Helen Harmer interviewed by Kirsty Robertson Newton Stewart. Interviewed: 17 July 2012. Ref: DG10/1/1/2. © European Ethnological Research Centre. Helen remembers moving to a council house in Penninghame as a child. HH: We went to,…
George (Geordie) McMillan, 72 years of age, interviewed by his daughter Kerry Allan. George remembers his childhood Christmas. Interviewed: 23 July 2012. Ref: DG1/1/1/6. © European Ethnological Research Centre. KA: I’d like to start…
Dorothy Sneddon interviewed by Kirtsty Robertson, Newton Stewart, June 2013 Dorothy recalls how, in 1950s Newton Stewart, she was expected to deal with everyday occurrences such as spilling salt or encountering an ambulance carrying a…
Tina Soriani and her brother Aldo Petrucci interviewed by Julia Muir Watt, Stranraer, May 2013 Tina recalls how the arrival of her parents’ Italian Café in the 1930s was anticipated by one Whithorn resident. Her…
Margaret Livingstone-Bussell interviewed by Mike Duguid in Boreland of Borgue, October 2012. Margaret recalls the moment she decided the join the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) during WWII before going on to recall service in Stranraer…
Jim Wright interviewed by Kirsty Robertson in Newton Stewart, July 2012. Jim recalls how flour and oatmeal were stored in his mother’s kitchen in the 1940s and how she ordered and obtained groceries and other…