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Interviews of Bill McCaig

EERC/DG/DG26/4

Childhood Working life Farming Community Life Tramps Entertainment Social structure World War, 1939-1945 Transport

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 Jock McMaster

EERC/DG/DG4/11

Childhood Working life Farming Foodways Transport Community Life Tourism Recreation World War, 1939-1945

Biographical interview with Jock McMaster, a farmer in his late 70s, who has always lived in the Monreith area. His family came to Blairbury farm around 1830, initially as tenant farmers. During thi...

Interviews of Robin Kinnear

EERC/DG/DG4/12

Childhood Working life shops Community Life Tourism Housing Clothing trade Farming World War, 1939-1945 Death Transport Port William Monreith Whithorn Parton

Biographical interview with Robin Kinnear. Robin's great-grandfather had moved to Port William as a tailor in 1898 and the family business of drapers had continued from there, eventually including fu...

Interviews of Betty Murray

EERC/DG/DG4/26

Childhood Working life Farming Business shops Community Life Recreation Religion World War, 1939-1945 Transport Whithorn Glasserton Port William Skate, Dumfries and Galloway

Biographical interview with Betty Murray whose parents came to Whithorn in 1934 to run a licensed grocer. Betty describes the shop, providing details of the stock, layout, staffing and suppliers. Sh...

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 Bill Carrick aged 84

EERC/DG/DG46/6

Education Working life Farming Community Life Recreation shops Transport Lochmaben Lockerbie Amisfield

Short interview with Bill Carrick (born c.1927) who spent his early childhood in Lochmaben before moving out to the farm, Kirkmahoe, when he was 12. Bill recalls the town and the past-times he enjoye...

Interviews of Charles Runcie and Margaret Runcie

EERC/EL/EL10/1

Childhood Working life Farming Agriculture Community Life Transport Housing shops Religion World War, 1939-1945 Garvald Haddington Nunraw Stoneypath Tower Pressmennan Wood

In this interview, Margaret Runcie (aged 92) and her son, Charles Runcie (aged 60) talk about their lives in and around Garvald. Margaret and her husband moved to Garvald Grange after a spell in Rosl...

Interviews of Gordon Gordon

EERC/DG/DG47/26

Working life Farming Community Life Foodways Recreation Transport Creetown Cardoness

In this interview, Gordon Gordon talks about his time at Kirkdale in the 1960s where he worked alongside Brian Reid who was experimenting with organic farming. Mr Reid, who was a railway designer and...

Interviews of Jean and John Scott

EERC/DG/DG47/27

Working life Farming Community Life Foodways Recreation Transport Carsluith Creetown

This interview with Jean and John Scott was held as the Scott's prepared to leave Kirkdale Bank where they had been living for 13 years, to move to Dumfries. John had been caretaker at Kirkdale for 1...

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