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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 Cathy Doughty aged 89

EERC/DG/DG4/23

Childhood Working life Farming Domestic personnel Education shops Clothing and dress Foodways World War, 1939-1945 Whithorn Bridgebank, Dumfries and Galloway

Biographical interview with Cathy Doughty (b. 1924) who was born at Crivelton and then later moved on to Cotts. Both farms were owned by Matthew Marshall, who also owned farms at Polmallet, Brownhill...

Interviews of Graham Kerr aged 75

EERC/DG/DG10/7

Childhood Domestic Life Foodways Working life Agriculture Dairy Farming shops Housing Whithorn

Short biographical interview with Dixie Kerr who describes his early life with at his granny's house at Longhill. He recalls that times were very hard and there were no treats. He would often catch ...

Interviews of Jim Wright aged 74

EERC/DG/DG10/8

Childhood Domestic Life Foodways Working life shops Material Culture Housing Peat Lagafater Estate

Biographical interview with Jim Wright (aged 74) who was born and brought up on the Lagafater estate where his father was the gamekeeper and his grandfather served as a shepherd. The interview covers...

Interviews of Tom Allan

EERC/DG/DG46/5

Education Working life Community Life Customs Foodways National Service Transport shops Clothing trade Lochmaben Lockerbie

Biographical interview with Tom Allan, who moved from Borland to Lochmaben when he was 9 years old when his father took up the post of head gardener at the Lochmaben sanatorium. Tom talks about his s...

Interviews of Mary Jamieson by Lorna Lewis

EERC/EL/EL2/20

Domestic Life Housing Foodways Gender World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1939-1945 Education Social Life and Customs shops Working life Edinburgh Musselburgh Inveresk (East Lothian, Scotland)

In the first interview of 5 (EL2/20/1/1) Mary Jamieson (born c.1905, Musselburgh) begins by speaking about her early family life in Hercus Loan, Musselburgh. As well as recalling the interior of the ...

Interviews of Bob Marr by an unknown female ,

EERC/EL/EL2/26

Working life Fishing Community Life Boats shops Foodways Religion Housing Environment Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland Belhaven Fraserburgh

In this interview Bob Marr reflects on his life as a fisherman in Dunbar. Bob started work on sailing boats and recalls this was very tough work. They fished for herring, crab, lobster etc. and he w...

Interview of Charles Scott by Lorna Lewis

EERC/EL/EL2/31

Working life Bakers Foodways Community Life shops Material Culture Language Housing Musselburgh

In this first track 1 of 7(EL2/31/1/1), Charles Scott (b.1914) talks about his early life on the old dam brae in Musselburgh. He recalls the family home, a 2 room dwelling which sat behind a couple o...

Interviews of Primrose Barr

EERC/EL/EL12/3

Community Life Working life Social Systems shops Business Health Foodways Religion Housing Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland

In this interview, Primrose Barr (aged 82), who was born in Arbroath, talks about her life in East Lothian. Primrose's husband was born in North Berwick and trained as a doctor. He joined a practice...

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