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 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...
Interviews of Nancy McGuffie
EERC/DG/DG47/20
Community Life
Working life
Education
Childhood
Health
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1939-1945
Carsluith
Creetown
Newton Stewart
In this interview Nancy McGuffie tells David Hannay about her life. She came to Carsluith as a very young child, after her mother was widowed. Her mother bought the house Mrs McGuffie now stays in fo...