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 Robert Ross aged 71
EERC/DG/DG2/7
Working life
Quarries and Quarrying
Education
Punishment
Community Life
Social Life and Customs
Housing
Carsluith
Creetown
Gatehouse of Fleet
Interview with Robert (Rab) Ross who was born in Carsluith. The interview is concerned with Rab's working life and particularly his 32 years at the Creetown quarry. He talks about many aspects of li...
Interviews of Wyllie McCulloch aged 51
EERC/DG/DG2/8
Working life
Business
Fishmongers
Recreation
Amateur Theatre
Community Life
Social Life and Customs
Creetown
Gatehouse of Fleet
Auchenlarie
Interview with Wyllie McCulloch who's father bought Auchenlarie farm when he was a child. Initially run as a dairy farm with some beef, pigs, sheep, tatties and racing horses, Auchenlarie was eventua...
Interviews of Jez Noad aged 54
EERC/DG/DG2/10
Interview with Jez Noad who moved to Creetown in 2005 after spending most of his life in the south of England. He decided to retire early following a college course experience which confirmed for him...
Interviews of Les Hilton,
EERC/EL/EL6/22
Working life
Industry
Mills
Social Life and Customs
Health and Safety
Community Life
Apprenticeship Programs
In this interview, Les Hilton (b. 1950, Musselburgh), talks about his working life and apprenticeship with Brunton's wire mill. Les went to Brunton's aged 15 and worked in the office until his 5 year...
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 Fiona Beevers,
EERC/EL/EL37/3
In this interview Fiona Beevers (b. Haddington, c. 1955) talks about her working life with Mitsubishi in Haddington. Fiona joined Mitsubishi about 9 months after they opened and worked there for 17 ye...
Interviews of Arthur Stewart and Ruth Asher,
EERC/EL/EL37/5
In this interview, Arthur Stewart (b. Earlston, 68 years old) and Ruth Asher (b. Doune, 59 years old) share memories of their working lives and particularly with Tandberg and Mitsubishi, in Haddington...
Interviews of David Dixon,
EERC/EL/EL6/24
In this interview, David Dixon recalls his life at Brunton's wire mill. David's father was Work's Director at the mill when David joined the workforce in 1971, after graduating with a degree in mecha...