EERC/DG/DG31/6
Biographical interview with Mary Fairley (aged 86). Mary, whose father was a dairyman, talks about her early life and schooldays. Although her mother wanted her to go on to university, Mary was dete...
EERC/DG/DG31/7
Biographical interview with Irene Foster (b. 1943) who worked at Moat Brae, from aged 16, before going on to do her nursing training at the Dumfries & Galloway Royal Infirmary. Irene describes her nu...
EERC/DG/DG31/8
Biographical interview with John McQueen (aged 82) who was born in Dumfries and has lived there his whole life, only going away to do his National Service. John lived near Moat Brae as a child and re...
EERC/DG/DG31/10
Biographical interview with Christine Hatton ( aged 65) who worked at Moat Brae for three years, from 1966. At the beginning of the interview, Christine talks about her early life which involved a lot...
EERC/DG/DG33/2
Biographical interview with Ronald Jardine (b. 1938) who was born in Dumfries, at Moat Brae, and has lived for over 50 years at Cairn of Craigs. The early part of this interview covers Ronald's earli...
EERC/DG/DG33/4
Biographical interview with Dan McKie (b. 1941) who was born in Hampshire and moved to Scotland when he was five, to stay with his granny after his father was demobbed from the RAF. He has lived in D...
EERC/DG/DG33/3
Short biographical interview with Pam Walker (b. 1955) who has spent most of her life in Dumfries (especially Lochside) and who now lives in Collin. Pam talks about her schooldays, recalling that she...
EERC/DG/DG34/1
Interview with Trevor Knowles, Vice-chairman of the Peter Pan Moat Brae Trust, in which he describes the current and future plans for developing Moat Brae House as a centre for children's literature. ...
EERC/DG/DG34/2
Biographical interview with Andrew Walls (aged 70) who came to Dumfries after medical school in London and Edinburgh. After talking briefly about his family and early life, Andrew talks about his tim...
EERC/DG/DG34/4
Biographical interview with Mark Jardine (aged 54) from Dumfries. This interview is largely about the family funeral practice, which Mark has been involved with since he was a small child. Mark begi...