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Interviews of Felicity Gelder aged 65

EERC/DG/DG13/4
Biographical interview with Felicity Gelder (aged 65) who has spent much of her life in Kirkcudbright. Felicity grew up in 83 and 81 High Street, properties that were owned by her grandmother. She d...

Interviews of Bill McCaig

EERC/DG/DG26/4
In this biographical interview with Bill McCaig (b. early 20th century), he reflects on a lifetime in farming. Bill's father had Challoch farm at a time when most of the work was done by horses and t...

Interviews of Margaret Clark aged 70

EERC/DG/DG26/13
Biographical interview with Margaret Clark (aged 70). Margaret talks about her childhood experiences with the Miltonians, a local community group set up by her aunt and uncle (Jardine) which staged c...

Interview of 75 year old born at Palnackie

EERC/DG/DG10/13
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 Joseph Sassoon aged 85

EERC/DG/DG13/1
Biographical interview with Joseph Sassoon (b. 1927) who had lived most of his life in Kirkcudbright. Joseph's father, an artist, had moved to the town on the recommendation of another artist, the et...

Interviews of Heather Millar aged 64

EERC/DG/DG13/3
Biographical interview with Heather Miller (b. 1947) who was born and brought up in Kirkcudbright. Much of the interview is about Heather's grandparents' home which was a fisherman's cottage down nea...

Interviews of Nancy Muirhead aged 75

EERC/DG/DG13/7
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 ...

Interviews of Linda Turner & Brian Kinghorn

EERC/DG/DG43/1
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...

Interviews of Evelyn McGibbon aged 78

EERC/DG/DG13/10
Biographical interview with Evelyn McGibbon (b.1936) who was born in Dundee and fostered to Crocketford when she was two and a half years old and has maintained links with the area throughout her life...

Interviews of Sheila Austin aged 69

EERC/DG/DG27/9
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 ...