Interviews conducted by Julia Muir Watt
EERC/DG/DG4
Julia Muir- Watt conducted a total of 36 recordings made with 28 interviewees, carried out between 2012 and 2013.
Interviews of Jenny Jolly aged 86
EERC/DG/DG4/2
Childhood
Working life
Farming
Sawmills
Community Life
Foodways
Health
Travellers
World War, 1939-1945
Wigtown
Whithorn
Innerwell
Rigg Bay
Garlieston
Galloway House
Kidsdale
Interview with Jenny Jolly about her life and work (DG4/2/1/1). Jenny, who has spent most of her life in Whithorn, begins by talking about her parents, her Irish ancestry and her father's illness and...
Interviews of Tom McCreath
EERC/DG/DG4/3
Childhood
Working life
Farming
Community Life
Foodways
Recreation
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1939-1945
Religion
Challoch Farm
Whithorn
Galloway House
Garlieston
Sorbie
Interview (DG4/3/1/1) 1 of 2 with Tom McCreath who was brought up at Broughton Mains farm and was a farmer all his working life. Tom begins by talking about his family connections to the area prior 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 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 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 ...
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 Mrs Potts
EERC/DG/DG47/2
In interview 1 of 4 (DG47/2/1/1), Mrs Potts talks about her family and childhood memories. She has a close connection to the area around Carsluith and recalls many of the same people, families, farms...
Interviews of Gordon Gordon
EERC/DG/DG47/26
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
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...