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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 Charles Horne

EERC/EL/EL7/1

Childhood Working life Fishing Health Technology Shopping Recreation Sexuality World War, 1939-1945 Religion Port Seton Prestonpans Rothesay Morrison's Haven Seton Castle Firth of Forth Anstruther Port Dundas Musselburgh Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland Troon Cockenzie Lochranza Aberlady Bay

EL7/1/1/1 is the first in a series of interview tracks recorded with Charles (Charlie) Horne (b. 1926) of Port Seton. Charlie begins by expaining that his family have fishing connections to Port Seto...

Interviews of Bill Wilson

EERC/EL/EL11/12

Childhood Education Social Systems Community Life Industry Housing Domestic Life Fishing Play Travel and Holidays Recreation Musselburgh Ormiston Cockenzie Port Seton Edinburgh Levenhall, East Lothian

In this interview, Bill Wilson (b. 1953) talks about his childhood and working life, and about his love of local history. Bill was born in Edenhall hospital in Musselburgh, the middle of three sons. ...

Interviews of Isobel Pensom

EERC/EL/EL13/2

Education Community Life Language Festivals Childhood Architecture Gender Social Systems Foodways Cockenzie Tranent Port Seton

In interview 1 of 2 (EL13/2/1/1) Isobel Pensom (aged 68) talks about her childhood in East Lothian and particularly the family home, known as the Barracks, where she lived as a child and later as an a...

Interviews of Mr and Mrs Marr by an unknown female ,

EERC/EL/EL2/25

Childhood Working life Mining Domestic Life Recreation Housing Community Life Prestonpans Prestongrange Cockenzie

In this interview, Mr and Mrs Marr talk about their life in Prestonpans. Mr Marr had spent time in the Navy and the pits and laterly has been working at the Cockenzie power station, as a security ga...

Interviews of Tommy by an unknown female,

EERC/EL/EL2/38

Working life Fishing Women Herring industry Boats Customs and Traditions Port Seton Cockenzie

In this recording, Tommy describes his life as a fisherman. Times at the fishing were hard when he left school so at first he spent the winter in the coal pit and the summer at sea (which many did at...

Interviews of John McMillan

EERC/EL/EL12/2

Childhood Education Community Life Social Systems Working life Civil Servants Business Housing Politics Macmerry Tranent Haddington Cockenzie

In this interview, Lord Provost John McMillan (b. 1951) talks about his childhood and working life, much of which has been spent in East Lothian. John's earliest memory was of leaving his grandparent...

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