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Interviews of Spencer Kennedy aged 68

EERC/DG/DG27/1

Childhood Community Life shops Transport Travel and Holidays Education Farming Working life Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries (Scotland)

Track 1 of 2 (DG27/6/1/3) of a biographical interview recorded on 18 December 2013 with Spencer Kennedy (b. 1945) about his early life in Thornhill. Spencer's father was the local vet and his mother ...

Interviews of Shona McKinnon aged 68

EERC/DG/DG27/2

Childhood Education Working life Social Systems Dumfries (Scotland) Maxwelltown, Dumfries

Biographical interview with Shona McKinnon (b. 1945) who moved to Maxwelltown in 1947 when her father became minister at Troqueer Church of Scotland. This interview concentrates on Shona's childhood,...

Interviews of Norman McKinnon aged 69

EERC/DG/DG27/3

Childhood Education Working life Farming Dumfries (Scotland) Lockerbie

Biographical interview with Norman McKinnon (aged 69) from Dumfries. Norman spent his childhood staying at various farms including Chapelcroft, Morton Mill, Longmire, Culraven and Borgue and he desc...

Interviews of Wacek Kaczmarczyk aged 58

EERC/DG/DG27/4

Social Systems Italian (Cultural Identity) Polish (Cultural Identity) World War, 1939-1945 Working life Forests and forestry Education Recreation Foodways Religion Dumfries (Scotland) Mouswald

Biographical interview with Wacek Kaczmarczyk (b. 1956) who was born in Dumfries to Polish parents. Wacek's parents had arrived in Scotland through very different routes. His mother spent World War ...

Interviews of Norman Burns aged 65

EERC/DG/DG27/5

Education Childhood Recreation Working life Social Systems Community Life Customs and Traditions Common Ridings (Festivals) Sanquhar

Biographical interview with Norman Burns (aged 65), who has lived in Sanquhar his whole life. He was born at home, into a family of 10, and his father died, in a mining accident, when he was only 4 y...

Interviews of Sheila Austin aged 69

EERC/DG/DG27/9

Childhood Working life Farming Social Systems Community Life Education Shopping Foodways Entertainment Dumfries (Scotland) Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway Nether Glaisters

Biographical interview with Sheila Austin (aged 70) who recalls life on a sheep farm. Her father's family had been at Nether Glaisters for 5 generations and this was her first home. The family then ...

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