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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 Wyllie McCulloch aged 51

EERC/DG/DG2/8

Working life Business Fishmongers Recreation Amateur Theatre Community Life Social Life and Customs Creetown Gatehouse of Fleet Auchenlarie

Interview with Wyllie McCulloch who's father bought Auchenlarie farm when he was a child. Initially run as a dairy farm with some beef, pigs, sheep, tatties and racing horses, Auchenlarie was eventua...

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 Jez Noad aged 54

EERC/DG/DG2/10

Working life Engineering Social Life and Customs Community Life Creetown

Interview with Jez Noad who moved to Creetown in 2005 after spending most of his life in the south of England. He decided to retire early following a college course experience which confirmed for him...

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 May Sisi aged 89 & Helen Harmer aged 91

EERC/DG/DG10/16

shops Business Working life Armed Forces Customs and Traditions Marriage Superstitions Halloween Newton Stewart Creetown Stranraer

Biographical interview with May Sisi (b. 1925) and Nell Harmer (b.1922). This interview mainly covers their early working lives and the Newton Stewart shops and businesses they remember. Both May an...

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 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...

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