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Interview of 75 year old born at Palnackie

EERC/DG/DG10/13

Childhood Education Farming Domestic Life shops Social Life and Customs Marriage Entertainment Christmas New Year

Biographical interview with a 75 year old who was born at Palnackie in 1938. Her family had a small dairy farm and she could remember standing in the milking shed in clogs aged around 4. She also r...

Interviews of Jean Anderson aged 82

EERC/DG/DG13/11

Childhood Education Domestic Life Farming World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1939-1945 Working life Nursing | Practice Kippford

Biographical interview (DG13/11/1/1 part 1 of 2) with Jean Anderson (b.1932) who was born and brought up in Kipford and now lives in Kirkcudbright. This interview looks in detail at Jean's home life ...

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 Barbara Hannay

EERC/DG/DG26/5

Childhood Education Farming Domestic Life World War, 1939-1945 Evacuees Weather

Barbara Hannay, born 1920, talks about her childhood at Colfin Farm, her schooling, home life and activities during the war. Home life was very busy, especially around harvest time when there was a g...

Interviews of John Wilson aged 74

EERC/DG/DG4/9

Childhood Education Farming Domestic Life Working life Emigration Community Life Death Recreation World War, 1939-1945 Whithorn Monreith Glasserton Baldoon

Biographical interview with John Wilson (b. 1938) of Wigtown. John starts by giving some information about his family history. His father, who was one of seven brothers, had gone to America before re...

Interviews of Judy Brown aged 73

EERC/DG/DG4/13

Childhood Education Working life Farming Domestic Life Housing World War, 1939-1945 Recreation Weather Whithorn Glasgow

Biographical interview with Judy Brown (b. 1939) who could trace her family history in the area to the 1850s when her grandfather had Zorach and Outreach farms. Judy talks about farming, the Irish po...

Interviews of Kennedy Doonan

EERC/DG/DG4/16

Childhood Working life Farming Community Life Housing Domestic Life Port William Barrachan

In track 1 (of 2) of this biographical interview, Kenny Doonan (b.c1930s) describes his childhood on Barrachen Estate, where his mother had Home Farm and kept a small dairy herd. Kenny went on to wor...

Interviews of Robert Galashan

EERC/DG/DG4/21

Childhood World War, 1939-1945 Farming Working life Business Domestic Life Whithorn Baldoon

Biographical interview with Robert Galashan which is primarily about the Clydesdale horse and Shorthorn cattle work done by his father and uncle, who worked for Mr Marshall of A J Marshall, Bridgebank...

Interviews of Hugh Ramsay

EERC/DG/DG4/25

Childhood Working life Farming Domestic Life Transport Shopping World War, 1939-1945 Clothing and dress Language Galloway House Garlieston Stranraer

Biographical interview with Hugh Ramsay whose family took over Millisle Farm near Garlieston in 1931. Primarily a dairy farm, Millisle was involved with cheese-making until 1970. Their milk producti...

Interviews of Willie Brown aged 76

EERC/DG/DG10/10

Languages Working life Agricultural Shows Domestic Life Farming Foodways National Service Port William Changue

Biographical interview with Willie Brown, aged 76, who was born at Changue Farm where he lived and worked until he went to do his National Service at 18. When he returned from NS he took a job as a t...

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