EERC/DG/DG38/4
Biographical interview (DG38/4/1/1, track 1 of 2) with Betty McMinn (b. 1932, Eastriggs) about her life in nursing. Betty had wanted to go into nursing from school but her father thought she 'wouldn'...
EERC/DG/DG14/7
Biographical interview with Ken Brown (b. 1942) who was brought up in Collin and has lived in the Dumfries and Lochmaben area all his life. Ken's father was from Lochmaben and his mother from Collin....
EERC/DG/DG14/8
Interview with Cyril (aged 84) and Dorothy (aged 77) Wise about their family business, Newall's toy shop, which was in Friar's Vennel, Dumfries. The business was started after Dorothy's father, who h...
EERC/DG/DG14/9
Biographical interview with Lorenzo Ronaldo (b.1944) who was born in Glasgow and lived in Dumfries from the age of 8. Lorenzo talks about his Italian-Scots upbringing and about feelings of home and e...
EERC/DG/DG14/11
Biographical interview with James Behan (aged 77) who was born in Dumfries and has spent most of his life living in the town. James talks about his early childhood and schooling. He was happy at St ...
EERC/DG/DG17/3
Biographical interview with friends, Alex Inman (b.1946) and Richard Kinghorn (b.1945). This interview is largely about childhood, especially home-life and schooldays in Dumfries. The men share memo...
EERC/DG/DG17/5
Track 1 of 2 (DG17/5/1/1, 14 February 2014) of a biographical interview with Brenda McIntosh (b.1932, Dumfries). Brenda's parents had moved to an ex-servicemen’s small-holding community after meeti...
EERC/DG/DG17/6
Biographical interview with John Dickenson (b. 1936, Kirkcudbright). John talks about his early life and family and his life-long interest in history and landscape. John's father worked for the Gall...
EERC/DG/DG20/4
Biographical interview with Irene Morrison (b. 1937) who was born in Wanlockhead, in the Fraser Memorial Institute. The interview begins with Irene describing the institute which was built by the Fra...
EERC/DG/DG5/1
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...
