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Interviews of Phyllis Harvey aged 84

EERC/DG/DG2/1

Family Agriculture Dairy Farming Living Conditions Foodways World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1939-1945 Landscape Nature Tramps Gunpowder Mills Creetown Glenquicken Carsluith Garrochar Knockeans Hill Carsegowan Glasgow Newton Stewart

This is the first of two autobiographical interviews with Phyllis (Fay) Harvey. Part 1 conducted in May 2012.

Interviews of Sandra Tweedie aged 74

EERC/DG/DG2/9

Childhood Social Systems Community Life Recreation Education Living Conditions Sanitation Lighting Foodways Working life Quarries and Quarrying Carsluith Creetown

Interview with Sandra Tweedie about her life in Carsluith. Lots of detail is given about the home interior and renovations over time, such as the move from dry toilet to indoor facilities. Sandra's ...

Interviews of Kate Nichol aged 69

EERC/DG/DG2/14

Family Housing Living Conditions Lighting Sanitation Foodways Carsluith Gatehouse of Fleet

Interview with Kate Nichol who moved to The Weir, on the shore at Carsluith, when she married at 16. Most of the interview is about life in the wooden house there, which she shared with her husband, ...

Interviews of Jessie McLean aged 95

EERC/DG/DG4/4

Childhood Working life Community Life Social structure Living Conditions Housing Foodways Travellers Religion World War, 1939-1945 Whithorn Sorbie Garlieston Monreith

Interview with Jessie McLean (b. 1916) who was born in Whithorn where she has lived all her life. Jessie was born into the Jolly family who were a large and well-known family at the top of the town....

Interviews of Helen Stewart Harmer aged 90

EERC/DG/DG10/1

Living Conditions Kitchens Foodways Newton Stewart

This is one of a series of interviews conducted by Kirsty Roberston on the theme of the kitchen. In this interview, Helen Stewart Hammer (aged 90) talks about her family moving into a brand new counc...

Interviews of Nurse Cowel

EERC/DG/DG47/3

Industry Housing Living Conditions Fishing Foodways Community Life Recreation Working life Carsluith Creetown

DG47/3/1/1 (track 1 of 12) is with a Carsluithian, identified as Nurse Cowell, and begins with her describing her earliest memories. Her father built the family home, Greywalls in Carsluith, and Ms C...

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