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Interviews of Jim Gordon aged 87

EERC/DG/DG13/8

Education Social Systems Entertainment World War, 1939-1945 Farming Community Life Choral Music Visual arts shops Social Life and Customs Kirkcudbright Twynholm Creetown Tongland Boreland of Girthon

Biographical interview with Jim Gordon (87) who was born in Lanark and moved to Kircudbrightshire when his father, a chemist specialising in agricultural supplies, bought Mullock and Corrahill farms. ...

Interviews of John Scoular aged 80

EERC/DG/DG4/7

Childhood Community Life Farming Housing shops Tourism World War, 1939-1945 Glasserton Whithorn

Biographical interview with John Scoular (b. 1931) whose father was minister at Glasserton church until he retired from there in 1946. In this interview John talks about his childhood and remembers t...

Interviews of Betty Stuart aged 86

EERC/DG/DG4/8

Childhood Community Life Farming Housing shops Tramps Recreation Customs and Traditions Health Whithorn Isle of Whithorn

Biographical interview with Betty Stuart (aged 86) who was born in Whithorn and, apart from living in Glasgow for a while after she married, has spent most of her life there. Betty starts by reading ...

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 Jean Rennie aged 86

EERC/DG/DG4/17

Childhood Working life Farming Community Life Housing Foodways Travellers World War, 1939-1945 shops Barrachan Whithorn Newton Stewart Whauphill Kirkinner North Clutag Capenoch

Biographical interview with Jean Rennie, who was born in Aryshire and has lived most of her life in Wigtownshire. Jean talks about her childhood at Capenoch Farm. The family had a dairy herd and gre...

Interviews of Tina Soriani and Aldo Petrucci

EERC/DG/DG4/20

Childhood Working life Business Community Life Farming Catholic Church World War, 1939-1945 shops Health Whithorn

Biographical interview with brother and sister Tina Soriani and Aldo Petrucci whose parents came to Auchenleck in 1929. They subsequently moved to Whithorn in 1933 when they bought over a derelict p...

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 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...

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