EERC/DG/DG4/28
Biographical interview with Elsie McShane (aged 80) who was born at the sawmill cottages at Glasserton. Elsie's father became head gardener at Glasserton in the years before World War 2 and the famil...
EERC/DG/DG10/7
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 ...
EERC/DG/DG10/8
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...
EERC/DG/DG13/3
Biographical interview with Heather Miller (b. 1947) who was born and brought up in Kirkcudbright. Much of the interview is about Heather's grandparents' home which was a fisherman's cottage down nea...
EERC/DG/DG13/4
Biographical interview with Felicity Gelder (aged 65) who has spent much of her life in Kirkcudbright. Felicity grew up in 83 and 81 High Street, properties that were owned by her grandmother. She d...
EERC/DG/DG13/7
Biographical interview with Nancy Muirhead (aged 75) who was born in Mull and came to Kirkcudbright, where she still lives, when she was around 12 years old. Nancy talks a little about settling into ...
EERC/DG/DG13/13
Interview with Donald Haining who has investigated the history behind, and is involved in the upkeep and care of, Atkinson Place, a development of 18 dwellings in Kirkcudbright which was funded by ano...
EERC/DG/DG15/2
Biographical interview with Allan Foulds (aged 78) from the Isle of Whithorn. Allan has lived his whole life here, only leaving to do his National Service (1954-56). His father had a joinery busines...
EERC/DG/DG17/3
Biographical interview with friends, Alex Inman (b.1946) and Richard Kinghorn (b.1945). This interview is largely about childhood, especially home-life and schooldays in Dumfries. The men share memo...
EERC/DG/DG19/1
Biographical interview with architect, Antony Wolffe (b. 1920) which concentrates on his architectural career in Dumfries and Galloway, especially around his home in Gatehouse of Fleet. Antony talks ...