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Interviews of Marion Sunderland

EERC/DG/DG4/19

Childhood Working life Teaching Community Life Housing Foodways Recreation World War, 1939-1945 Shopping Religion Fishing Whithorn Garlieston

Biographical interview with Marion Sunderland whose family moved to Whithorn when she was a small child. Marion's mother was a teacher and Marion also became a primary school teacher after studying i...

Interviews of Margaret Wilson,

EERC/DG/DG20/1

Childhood Housing Community Life Shopping Wanlockhead

Short initial biographical interview with Margaret Wilson (aged c75) who has lived her whole life in Wanlockhead. Margaret talks about the family home at Straight Steps which she shared with her wido...

Interviews of Margaret and Ronnie Wilson

EERC/DG/DG20/2

Education Childhood Housing Community Life Shopping Wanlockhead Leadhills Lowther Hill Kelloholm

Biographical interview with Margaret and Ronnie Wilson (see also DG20/1/1/1) who have lived in the same house in Wanlockhead for the past 51 years. The interview begins with Ronnie giving us a brief ...

Interviews of Joseph Sassoon aged 85,

EERC/DG/DG13/1

Childhood Community Life Social Systems Education Shopping Entertainment Visual arts

Biographical interview with Joseph Sassoon (b. 1927) who had lived most of his life in Kirkcudbright. Joseph's father, an artist, had moved to the town on the recommendation of another artist, the et...

Interviews of Heather Millar aged 64

EERC/DG/DG13/3

Childhood Community Life Housing Working life Shopping Social Systems Entertainment Transport Kirkcudbright

Biographical interview with Heather Miller (b. 1947) who was born and brought up in Kirkcudbright. Much of the interview is about Heather's grandparents' home which was a fisherman's cottage down nea...

Interviews of Sheila Austin aged 69

EERC/DG/DG27/9

Childhood Working life Farming Social Systems Community Life Education Shopping Foodways Entertainment Dumfries (Scotland) Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway Nether Glaisters

Biographical interview with Sheila Austin (aged 70) who recalls life on a sheep farm. Her father's family had been at Nether Glaisters for 5 generations and this was her first home. The family then ...

Interview of Hamish Gibson

EERC/EL/EL3/1

Childhood Education Sports Shopping Farming Working life World War, 1939-1945 Community Life Nature Weather Haddington Garvald Papana Water

In this interview, Hamish Gibson (b. 1936) talks about his childhood and life around Garvald and Carfrae Farm. Hamish recalls especially times during World War 2, when he was a schoolboy. He remembe...

Interviews of Sheila Young

EERC/EL/EL13/1

Childhood Working life Education Play Transport Shopping Foodways Community Life Literature East Linton Dunbar Edinburgh Belhaven Garvald West Barns

In interview 1 of 2 (EL13/1/1/1), Sheila Young recalls her childhood and early schooldays in East Linton. As an only child, she recalls how strange it was to start school and be around other children...

Interviews conducted by Alice Heywood

EERC/EL/EL29

Childhood Play Education Foodways Working life Fishing Housing Community Life Shopping Transport

Alice Heywood conducted 2 interviews made with 2 interviewees, both carried out in 2020.

Interviews of Betty Neil and Suzanne Ewing née Watson,

EERC/EL/EL29/2

Childhood Play Domestic Economy Foodways Working life Fishing Housing Community Life Shopping Transport Fisherrow Musselburgh Edinburgh

In this interview, sisters Betty and Suzanne, talk about growing up in Fisherrow. Their father was a fisherman and their home, at Bush Street, was one of a complex they believe was built by their gre...

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