Interviews of Barbara Hannay
EERC/DG/DG26/5
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 Andy Love aged 78
EERC/DG/DG26/7
Andy Love, aged 78, was born at Bridge of Aird Farm by Stranraer. In this interview he talks about the many people who were seen about the farm when he was young. This included people who would arri...
Interviews of Agnes Lamb aged 83
EERC/DG/DG26/11
Interview with Agnes Lamb, aged 83. Agnes talks about her early life on a farm on the edge of Stranraer called Larg. Her father trained horses and the family also grew potatoes and Agnes recalled th...
Interviews of John McColm aged 87
EERC/DG/DG26/16
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 John Barr
EERC/DG/DG26/19
Biographical interview with John Barr a farmer whose father had owned Auchneel Farm since 1920 and which John himself ran until he retired. This interview considers change over time, particularly in ...
Interviews of Bob Grierson and John McColm
EERC/DG/DG26/31
Interview with John McColm and Bob Grierson, farmers who had grown potatoes in the Stranraer area. The focus of this interview is the Irish potato squads who came to work on the farms in the west of ...
Interviews of Jim Wallace
EERC/DG/DG26/32
Interview with Jim Wallace (b. 1929) who was born into a farming family at Mull Farm, Kirkcowan. The family then moved to West Ringuinea on the Ardwell estate and Jim started farming there after he l...
Interviews of Vivien Delf
EERC/DG/DG26/34
Interview with Vivien Delf, who recalled her childhood visits to rural Wigtownshire in the years after the end of World War 1. Her extended family farmed Auchness, Balgowan and Auchneight and Viven r...