Interviews of Mrs King
EERC/DG/DG47/4
In this interview, David Hannay speaks to Mrs King whose great grandfather, Mr Sutcliffe, established Kirkmabreck quarry. He was manager there for a year or two and then his son, who had been living ...
Interviews of Mr McGowan
EERC/DG/DG47/9
Working life
Farming
Quarries and Quarrying
Industry
Social Life and Customs
Transport
Housing
Kirkdale, Dumfries and Galloway
Carsluith
Creetown
Cairnholly
In this 1st (of 2 tracks), Mr McGowan (who was born in 1886 and was 94 years old at the time of the interview, tells David Hannay about his life. He was born in New Luce, where his father was a sheph...
Interviews of Alex and Mrs MacLean
EERC/DG/DG47/11
Housing
Industry
Social Life and Customs
Scottish Travellers (Nomadic people)
Transport
shops
Quarries and Quarrying
Community Life
Health
Recreation
Kirkcudbright
Carsluith
Kirkmabreck
Kirkdale, Dumfries and Galloway
In DG47/11/1/1 (track 1 of 4), Alex MacLean (b.c.1900) and Mrs MacLean talk to David Hannay about Kirkdale, Ravenshall and Creetown. Alex's father worked in the gardens at Kirkdale and his memories d...
Interviews of Margaret Oliver
EERC/EL/EL6/6
In this interview, Margaret Oliver (b. 1957), who has lived in Musselburgh all her life, talks about her childhood there and her family connections to Brunton's wire mill. Margaret's mother, father, u...
Interviews of Andrea Macdonald and Andy Burns,
EERC/ES/ES7/5
Childhood
Working life
Industry
Weaving
Transport
Housing
Community Life
Poaching
Barvas (Barabhas), Isle of Lewis (Eilean Leòdhais), Scotland
Stornoway (Steornabhagh), Western Isles, Scotland
Ness (Nis), Isle of Lewis (Eilean Leòdhais), Scotland
Glasgow (Scotland)
In this interview, father and daughter Andy Burns and Andrea Macdonald talk about their lives and working as weavers. Andrea, (b.Glasgow 1965) talks about moving to Lewis in 1977. The family had pre...
Interviews of Malcolm Macaulay,
EERC/ES/ES7/9
Childhood
World War, 1939-1945
National Service
Working life
Industry
Weaving
Transport
Material Culture
Textiles
Community Life
Language
Housing
Eishken (Eisgean), Isle of Lewis (Eilean Leòdhais), Scotland
Carloway (Càrlabhagh), Isle of Lewis (Eilean Leòdhais), Scotland
Bragar (Bràgair), Isle of Lewis (Eilean Leòdhais), Scotland
Stornoway (Steornabhagh), Western Isles, Scotland
Lewis, Isle of (Eilean Leòdhais), Scotland
In this interview, Malcolm Macaulay (b. 1936) talks about his life and connections to the Harris Tweed industry. Malcolm was born in Carloway and recalls life in the village during World War 2, remem...