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Interviews of Dr Guy (Gavin) Brown

EERC/DG/DG4/10

Childhood Working life Health Community Life Recreation Education World War, 1939-1945 Port William Newton Stewart Monreith

Biographical interview with Guy Brown who was born in Port William. Guy's father had been the local GP and Guy followed him into the profession and took over the surgery in due course. He talks abou...

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 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 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...

Interviews of Dorothy Sneddon aged 68

EERC/DG/DG10/15

Childhood Education Working life Nursing | Practice Recreation Social Systems Superstitions Foodways Newton Stewart Minnigaff Bargrennan

Biographical interview with Dorothy Sneddon, aged 68, who was born in Newton Stewart where she stayed until the day before her 16th birthday, when she went to Irvine to begin her nurse training. Doro...

Interviews of John Allan aged 98

EERC/DG/DG33/1

Childhood Bee Keeping Sports Health Nature Garlieston Collin, Dumfries and Galloway Newton Stewart

First of 2 biographical interviews (DG33/1/1/1, July 14 2014) with John Allan (aged 98) who spent his early life in Newton Stewart and has also lived in Gatehouse of Fleet, Collin and Dumfries. John...

Interviews of Valerie Barrie aged 74

EERC/DG/DG41/1

Childhood Working life shops Butchers Livestock Transport Slaughtering and slaughter-houses Port William Newton Stewart Luce Bay Whauphill

Biographical interview with Valerie Barrie (b. 1940, Dundee) whose family came from Motherwell in the early 1900s and opened 2 butcher's shops, one in Newton Stewart and one in Port William. Valerie ...

Interviews of Nancy McGuffie

EERC/DG/DG47/20

Community Life Working life Education Childhood Health World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1939-1945 Carsluith Creetown Newton Stewart

In this interview Nancy McGuffie tells David Hannay about her life. She came to Carsluith as a very young child, after her mother was widowed. Her mother bought the house Mrs McGuffie now stays in fo...

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