Interviews conducted by Mark Mulhern
EERC/DG/DG14
Mark Mulhern conducted a total of 11 recordings with 12 interviewees, carried out between 2012 and 2014.
Interviews of Kenneth Brown aged 72
EERC/DG/DG14/7
Biographical interview with Ken Brown (b. 1942) who was brought up in Collin and has lived in the Dumfries and Lochmaben area all his life. Ken's father was from Lochmaben and his mother from Collin....
Interviews of Cyril and Dorothy Wise aged 84 and 77
EERC/DG/DG14/8
Interview with Cyril (aged 84) and Dorothy (aged 77) Wise about their family business, Newall's toy shop, which was in Friar's Vennel, Dumfries. The business was started after Dorothy's father, who h...
Interviews of Lorezno Rinaldi aged 68
EERC/DG/DG14/9
Community Life
Social Systems
World War, 1939-1945
Childhood
Teaching
Working life
Glasgow
Dumfries (Scotland)
Biographical interview with Lorenzo Ronaldo (b.1944) who was born in Glasgow and lived in Dumfries from the age of 8. Lorenzo talks about his Italian-Scots upbringing and about feelings of home and e...
Interviews of Ian Devlin aged 66
EERC/DG/DG14/10
Biographical interview with Ian Devlin (aged 66) who was born in Kirkcudbright. This interview covers Ian's schooldays and professional life (as a policeman) and he also reflects on his life after le...
Interviews of James Behan aged 77
EERC/DG/DG14/11
Childhood
Education
Working life
Nursing | Practice
Community Life
National Service
Territorial Army
Dumfries (Scotland)
Biographical interview with James Behan (aged 77) who was born in Dumfries and has spent most of his life living in the town. James talks about his early childhood and schooling. He was happy at St ...
Interviews of Archie Johnstone
EERC/EL/EL6/1
Childhood
Working life
Fishing
Foodways
World War, 1939-1945
Languages
Technology
Social Systems
Port Seton
Aberlady Bay
Longniddry
Cockenzie
Newhaven
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
St Abbs Lighthouse
In track 1 of 2 EL6/1/1/1, Archie Johnstone (born 1937), talks about his life as part of a family of fishermen in Cockenzie and Port Seton. Archie explained that his family roots could be traced back...
Interviews of Linda Petrie and Trudy Grant
EERC/EL/EL6/3
Childhood
Education
Community Life
Social Systems
Recreation
Working life
Teaching
Gender
Housing
Transport
Haddington
Edinburgh
Wallyford
Prestonpans
Musselburgh
Longniddry
North Berwick
Leith
Ballencrieff
In this interview, mother and daughter Trudy (b.1931) and Linda (b.1954) talk about living in East Lothian in the 1960s. The family had moved to Haddington when Mr Grant came to work as a teacher at ...
Interviews of John Hamilton
EERC/EL/EL6/4
Working life
Apprenticeship Programs
Technology
Community Life
Transport
Dalkeith
Haddington
Edinburgh
In this interview, John Hamilton (b. 1964) begins by explaining that he has lived all his life in Haddington but was born in Edinburgh because the local hospital was closed for renovations for several...
Interviews of Ian Stevens
EERC/EL/EL6/5
In this interview, Ian Stevens, who was born in Prestonpans, talks about his working life as an apprentice engineer with Bruntons wire works and later, in the police force. When Ian left school he j...