EERC/DG/DG38/4
Biographical interview (DG38/4/1/1, track 1 of 2) with Betty McMinn (b. 1932, Eastriggs) about her life in nursing. Betty had wanted to go into nursing from school but her father thought she 'wouldn'...
EERC/DG/DG38/1
Biographical interview with Helen Little (b. 1935) who was born in Dumfries. This interview focusses on Helen's training and professional life as a nurse. Helen describes her pre-training time at Th...
EERC/DG/DG38/2
Biographical interview with Patricia Martin (b. 1933, Yorkshire) who came to Dumfries as a 15 year old to study nursing at the Royal Infirmary. Pat explains that, after leaving school when she reache...
EERC/DG/DG38/5
Interview with 3 women who trained for nursing in the 1950s: Pat Martin (training 1952-54), Betty McMinn (training 1950-53) and Ena Forteath (training 1953-57). The women begin by talking about their...
EERC/DG/DG38/6
Interview with Helen Gray (aged 81) who was born in East Lothian and who has lived in Dumfries since moving to the area in 1954 to train as a midwife. In this detailed interview Helen talks about var...
EERC/DG/DG38/7
Biographical interview with Katrina Wells (b. 1946, Govan) about her life in nursing. Katrina moved to Lockerbie when she was 14, to live with her father, and said that she thought she had died and g...
EERC/DG/DG38/10
Biographical interview with Sheila Wilkinson (born c.1945) who spent her childhood in Portnockie. Sheila and the interviewer started their nurse training together, on 1 April 1963 and this interview ...
EERC/DG/DG38/14
Biographical interview with Daisy Young (aged 83, born Moffatt), about her life in nursing. Daisy left school at 15 and got a job at Lochmaben, in the fever wards. She recalled that she was in the n...
EERC/DG/DG38/15
Biographical interview (DG38/15/1/1, interview 1 of 2, 16 February 2015) with Ronnie Waugh (b. 1938). Ronnie moved to Dunscore when he was 2. After leaving school he started to train as an apprenti...
EERC/DG/DG38/16
Biographical interview with Eileen Henderson (b. 1942). This interview is mainly about Eileen's working life, as a nurse at the Crichton Royal Hospital. Eileen recalled that she'd always wanted to w...
