Dumfries and Galloway Regional Study
EERC/DG
302 interviews (346 audio files) amounting to approximately 221 hours of material. Work carried out by 49 fieldworkers with 277 interviewees (135 male, 142 female) Some video and photographic mater...
Interviews conducted by Mairi Telford Jammeh
EERC/DG/DG3
Maira Telford-Jammeh conducted a total of 6 interviews with 4 interviewees, carried out between 2012 and 2014.
Interviews of Irene Doak and Maureen Wood
EERC/DG/DG47/23
In this interview Irene Doak (63) and Maureen Wood (64) share their memories of Ravenshall and Carsluith with David. Maureen's family moved to the area when she was seven and her grandfather was chau...
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 Martine Robertson,
EERC/EL/EL43/1
This is one of a dedicated series of interviews centred on the Brunton Theatre and Brunton Hall in Musselburgh and carried out in 2025/26 when the building was temporarily closed following the discove...
Interviews of Irene and Caroline Grant,
EERC/EL/EL35/10
Working life
Industry
Fishing
Community Life
Material Culture
Social Life and Customs
Religion
Childhood
Architecture
Clothing
In this interview, Irene Grant (b. 1936, Fisherrow) and her daughter, Caroline (b. 1967, Fisherrow), talk about life in Fisherrow and how this has changed over time. Irene was born in New Street and ...
Interviews of Donald 'Barrs' Maclean,
EERC/ES/ES7/6
Childhood
Social Life and Customs
Community Life
Housing
Transport
Working life
Weaving
Armed Forces
Education
Merchant ships |
Shawbost (Siabost), Isle of Lewis (Eilean Leòdhais), Scotland
Stornoway (Steornabhagh), Western Isles, Scotland
In this interview, Donald Maclean (b. Shawbost, c. 1950), who is known as Barrs, talks about his life and connections to weaving. His mum and dad were both local and Barrs recalls that every home had...
Interviews of Agnes Murray and Dolly Joan Maclean,
EERC/ES/ES7/3
Childhood
Community Life
Working life
Industry
Weaving
Social Life and Customs
Dancing
Carloway (Càrlabhagh), Isle of Lewis (Eilean Leòdhais), Scotland
Shawbost (Siabost), Isle of Lewis (Eilean Leòdhais), Scotland
In this interview, cousins Agnes Murray (b. c. 1945) and Dolly John (b. c. 1948) talks about growing up, working life and community around their home village of Shawbost and the Shawbost mill. Dolly ...