Lochmaben

Community Memories

Lochmaben, in, Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland, has historic connections to the family of Robert the Bruce. A project to collect memories of this close-knit community evolved into this book.

Lochmaben is situated in the ‘debatable lands’ on the main route into Scotland north from Carlisle. The area has historic connections to the family of Robert the Bruce. This close-knit community has lost several of its basic amenities in recent years but the recent community buyout of the Castle Loch has been a great success with many volunteers coming together.

‘Lochmaben Voices’, a project to collect the memories of the town’s residents by recording interviews with them, was set up in 2011. The eldest interviewee was born in the 1920s and the youngest in 2000s and the transcriptions reflect the various accents heard in the region.

For this book, three broad categories were identified: Lochmaben, both as a physical place and a community; personal recollections of living in the town; memories of the town during the Second World War, including military connections.

Contributor: Isabelle C Gow (Edited by), Sheila Findlay (Edited by)

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