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WITH US

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These interviews contain anecdotes where animals are participants in everyday life - connected to the memories of individual people and as unique presences themselves, influencing the structure of daily routine and how childhood memories are perceived.

Cow peering over a stone wall

Creator Julia MacDonald
Date 4 October 2020
Place of creation Dumfries & Galloway

Title: Cow peering over a stone wall
Creator Julia MacDonald
Date 4 October 2020
Place of creation Dumfries & Galloway
Object reference Stranraer & District Local History Trust
Material Photograph
Credit / Usage information Used with permission from Julia MacDonald from the Stranraer & District Local History Trust

Interviews with Jean Rennie

In 2012 Jean was interviewed about growing up in Wigtownshire, where her family had a dairy herd. She talks about hand-milking and the move to mechanised milking, the travelling threshing mill and the layout and domestic life on the farm - especially during World War 2. She could recall the POWs coming to the farm to help with harvesting and the evacuees who came to the area. Jean is related to the author John McNeillie, whose books are based on his memories of visiting the area as a child.

To Speed the Plough

Creator Ian Niall
Date 1977

The image shows the hardcover of the novel 'To Speed the Plough', a later BC edition published in 1977. Illustrations by C.F. Tunnicliffe

Title: To Speed the Plough
Creator Ian Niall
Date 1977
Material Photograph

Portrait of Jean Rennie

Creator Julia Muir-Watt
Date 15 October 2012
Place of creation Kirkinner

Reference: EERC/DG/DG4/17

Farms, Faith and Fishing

Creator Jean Rennie interviewed by Julia Muir-Watt
Date 15 October 2012
Place of creation Wigtownshire, Scotland

Title: Portrait of Jean Rennie
Creator Julia Muir-Watt
Date 15 October 2012
Place of creation Kirkinner
Object reference EERC/DG/DG4/17
Material Photograph

Fieldworker notes from Jean Rennie's interview

These two pages are taken from the reflective diaries which volunteer fieldworkers are encouraged to contribute to. In this entry, Julia Muir-Watt shares her thoughts after interviewing Jean Rennie in October 2012. Read a transcription of the full interview with Jean here.

Reflective Notes From Jean Rennie Interview

Creator Julia Muir-Watt
Date 15 October 2012
Place of creation Wigtownshire, Scotland

Title: Reflective Notes From Jean Rennie Interview
Creator Julia Muir-Watt
Date 15 October 2012
Place of creation Wigtownshire, Scotland
Object reference EERC/DG/DG4/17
Material Photograph
Transcription

Jean Rennie, Kirkinner, 16th Oct.

Andrew McNellie’s cousin – lived near The McNeillie who appear in “Galloway Childhood.” It appears to have been a larger comfortable farm at Capenoch.

She had memories of her Grandfather who appears in the books by John McNeillie. She also speaks about the scandal caused by the novel “Wigtown Ploughman”, within the McNeillie family.

Her husband’s joinery business, in Kirkinner, is over 100 years old I would have been interested to get more information from her about that.

Her memory is excellent and it would be easy to visit again.

Young Sheepdog on a Four-wheeler

Creator Young Sheepdog on a Four Wheeler
Date 4 October 2020
Place of creation Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Reference: EERC/DG/DG4/17

Machinery on the Farm

Creator Jean Rennie interviewed by Julia Muir-Watt
Date 15 October 2012
Place of creation Wigtownshire, Scotland

Title: Young Sheepdog on a Four-wheeler
Creator Young Sheepdog on a Four Wheeler
Date 4 October 2020
Place of creation Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Object reference Stranraer & District Local History Trust
Material Photograph
Credit / Usage information Used with permission from Julia MacDonald from the Stranraer & District Local History Trust

Interviews with Betty Burns

Betty was interviewed in 2014 by her cousin, Betty Hudson, about her childhood as the daughter of a shepherd and dog trainer. She discusses her involvement in the annual tradition of the Riding of the Marches, when residents ride their horses through the streets to 'inspect' the historic boundaries of Sanquhar.

  • This photograph was taken by Betty Hudson when she interviewed her cousin, Betty Burns, for the Regional Ethnology of Scotland Project in September 2014.

    Title: Portrait of Betty Burns
    Creator Betty Hudson
    Date 26 September 2014
    Place of creation Sanquhar, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
    Object reference EERC/DG/DG27/6
    Material Photograph

  • This photograph shows horse riders participating in the annual Riding of the Marches in Sanquhar.

    Title: Sanquhar Riding of the Marches
    Date 20/08/2011
    Object reference Sanquhar
    Material Photograph
    Credit / Usage information Used with permission of the Sanquhar Riding of the Marches Committee

A Special Time

Creator Rebekah Day
Date April 2024

Reference: EERC/DG/DG27/6

A Shepherd Daughter’s Childhood

Creator Betty Burns interviewed by Betty Hudson
Date 26 September 2014
Place of creation Sanquhar, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Title: A Special Time
Creator Rebekah Day
Date April 2024
Material Illustration

Past Sanquhar Riding of the Marches

Date Date Unknown

Reference: EERC/DG/DG27/6

Riding the Marches

Creator Betty Burns interviewed by Betty Hudson
Date 26 September 2014
Place of creation Sanquhar, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Title: Past Sanquhar Riding of the Marches
Date Date Unknown
Object reference Sanquhar
Material Photograph
Credit / Usage information Used with permission of the Sanquhar Riding of the Marches Committee

Interview with Helen Davies

Helen was 87 years old when she was interviewed in January 1999. She speaks about her early memories of life on a farm in rural Galloway and describes daily chores and shares her memories of working with the dairy herd.

Belted Galloway Cow with a Nose Ring

Creator Julia MacDonald
Date 21 March 2021
Place of creation Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Title: Belted Galloway Cow with a Nose Ring
Creator Julia MacDonald
Date 21 March 2021
Place of creation Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Object reference Stranraer & District Local History Trust
Material Photograph
Credit / Usage information Used with permission from Julia MacDonald from the Stranraer & District Local History Trust

Children and Calves

Creator Rebekah Day
Date April 2024

Reference: EERC/DG/DG26/1

Memories of Early Mornings and Milking

Creator Helen Davies interviewed by Harriet Collins
Date 29 January 1999
Place of creation Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Title: Children and Calves
Creator Rebekah Day
Date April 2024
Material Illustration