Interviews conducted by Mark Mulhern
EERC/EL/EL6
As part of the East Lothian RESP, Mark Mulhern has so far conducted a total of 6 fieldwork interviews with 6 interviewees, carried out between 2017 and 2019.
Interviews of John Hamilton
EERC/EL/EL6/4
Working life
Apprenticeship Programs
Technology
Community Life
Transport
Dalkeith
Haddington
Edinburgh
In this interview, John Hamilton (b. 1964) begins by explaining that he has lived all his life in Haddington but was born in Edinburgh because the local hospital was closed for renovations for several...
Interviews of David Hopkinson
EERC/EL/EL11/14
In this interview, David Hopkinson, talks about his life as a retained fireman in Haddington, a job he has been in for 32 and a half years, 17+ of which have been as station officer. David talks abou...
Interviews of Elizabeth Anne Robertson
EERC/EL/EL15/5
Childhood
Education
Working life
Agriculture
Law
Housing
Technology
World War, 1939-1945
Community Life
Domestic Economy
Transport
Macmerry
Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland
Archerfield
Belhaven
In this interview, Anne Robertson (b. 1958) talks about her family and about growing up on the Archerfield Estate where her father was a tractorman. As the 6th of 8 children, Anne recalls a busy chil...
Interview of Papiya Russell by Luke,
EERC/EL/EL33/8
In this interview, Papiya Russell begins by speaking about her early life. Her parents, both doctors, came to the UK in the post WW2 era, when Britain was short of doctors. They worked in Lancashire...
Interview of Lesley Jack by Willow,
EERC/EL/EL33/10
In this interview, nursery nurse Lesley Jack, who works as an ASN at Pencaitland, talks about her working life and living in East Lothian. She also reflects on the amount of technology children have a...
Interview of Michael Fairnie by the Vocational Service Project,
EERC/EL/EL2/14
Working life
Fishing
Conservation
Nature
Technology
Community Life
Social Systems
Musselburgh
Peterhead (Scotland)
Yarmouth
Holland (Netherlands : Province)
Iceland
In this interview Michael Fairnie talks about his life growing up at Fisherrow and working as a fisherman. Michael has a strong interest in the history of Fisherrow and the herring fishing and can dat...