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Interviews of Brenda McIntosh aged 71

EERC/DG/DG17/5

Education Childhood Recreation Working life Community Life World War, 1914-1918 Domestic Life Gender Religion Health Dumfries (Scotland)

Track 1 of 2 (DG17/5/1/1, 14 February 2014) of a biographical interview with Brenda McIntosh (b.1932, Dumfries). Brenda's parents had moved to an ex-servicemen’s small-holding community after meeti...

Interviews of George McClymont aged 74

EERC/DG/DG26/15

Childhood Domestic Life Education Working life Fishing Transport shops Community Life World War, 1939-1945 Religion Tourism

Biographical interview with George McClymont (b. 1931) about his early days in Portpatrick. George talks about the family home and domestic arrangements, recalling that the family of nine had running...

Interviews of Cathy Miller aged 75

EERC/DG/DG4/14

Childhood Education Working life Community Life Dairy Farming Religion Supernatural Health World War, 1939-1945 Cherry Valley Glasserton Whithorn Stranraer Physgill

Interview with Cathy Miller (aged 75) talks about her life on Glasserton estate. She was born in Ravenscroft and raised at Cherry Valley before moving to Glasserton Lodge when she was 21. She talks ...

Interviews of Alex Haswell aged 58

EERC/DG/DG4/27

Childhood Education Recreation Working life Community Life Transport Housing Religion Local Government Whithorn Stranraer Elrig New Luce Skeog

Biographical interview with Alex Haswell (b.1954) who was born and grew up in Whithorn. In the early part of this interview Alex talks about his parents, childhood, schooldays and memories of Whithor...

Interviews of Elsie McShane aged 80

EERC/DG/DG4/28

Childhood Education Working life Community Life Travellers Housing Religion World War, 1939-1945 Glasserton Whithorn Isle of Whithorn

Biographical interview with Elsie McShane (aged 80) who was born at the sawmill cottages at Glasserton. Elsie's father became head gardener at Glasserton in the years before World War 2 and the famil...

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 Agnes Macdonald and Helen McNeill

EERC/EL/EL11/1

Childhood Education Play Religion Housing Transport Working life Travel and Holidays Community Life World War, 1939-1945 Dunbar Burnmouth Belhaven Newtongrange, East Lothian

In this interview, twins Agnes Macdonald and Helen McNeill (both 87 years old) talk about their childhood in Bellhaven, where their father was the local policeman. The women talk about being at the l...

Interviews of Calum Swinton

EERC/EL/EL15/1

Childhood Education Domestic Economy Technology Housing Working life Farming Police Travel and Holidays Religion Macmerry Haddington Edinburgh Penston Gladsmuir

In this interview retired policeman Calum Swinton (b.1960, Macmerry), shares memories of his childhood in Macmerry and talks a little about his time in the police force in East Lothian and Edinburgh. ...

Interviews of Prestonpans Ladies by an unknown female, bulk:

EERC/EL/EL2/29

Community Life Housing Childhood Education Domestic Economy Working life Coal Mines and Mining Recreation Religion Gender Prestonpans Scotland -- Coatbridge

In track 1 of 2 (EL2/29/1/1) a group of women share their memories and recollections of Morrison’s Haven, a development of 2 rows of miners’ cottages (55 in all) which were built by Summerlea to h...

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