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Interviews of Fiona and Jack Ross aged 45 and 11

EERC/DG/DG21/1

Childhood Community Life Education Social Systems Working life Recreation Travel and Holidays Music shops Sanquhar Wanlockhead

Biographical interview with Fiona Ross (b. 1967) and her son, Jack (aged 11) who live in Wanlockhead. Fiona has always lived in Wanlockhead and has strong family connections to the area. Her grandmo...

Interviews of Moira Jones aged 79

EERC/DG/DG13/2

Childhood Education Community Life Working life Social Systems shops Transport Kirkcudbright

Biographical interview with Moira Jones (aged 79) who was born and brought up in Kirkcudbright where her father was the school janitor. Moira's childhood home was across from the tolbooth and, encour...

Interviews of Billy McKeand aged 69

EERC/DG/DG13/5

Childhood Tuberculosis Working life Recreation Travel and Holidays Transport Social Systems shops Armed Forces Coalmen Kirkcudbright

Biographical interview with Billy McKeand (born 1943) who has lived his whole life in Kirkcudbright. Billy talks a little about his early childhood. For a few years, he spent his summer holidays wit...

Interviews of David Macdonald

EERC/EL/EL11/2

Childhood Education Community Life Working life Recreation Sports Social Systems Toys shops Haddington Langholm Mull

In this interview, the fieldworker speaks to her husband, David, about his early life and childhood. David's grandfather came from Mull and had moved to East Lothian where he set up his six sons in b...

Interviews of Peter Aitchison

EERC/EL/EL22/4

Working life Childhood Social Systems Community Life Material Culture Belief Health Law Nature Industry shops Music Belhaven Dunbar West Barns Tyninghame Beltonford

In this interview, Peter Aitchison (b. 1927) talks about is life in West Barns. Peter, who was born at Winterfield Farm, Bellhaven, begins with memories of his early life and family memories. He lef...

Interviews of John Gunn

EERC/EL/EL30/4

Working life Industry Paper mills Social Systems Community Life shops Recreation

In this interview, John Gunn (b. 1941, Fisherrow) talks about his working life and memories of Fisherrow, Musselburgh and Haddington. John left school at 15 and, after several weeks at Brunton’s wi...

Interviews of Primrose Barr

EERC/EL/EL12/3

Community Life Working life Social Systems shops Business Health Foodways Religion Housing Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland

In this interview, Primrose Barr (aged 82), who was born in Arbroath, talks about her life in East Lothian. Primrose's husband was born in North Berwick and trained as a doctor. He joined a practice...

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