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Interviews of George McMillan aged 72

EERC/DG/DG1/1

Agriculture Childhood Games Landscape Nature Social Life and Customs World War, 1939-1945 Foodways Evacuees Auchenbrack Craigneston Kilnhouse Moniaive

DG1/1/1 Interview one of two with George McMillan, who was born at Craigneston farm in 1940. George was born into a farming family and describes life at Craigneston including, travelling to school, g...

Interviews of Dolly Ferries aged 83

EERC/DG/DG10/12

Childhood Education Farming World War, 1939-1945 Rationing Recreation Working life Domestic personnel Housing Foodways Social Life and Customs Marriage Emigration Newton Stewart Garlieston Baldoon North Balfern Kirkinner Baltersan Dalry, Dumfries and Galloway Loch Doon

Biographical interview (DG10/12/1/1 is track 1 of 2) with Dolly Ferries, aged 83, who was born at North Balfern, Kirkinner where her father was a shepherd. Her earliest memory was aged around 3, when...

Interviews of Stuart Nichol

EERC/DG/DG47/29

Childhood Working life Community Life Social Life and Customs Foodways Carsluith Kirkdale, Dumfries and Galloway

In this interview Stuart Nicholl (b. 1935) talks about his life in Carsluith. Stuart was recalls Carsluith when he was a child and the village was quite a busy place, jobs were plentiful and there wa...

Interviews of Tommy Stanton,

EERC/EL/EL26/4

Working life Farming Foodways Customs and Traditions Social Life and Customs Religion Language World War, 1939-1945 Health

In this interview, Tommy Stanton, who was born in the Vert, Haddington in 1955, shares memories of his parents, particularly his mother - who was brought in a farming family. Both parents were born i...

Interviews of Maisie and Tommy Dodds by Colin MacDonald,

EERC/EL/EL2/11

Childhood Domestic Life Foodways Recreation Social Life and Customs Education Tranent Musselburgh

In this interview, Colin MacDonald (a child himself at this time) interviews his grandparents Maisie (b.1917) and Tommy (b. 1914) Dodds about their childhood. He speaks to Maisie first. Maisie had 4...

Interviews of Mary Jamieson by Lorna Lewis

EERC/EL/EL2/20

Domestic Life Housing Foodways Gender World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1939-1945 Education Social Life and Customs shops Working life Edinburgh Musselburgh Inveresk (East Lothian, Scotland)

In the first interview of 5 (EL2/20/1/1) Mary Jamieson (born c.1905, Musselburgh) begins by speaking about her early family life in Hercus Loan, Musselburgh. As well as recalling the interior of the ...

Interviews of Ann McKillop ,

EERC/EL/EL6/20

Working life Fishing Mills Teaching Social Life and Customs Children Foodways Shopping Travel and Holidays

In this interview, Ann McKillop talks about her family and life in Musselburgh and especially about her aunt, Margaret Mitchell Gordon, who was born in 1920 and worked at Stuart's net mill from when s...

Interviews of Sheila Murray,

EERC/SB/SB1/1

Working life Education Teaching World War, 1939-1945 Community Life Social Life and Customs Industry Textile industry Foodways Peebles, Scottish Borders, Scotland

Sheila Murray (b. 1927, Scottish Borders) has lived in Peebles since she was 3 years old and was interviewed by the EERC primarily in connection with a recording made with her brother, Duncan Murray, ...

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