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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 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 Isobel Sutherland aged 57

EERC/DG/DG8/1

Education Working life Agriculture Recreation Childrens games Dancing Business Landscape Nature Transport Needlework Religion Foodways Kirkcudbright Newton Stewart Castle Douglas Dumfries (Scotland) Ringford, Dumfries and Galloway Twynholm Tarff Martyrs Monument, Dumfries and Galloway Tongland

Interview 1 of 3 (DG8/1/1/1) with Isobel Sutherland which focuses on her life in Ringford, where she lived from aged 5 until she married aged 20. Isobel gives details about her early school life and ...

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 May Sisi aged 88

EERC/DG/DG10/2

Childhood Foodways Working life Business World War, 1939-1945 Community Life Newton Stewart

Short biographical interview with May Sisi, aged 88 and born in Newton Stewart. May speaks about her job as a booking clerk with the railways during World War 2. She could remember the rabbits going...

Interviews of Mollie Carnan aged 77

EERC/DG/DG10/5

Childhood Domestic Life Foodways Shopping Minnigaff Cumloden Newton Stewart

Short biographical interview with Mollie Carnan who had lived in the Newton Stewart area all her life. Her father was a forester on the Cumloden estate and the family stayed there in a cottage withou...

Interviews of Jean McMillan aged 66

EERC/DG/DG10/6

Childhood Domestic Life Foodways Newton Stewart Kirkcowan

Short biographical interview with Jean McMillan who was born at Kirkcowan. There was no indoor toilet in her childhood home, the washing was done in the outside washhouse where there was a steamer fo...

Interviews of May Marjorie Taylor aged 89

EERC/DG/DG10/9

Languages World War, 1939-1945 Working life Domestic Life Foodways Community Life Newton Stewart Kirkinner

Biographical interview with May Taylor (aged 89) who moved to Newton Stewart, from Airdire, when she joined the Land Army at 18. She said that she fell in love with Newton Stewart as soon as she arri...

Interviews of Agnes Murdoch aged 76

EERC/DG/DG10/11

Working life Farming Domestic Life Foodways Domestic personnel Social Systems World War, 1939-1945 Evacuees Newton Stewart Barr, Dumfries and Galloway Kirkmichael, Dumfries and Galloway Cross Hill, Dumfries and Galloway

Biographical interview with Agnes Murdoch, aged 76, who was born in Barr, Ayrshire and who had lived in Newton Stewart for the past 18 years. Agnes went to school in Barr and Girvan before going into...

Interviews of Dolly Ferries aged 83

EERC/DG/DG10/12

Childhood Education Farming World War, 1939-1945 Rationing Recreation Working life Domestic personnel Housing Foodways Social Life and Customs Marriage Emigration Newton Stewart Garlieston Baldoon North Balfern Kirkinner Baltersan Dalry, Dumfries and Galloway Loch Doon

Biographical interview (DG10/12/1/1 is track 1 of 2) with Dolly Ferries, aged 83, who was born at North Balfern, Kirkinner where her father was a shepherd. Her earliest memory was aged around 3, when...

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