Interviews conducted by Caroline Milligan and Mark Mulhern, bulk: , bulk: 20th century
EERC/DG/DG11
Mark Mulhern and Caroline Milligan conducted a total of 13 recordings with 6 interviewees, carried out between 2015 and 2116.
Interviews of Kenneth Brown aged 72
EERC/DG/DG14/7
Biographical interview with Ken Brown (b. 1942) who was brought up in Collin and has lived in the Dumfries and Lochmaben area all his life. Ken's father was from Lochmaben and his mother from Collin....
Interviews of Fiona and Jack Ross aged 45 and 11
EERC/DG/DG21/1
Childhood
Community Life
Education
Social Systems
Working life
Recreation
Travel and Holidays
Music
shops
Sanquhar
Wanlockhead
Biographical interview with Fiona Ross (b. 1967) and her son, Jack (aged 11) who live in Wanlockhead. Fiona has always lived in Wanlockhead and has strong family connections to the area. Her grandmo...
Interviews of Margaret (Greta) Hawthorn aged 78
EERC/DG/DG4/1
Childhood
Education
Recreation
Working life
Community Life
shops
Travellers
Transport
World War, 1939-1945
Glasserton
Whithorn
Wigtown
Biographical interview with Margaret (Greta) Hawthorn (aged 78) who was born at Claymoddie Farm, Whithorn. Margaret reflects on her life and recalls her schooldays, working life, Whithorn during Worl...
Interviews of Betty Murray
EERC/DG/DG4/26
Childhood
Working life
Farming
Business
shops
Community Life
Recreation
Religion
World War, 1939-1945
Transport
Whithorn
Glasserton
Port William
Skate, Dumfries and Galloway
Biographical interview with Betty Murray whose parents came to Whithorn in 1934 to run a licensed grocer. Betty describes the shop, providing details of the stock, layout, staffing and suppliers. Sh...
Interviews of Alex Inman and Richard Kinghorn
EERC/DG/DG11/4
Childhood
Community Life
shops
Business
Education
Recreation
Working life
Architecture
Dumfries (Scotland)
Audio and video files recorded simultaneously during a discussion and walk about around Dumfries. The interview with Alex Inman and Richard Kinghorn focuses on recollections of childhood and early wo...
Interviews of Billy McKeand aged 69
EERC/DG/DG13/5
Childhood
Tuberculosis
Working life
Recreation
Travel and Holidays
Transport
Social Systems
shops
Armed Forces
Coalmen
Kirkcudbright
Biographical interview with Billy McKeand (born 1943) who has lived his whole life in Kirkcudbright. Billy talks a little about his early childhood. For a few years, he spent his summer holidays wit...
Interviews of Bill Carrick aged 84
EERC/DG/DG46/6
Education
Working life
Farming
Community Life
Recreation
shops
Transport
Lochmaben
Lockerbie
Amisfield
Short interview with Bill Carrick (born c.1927) who spent his early childhood in Lochmaben before moving out to the farm, Kirkmahoe, when he was 12. Bill recalls the town and the past-times he enjoye...
Interviews of Paul Roxburgh
EERC/DG/DG46/9
Childhood
Education
Working life
shops
Transport
Recreation
World War, 1939-1945
Religion
Community Life
National Service
Archaeology
Nature
Language
Lochmaben
Dumfries (Scotland)
Halleaths, Dumfries and Galloway
Dalton, Dumfries and Galloway
Wamphray
Castle Loch
Beacon Hill, Dumfries and Galloway
Parkgate, Dumfries and Galloway
Biographical interview with Paul Roxburgh (b. 1934, Lochmaben). Paul recalls his childhood in Lochmaben where his family had a grocer's shop which had been opened by his grandfather, in the front roo...
Interviews of David Macdonald
EERC/EL/EL11/2
Childhood
Education
Community Life
Working life
Recreation
Sports
Social Systems
Toys
shops
Haddington
Langholm
Mull
In this interview, the fieldworker speaks to her husband, David, about his early life and childhood. David's grandfather came from Mull and had moved to East Lothian where he set up his six sons in b...