Interview with Irene Brown which begins with her memories of school in Thornhill and later Debier's secretarial school on Irish Street in Dumfries (students were mostly girls but some boys too). Iren...

Audio and video files recorded simultaneously during a discussion and walk about around Dumfries. The interview with Alex Inman and Richard Kinghorn focuses on recollections of childhood and early wo...

Biographical interview with Nancy Muirhead (aged 75) who was born in Mull and came to Kirkcudbright, where she still lives, when she was around 12 years old. Nancy talks a little about settling into ...

Interview with Allen Paterson about his involvement with the Moat Brae Trust and the plans to develop Moat Brae as a centre for children's literature. Allen came from a background in gardening and it...

Biographical interview with retired seed potato merchant, James Henderson (aged 78) who was born in Dumfries. James charts the history of the family business. James recalls that his father's decisio...

Biographical interview with Sophie Weatherall (aged 85) about her association with Moat Brae, which dates to the time when it was a private hospital and nursing home. Sophie explains that she was on ...

Biographical interview with siblings Linda Turner, Brian Kinghorn and Richard Kinghorn. Subjects covered include: play inside and outside school; school meals; teachers; family chores and helping rel...

Biographical interview with Richard Kinghorn (aged 69). Alex Inman (the fieldworker) and Richard were interviewed for the Study after a pop-up event in Dumfries in ****. In this interview, Richard t...

Biographical interview (DG44/2/1/1, track 1 of 2) with Cyril (84) and Dorothy (77) Wise of Dumfries, who have been married for 57 years. The couple have spent their working lives running the family b...

Biographical interview with George McColl (b. 1929, Lochmaben) who talks about growing up and living in Lochmaben. He describes his early life and schooling and recalls taking the control exam to dec...