Stranraer and District Lives: Voices in Trust
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Stranraer and District Lives: Voices in Trust by Caroline Milligan
Topics discussed in these recorded oral interviews with residents of Stranraer and district, in south-west Scotland, include tattie howking, war, the capsizing of the Larne-Stranraer ferry and the stormy winter of 1947. The interviews took place over a period of time, the first being with Helen Davies who was 87 when recorded in 1997.This is the first book based on research carried out by the European Ethnological Research Centre (EERC) as part of their current research programme: Dumfries and Galloway: A Regional Ethnology - part of a wider research programme, The Regional Ethnology of Scotland Project.Co-published by NMS Enterprises Ltd - Publishing and the EERC.'This volume is a welcome addition to the regional Flashbacks series … All the same elements of war, travel, and travellers feature in this regional history, but woven into the everyday rhythms of Stranraer and the surrounding district from the early twentieth to the early twenty-first century… ' Oral History Society Review
Caroline Milligan is a Researchers with the European Ethnological Research Centre (EERC).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781910682111 |
| ISBN 10 | 191068211X |
| Title | Stranraer and District Lives: Voices in Trust |
| Author | Caroline Milligan |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | NMSE - Publishing Ltd |
| Year published | 2017-05-11 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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