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Interviews of Brenda McIntosh aged 71

EERC/DG/DG17/5

Education Childhood Recreation Working life Community Life World War, 1914-1918 Domestic Life Gender Religion Health Dumfries (Scotland)

Track 1 of 2 (DG17/5/1/1, 14 February 2014) of a biographical interview with Brenda McIntosh (b.1932, Dumfries). Brenda's parents had moved to an ex-servicemen’s small-holding community after meeti...

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 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 Robert Ian Crowe

EERC/EL/EL15/3

Childhood Education Working life Armed Forces Industry Social Systems Community Life Gender Recreation Death World War, 1939-1945 Police Haddington Athelstaneford Port Seton Prestonpans Danderhall Tulliallan

In this first interview of three (EL15/3/1/1), Shirley Swinton interviews her brother, Robert Crowe (b. 1954, Rinteln, Germany) about his childhood, schooldays and early working life. Robert's father...

Interviews of Alison Laurie

EERC/DG/DG46/17

Childhood Childrens games Education Gender Community Life shops Lochmaben Lockerbie

Biographical interview with Alison Laurie about her life in Lochmaben. This short interview is mainly about Alison's time at primary school. She recalls going to the old primary school and then movi...

Interviews of Peggy Livingstone by Lorna Lewis,

EERC/EL/EL2/24

Working life Fishing fishwives shops Customs and Traditions Art Community Life Material Culture Gender Education Fisherrow Musselburgh

In the first track of 11 (EL2/24/1/1) Peggy Gray Livingston, who was born in Fisherrow in 1914, talks about her early home life. Peggy's parents were both from Musselburgh and she explains a little o...

Interviews of the Ormiston Group by an unknown female, bulk:

EERC/EL/EL2/28

Community Life Working life Gender Education Women Mining Health Domestic Life Industry Recreation Ormiston Tranent

In track 1 of 2 (EL2/28/1/1) the interviewer asks a group of Ormiston men about life and change over time. All of the men are older, apart from one, John, who is often called on to give a different p...

Interviews of Prestonpans Ladies by an unknown female, bulk:

EERC/EL/EL2/29

Community Life Housing Childhood Education Domestic Economy Working life Coal Mines and Mining Recreation Religion Gender Prestonpans Scotland -- Coatbridge

In track 1 of 2 (EL2/29/1/1) a group of women share their memories and recollections of Morrison’s Haven, a development of 2 rows of miners’ cottages (55 in all) which were built by Summerlea to h...

Interviews of Donald Mackay,

EERC/ES/ES6/8

Working life Industry Weaving Mills Material Culture Gender Community Life Education Aird (Àird an Rubha), Isle of Lewis (Eilean Leòdhais), Scotland Flesherin (Na Fleisirean), Isle of Lewis (Eilean Leòdhais), Scotland Stornoway (Steornabhagh), Western Isles, Scotland

In this interview, Donald Mackay, aged 70, talks about his life and associations with the weaving industry. Donald was brought up in Flesherin and went to school in Aird and then Lews college in Stor...

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