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Interviews of Elsie McShane aged 80

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...

Interviews of Graham Kerr aged 75

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 ...

Interviews of Jim Wright aged 74

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...

Interviews of Heather Millar aged 64

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...

Interviews of Felicity Gelder aged 65

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...

Interviews of Nancy Muirhead aged 75

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 ...

Interviews of Donald Haining

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...

Interviews of Alan Faulds aged 78

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...

Interviews of Richard Kinghorn aged 69 and Alex Inman aged 68

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...

Interviews of Antony Wolffe aged 92

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 ...