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Interviews of Marion Sunderland

EERC/DG/DG4/19

Childhood Working life Teaching Community Life Housing Foodways Recreation World War, 1939-1945 Shopping Religion Fishing Whithorn Garlieston

Biographical interview with Marion Sunderland whose family moved to Whithorn when she was a small child. Marion's mother was a teacher and Marion also became a primary school teacher after studying i...

Interviews of Alex Haswell aged 58

EERC/DG/DG4/27

Childhood Education Recreation Working life Community Life Transport Housing Religion Local Government Whithorn Stranraer Elrig New Luce Skeog

Biographical interview with Alex Haswell (b.1954) who was born and grew up in Whithorn. In the early part of this interview Alex talks about his parents, childhood, schooldays and memories of Whithor...

Interviews of Pam Walker aged 59

EERC/DG/DG33/3

Childhood Education Working life Housing Community Life Health Recreation Dumfries (Scotland) Collin, Dumfries and Galloway Lochside, Dumfries

Short biographical interview with Pam Walker (b. 1955) who has spent most of her life in Dumfries (especially Lochside) and who now lives in Collin. Pam talks about her schooldays, recalling that she...

Interviews of Roy Thorburn aged 78

EERC/DG/DG46/10

Childhood Working life Housing Sports Recreation World War, 1939-1945 National Service Community Life Transport Festivals Lochmaben Castle Loch Halleaths, Dumfries and Galloway

Biographical interview with Roy Thorburn (b. 1935, Lochmaben). Roy talks about his childhood and early life in Lochmaben. He recalls the first two cars in the town: one was owned Dr Campbell and the...

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 Lorna McDougal

EERC/EL/EL11/7

Childhood Education Working life Housing Community Life Recreation Social Systems Music Clothing and dress Crafts Gladsmuir Macmerry Nungate Haddington

In this interview, Lorna MacDougal, talks about her life in Haddington and particularly her early life, schooldays and youth. Her parents met in Cove and moved to Haddington so that her father could ...

Interviews of John Stephen Hannah

EERC/EL/EL15/2

Childhood Housing Community Life Social Systems Working life Sports Recreation Police Religion Dunbar Glasgow Lossiemouth

In this interview, John Hannah (b.1957) shares stories from his childhood and youth. John was born in Glasgow and moved to Dunbar as part of the Glasgow overspill around 1963. He recalls details fro...

Interviews of Ronnie Waugh aged 76

EERC/DG/DG38/15

Working life Health Community Life Nursing | Practice Social Systems Recreation Education Travellers Domestic Life Housing World War, 1939-1945 Dunscore Dumfries (Scotland)

Biographical interview (DG38/15/1/1, interview 1 of 2, 16 February 2015) with Ronnie Waugh (b. 1938). Ronnie moved to Dunscore when he was 2. After leaving school he started to train as an apprenti...

Interviews of Nurse Cowel

EERC/DG/DG47/3

Industry Housing Living Conditions Fishing Foodways Community Life Recreation Working life Carsluith Creetown

DG47/3/1/1 (track 1 of 12) is with a Carsluithian, identified as Nurse Cowell, and begins with her describing her earliest memories. Her father built the family home, Greywalls in Carsluith, and Ms C...

Interviews conducted by Judith McNeill,

EERC/EL/EL32

Childhood World War, 1939-1945 Community Life Working life Engineering Transport Housing Architecture Sports Recreation

Judith McNeill conducted 1 interview made with 1 interviewee, carried out in 2020.

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