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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 Betty McBratney

EERC/DG/DG4/22

Childhood Working life Farming Education Housing Community Life shops World War, 1939-1945 Glasserton Whithorn Garlieston

Biographical interview with Betty McBratney who was born at Outen, a cottage on the Garlieston Road. Betty talks about her life and the various places she has lived and worked. She left school at 13...

Interviews of Cathy Doughty aged 89

EERC/DG/DG4/23

Childhood Working life Farming Domestic personnel Education shops Clothing and dress Foodways World War, 1939-1945 Whithorn Bridgebank, Dumfries and Galloway

Biographical interview with Cathy Doughty (b. 1924) who was born at Crivelton and then later moved on to Cotts. Both farms were owned by Matthew Marshall, who also owned farms at Polmallet, Brownhill...

Interviews of Dolly Ferries aged 83

EERC/DG/DG10/12

Childhood Education Farming World War, 1939-1945 Rationing Recreation Working life Domestic personnel Housing Foodways Social Life and Customs Marriage Emigration Newton Stewart Garlieston Baldoon North Balfern Kirkinner Baltersan Dalry, Dumfries and Galloway Loch Doon

Biographical interview (DG10/12/1/1 is track 1 of 2) with Dolly Ferries, aged 83, who was born at North Balfern, Kirkinner where her father was a shepherd. Her earliest memory was aged around 3, when...

Interviews of John McColm aged 87

EERC/DG/DG26/16

Childhood Education Health Working life Farming World War, 1939-1945 Community Life

Biographical interview with John McColm (b. 1919), a dairy farmer of Garthland Mains. John could trace his family connection to the area back to 1684 when Jean McColm had land at Craigslave. His own...

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