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Interviews of George McClymont aged 74

EERC/DG/DG26/15

Childhood Domestic Life Education Working life Fishing Transport shops Community Life World War, 1939-1945 Religion Tourism

Biographical interview with George McClymont (b. 1931) about his early days in Portpatrick. George talks about the family home and domestic arrangements, recalling that the family of nine had running...

Interviews of Margaret (Greta) Hawthorn aged 78

EERC/DG/DG4/1

Childhood Education Recreation Working life Community Life shops Travellers Transport World War, 1939-1945 Glasserton Whithorn Wigtown

Biographical interview with Margaret (Greta) Hawthorn (aged 78) who was born at Claymoddie Farm, Whithorn. Margaret reflects on her life and recalls her schooldays, working life, Whithorn during Worl...

Interviews of Robin Kinnear

EERC/DG/DG4/12

Childhood Working life shops Community Life Tourism Housing Clothing trade Farming World War, 1939-1945 Death Transport Port William Monreith Whithorn Parton

Biographical interview with Robin Kinnear. Robin's great-grandfather had moved to Port William as a tailor in 1898 and the family business of drapers had continued from there, eventually including fu...

Interviews of Betty Murray

EERC/DG/DG4/26

Childhood Working life Farming Business shops Community Life Recreation Religion World War, 1939-1945 Transport Whithorn Glasserton Port William Skate, Dumfries and Galloway

Biographical interview with Betty Murray whose parents came to Whithorn in 1934 to run a licensed grocer. Betty describes the shop, providing details of the stock, layout, staffing and suppliers. Sh...

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 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 Tom Allan

EERC/DG/DG46/5

Education Working life Community Life Customs Foodways National Service Transport shops Clothing trade Lochmaben Lockerbie

Biographical interview with Tom Allan, who moved from Borland to Lochmaben when he was 9 years old when his father took up the post of head gardener at the Lochmaben sanatorium. Tom talks about his s...

Interviews of Bill Carrick aged 84

EERC/DG/DG46/6

Education Working life Farming Community Life Recreation shops Transport Lochmaben Lockerbie Amisfield

Short interview with Bill Carrick (born c.1927) who spent his early childhood in Lochmaben before moving out to the farm, Kirkmahoe, when he was 12. Bill recalls the town and the past-times he enjoye...

Interviews of Paul Roxburgh

EERC/DG/DG46/9

Childhood Education Working life shops Transport Recreation World War, 1939-1945 Religion Community Life National Service Archaeology Nature Language Lochmaben Dumfries (Scotland) Halleaths, Dumfries and Galloway Dalton, Dumfries and Galloway Wamphray Castle Loch Beacon Hill, Dumfries and Galloway Parkgate, Dumfries and Galloway

Biographical interview with Paul Roxburgh (b. 1934, Lochmaben). Paul recalls his childhood in Lochmaben where his family had a grocer's shop which had been opened by his grandfather, in the front roo...

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