Biographical interview with Mhairi (Margaret) Mitchell (b. circa 1930) whose family have had a long association with the Portpatrick lifeboat and Portpatrick Lifeboat Museum. Mhairi's father also bui...

Biographical interview with Wacek Kaczmarczyk (b. 1956) who was born in Dumfries to Polish parents. Wacek's parents had arrived in Scotland through very different routes. His mother spent World War ...

Biographical interview with Norman Burns (aged 65), who has lived in Sanquhar his whole life. He was born at home, into a family of 10, and his father died, in a mining accident, when he was only 4 y...

Biographical interview with Mable Forteath (born 1941) who lives in Moniave and grew up in the area. As a child, she lived on a farm. Her father was a shepherd. She wasn't keen on school but loved ...

Biographical interview with Ronald Jardine (b. 1938) who was born in Dumfries, at Moat Brae, and has lived for over 50 years at Cairn of Craigs. The early part of this interview covers Ronald's earli...

Short biographical interview with Pam Walker (b. 1955) who has spent most of her life in Dumfries (especially Lochside) and who now lives in Collin. Pam talks about her schooldays, recalling that she...

Interview with John Bryden who has always lived in the village of Shawhead, near Dumfries. John's father was a joiner and had his own business at Rosebank, on a site previously occupied by Fred David...

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...

Biographical interview with David Todd (aged 86) who was brought up at Bridgend, Moniave. David begins by talking about his childhood as one of a family of nine. David's father died in 1934, from Tu...

Biographical interview with Sheila Todd (aged 84) who was brought up in Glasgow and Penpont. Sheila recalled her early memories from Glasgow before she came down to Penpont at the beginning of World ...