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Interviews of Lorezno Rinaldi aged 68

EERC/DG/DG14/9

Community Life Social Systems World War, 1939-1945 Childhood Teaching Working life Glasgow Dumfries (Scotland)

Biographical interview with Lorenzo Ronaldo (b.1944) who was born in Glasgow and lived in Dumfries from the age of 8. Lorenzo talks about his Italian-Scots upbringing and about feelings of home and e...

Interviews of Archie Johnstone

EERC/EL/EL6/1

Childhood Working life Fishing Foodways World War, 1939-1945 Languages Technology Social Systems Port Seton Aberlady Bay Longniddry Cockenzie Newhaven Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland St Abbs Lighthouse

In track 1 of 2 EL6/1/1/1, Archie Johnstone (born 1937), talks about his life as part of a family of fishermen in Cockenzie and Port Seton. Archie explained that his family roots could be traced back...

Interviews of Jaqueline Lynch

EERC/EL/EL6/2

Childhood Education Community Life Housing Social Systems Haddington Glasgow Edinburgh Longniddry Prestonpans Possilpark Dunbar Blindwells Letham Mains Wallyford

In this interview, Jacqueline Lynch (born 1961) talks about her childhood, and particularly about the time when, aged 6, her family moved to Haddington after her father got a job designing the electro...

Interviews of Linda Petrie and Trudy Grant

EERC/EL/EL6/3

Childhood Education Community Life Social Systems Recreation Working life Teaching Gender Housing Transport Haddington Edinburgh Wallyford Prestonpans Musselburgh Longniddry North Berwick Leith Ballencrieff

In this interview, mother and daughter Trudy (b.1931) and Linda (b.1954) talk about living in East Lothian in the 1960s. The family had moved to Haddington when Mr Grant came to work as a teacher at ...

Interviews of Grace McGuire

EERC/EL/EL6/7

Working life Industry Paper mills Community Life Housing Social Systems Life cycles Health Clothing and dress

In this interview, Grace McGuire, who has always lived in Musselburgh, talks particularly about her time working at the paper mill. She describes her working day and the different parts of the proces...

Interviews of Jim Campbell

EERC/EL/EL6/8

Working life Industry Joinery Social Systems

In this interview, Jim Campbell, who has always lived in Musselburgh, talks about his working life at Brunton's wire mill. He started working in the shapes department aged 15, before moving on to the...

Interviews of Thomas Kinghorn

EERC/EL/EL6/9

Working life Industry Social Systems Community Life Transport Health and Safety

In this interview, Thomas Kinghorn, who has always lived in Musselburgh, talks about his father's working life at Brunton's wire mill. He explains that his father started at the mill aged 14, in 1923...

Interviews of Nancy Hadden

EERC/EL/EL6/11

Working life Industry Paper mills Social Systems Community Life Recreation

In this interview, Nancy Hadden (b. Wallyford), who was 79 at the time of the interview, recalls her time working at the Inveresk paper mill (1958-1968). Nancy went to work at the paper mill when she...

Interviews of Albert and Christopher Shaw

EERC/EL/EL6/12

Working life Industry Mills Social Systems Community Life Social Life and Customs

In this interview, Albert (b. 1926) recalls his time working with Stuart's net mill in Musselburgh. Albert's son, Christopher, is also present and he and his father talk through photographs of the mi...

Interviews of Isobel Muir

EERC/EL/EL6/14

Working life Industry Paper mills Community Life Social Systems Recreation Child Care Services

In this interview, Isobel Muir (b.1945) of Prestonpans, talks about her life and especially the time she spent working at the Inveresk papermill. Isobel got the job through her brother's girlfriend, ...

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