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Interviews of Dolly Ferries aged 83

EERC/DG/DG10/12
Childhood Education Farming World War, 1939-1945 Rationing Recreation Working life Domestic personnel Housing Foodways Social Life and Customs Marriage Emigration Newton Stewart Garlieston Baldoon North Balfern Kirkinner Baltersan Dalry, Dumfries and Galloway Loch Doon
Biographical interview (DG10/12/1/1 is track 1 of 2) with Dolly Ferries, aged 83, who was born at North Balfern, Kirkinner where her father was a shepherd. Her earliest memory was aged around 3, when...

Interview of 75 year old born at Palnackie

EERC/DG/DG10/13
Childhood Education Farming Domestic Life shops Social Life and Customs Marriage Entertainment Christmas New Year
Biographical interview with a 75 year old who was born at Palnackie in 1938. Her family had a small dairy farm and she could remember standing in the milking shed in clogs aged around 4. She also r...

Interviews of Anne McClymont

EERC/DG/DG10/14
Childhood Education Working life Farming Customs and Traditions Marriage Newton Stewart Palnackie
Biographical interview with Ann McClymont, born Palnackie c.1936 in which she talks about her childhood, teaching and her life as a farmer's wife. Ann talks about school and using a slate for writing...

Interviews of May Sisi aged 89 & Helen Harmer aged 91

EERC/DG/DG10/16
shops Business Working life Armed Forces Customs and Traditions Marriage Superstitions Halloween Newton Stewart Creetown Stranraer
Biographical interview with May Sisi (b. 1925) and Nell Harmer (b.1922). This interview mainly covers their early working lives and the Newton Stewart shops and businesses they remember. Both May an...