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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 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 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...

Interviews of Spencer Kennedy aged 68

EERC/DG/DG27/1

Childhood Community Life shops Transport Travel and Holidays Education Farming Working life Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries (Scotland)

Track 1 of 2 (DG27/6/1/3) of a biographical interview recorded on 18 December 2013 with Spencer Kennedy (b. 1945) about his early life in Thornhill. Spencer's father was the local vet and his mother ...

Interviews of Sheila Austin aged 69

EERC/DG/DG27/9

Childhood Working life Farming Social Systems Community Life Education Shopping Foodways Entertainment Dumfries (Scotland) Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway Nether Glaisters

Biographical interview with Sheila Austin (aged 70) who recalls life on a sheep farm. Her father's family had been at Nether Glaisters for 5 generations and this was her first home. The family then ...

Interview of Hamish Gibson

EERC/EL/EL3/1

Childhood Education Sports Shopping Farming Working life World War, 1939-1945 Community Life Nature Weather Haddington Garvald Papana Water

In this interview, Hamish Gibson (b. 1936) talks about his childhood and life around Garvald and Carfrae Farm. Hamish recalls especially times during World War 2, when he was a schoolboy. He remembe...

Interviews of John Main

EERC/EL/EL11/3

Childhood Education Working life Play Farming Material Culture Foodways Business Community Life Haddington North Berwick Garleton Hills Alderston Harperdean East Garleton Comrie Cultybraggan Gifford

In this interview (EL11/3/1/1 the first of three sessions), John Main talks about his childhood and schooldays. He shares memories of his family home where his mother looked after an extended family ...

Interviews of David Leckie

EERC/EL/EL11/4

Childhood Music Working life Engineering Farming Education Community Life Material Culture Disabilities Haddington Alderston Mains Kingston, East Lothian Falkirk Saltoun, East Lothian Balgone Estate Pencaitland Nungate

In this interview (EL11/4/1/1 the first of two sessions) David Leckie talks about his life in East Lothian. As a child, he lived at Balgone farm where his father was a ploughman. An extended family ...

Interviews of William Crawford aged 78

EERC/DG/DG42/4

Childhood Education National Service World War, 1939-1945 Working life Farming Law Farming Housing Community Life Dunscore

Biographical interview with William Crawford (aged 78), who is the present Laird of Dunscore, a small estate near Dumfries. William begins by relating some of the history of the estate, which was for...

Interviews of Lizzie Davidson

EERC/DG/DG47/7

Childhood Working life Industry Quarries and Quarrying Telecommunication systems Housing Community Life Death Health Education Farming Music Fishing Travellers Folklore Glasgow Carsluith Creetown Garlieston Isle of Man Cardoness

Recorded over several months, this series of interviews with Elizabeth Davidson (DG47/7/1/1 the first of 14 tracks) takes place in Glasgow, where Elizabeth (b. 1896, now aged 83) had lived since she m...

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