-1945 Carsluith Whithorn Newton Stewart Gatehouse of Fleet Creetown

In this interview DG47/18/1/1 ( track 1 of 4), Jim McGuffie (b.1921) tells David Hannay about his life, especially living and working in the mill - which was owned by his father. Jim, who was just ab...

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