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EERC/DG/DG13/9
DG13/9/1/1 track 1 of 4, 01 February 2014
Short biographical interview (1 of 4 tracks) with Winifred Smith who was born in Edinburgh over 100 years ago. Winifred describe...
EERC/EL/EL11/5
In this interview, friends Janice Aitken (b.1959) and Lesley Mason (b.1958) talk about their childhood and lives in East Linton. From their earliest memories they go on to talk about school and home ...
EERC/EL/EL6/2
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...
EERC/EL/EL6/3
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 ...
EERC/EL/EL6/4
In this interview, John Hamilton (b. 1965) 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...
EERC/EL/EL15/1
In this interview retired policeman Calum Swinton (b.1960, Macmerry), shares memories of his childhood in Macmerry and talks a little about his time in the police force in East Lothian and Edinburgh. ...
EERC/EL/EL22/1
In this interview, Bill Patterson (b. 1947, Dunbar) recalls his early life in Dunbar, where he lived until 1967, his working life and his return to the town in 2011. Recalling his early childhood, Bi...
EERC/EL/EL22/3
In this interview, Isabella (aged 78) and Robin (aged 79) Mellors talk about their lives in Dunbar where they have lived for over 50 years. Isabella was originally from Stonewalls, Whitekirk and Robi...
EERC/EL/EL11/11
In this interview, Jim Logan (b. 1917) talks about his childhood, WW2 service and working life in East Lothian. Jim was the eldest of 8 children and was born at Prova Farm, near Drem. His family mov...
EERC/EL/EL12/1
In this interview, John Stevenson (b. 1931 at Luffness Mains), talks about his life from childhood to working life. John's father came to Luffness Mains as a tenant farmer in 1913 and John notes that...