Interviews conducted by Caroline Milligan,
EERC/SB/SB1
This collection of interviews conducted by Caroline Milligan is currently being catalogued and will be available to listen to in due course.
Interviews of Peter Alan,
EERC/EL/EL39/1
In this interview, Peter Allan (b. Whitley Bay, c.1965) talks about his working life in the railways. Peter was the fourth generation of his family to work with trains and he started his career in Gl...
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...
Interview of Kathryn Reid by Lena,
EERC/EL/EL33/4
In this interview, retired nurse Kathryn Reid recalls her early life and schooldays in rural Perthshire, remembering that 3 classes were taught in the one room and P.E and music were both taught using...
Interviews of Margaret Oliver
EERC/EL/EL6/6
In this interview, Margaret Oliver (b. 1957), who has lived in Musselburgh all her life, talks about her childhood there and her family connections to Brunton's wire mill. Margaret's mother, father, u...
Interviews of Billy Selkirk,
EERC/EL/EL35/8
In this interview, Billy Selkirk (aged 75, b. Musselburgh) talks about his life as a fisherman. Billy grew up in Musselburgh and Fisherrow and, as the son of a fisherman, always though he would go to...
Interviews of Eddie Ritchie ,
EERC/EL/EL35/12
In this interview, Eddie Ritche (b. 1943, Fisherrow) talks about his childhood in Fisherrow and his working life. Eddie's dad had been a fisherman and in the navy during World War 2, before leaving t...
Interviews of Mrs Brown by an unknown female,
EERC/EL/EL2/4
Childhood
Working life
Fishing
Transport
Foodways
Community Life
Language
Religion
Musselburgh
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
In interview 1 of 2 (EL2/4/1/1), Mrs Brown talks about her fishing heritage. When she was a child, her mother would be up at 5am to go down to Musselburgh to buy fish for the day. While she was away,...
Interviews of Catherine Knight by Lorna Lewis,
EERC/EL/EL2/23
Community Life
shops
Social Systems
Poetry
Nature
Foodways
Musselburgh
Fisherrow
Scotland -- Fife -- Dunfermline
Catherine Knight, who was born in Musselburgh in 1897, was interviewed by Lorna Lewis of the Musselburgh History Group in 1985. The focus of the inteview is the life and work of Catherine's father, R...