Interviews of Oran Dalrymple
EERC/EL/EL12/5
Humbie school pupil, Oran Dalrymple, talks about his life in Humbie where he lives with his family in a house on the boundary between East Lothian and Midlothian. This means that he is eligible to ge...
Interviews of Sheila Young
EERC/EL/EL13/1
Childhood
Working life
Education
Play
Transport
Shopping
Foodways
Community Life
Literature
East Linton
Dunbar
Edinburgh
Belhaven
Garvald
West Barns
In interview 1 of 2 (EL13/1/1/1), Sheila Young recalls her childhood and early schooldays in East Linton. As an only child, she recalls how strange it was to start school and be around other children...
Interviews conducted by Alice Heywood
EERC/EL/EL29
Alice Heywood conducted 2 interviews made with 2 interviewees, both carried out in 2020.
Interviews of Betty Neil and Suzanne Ewing née Watson,
EERC/EL/EL29/2
Childhood
Play
Domestic Economy
Foodways
Working life
Fishing
Housing
Community Life
Shopping
Transport
Fisherrow
Musselburgh
Edinburgh
In this interview, sisters Betty and Suzanne, talk about growing up in Fisherrow. Their father was a fisherman and their home, at Bush Street, was one of a complex they believe was built by their gre...