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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 conducted Caroline McGregor, bulk: , 20th century

EERC/EL/EL8

Working life Farming Material Culture Community Life Religion Recreation Sports Gender History

Interviews of William (Billy) Bell

EERC/EL/EL8/1

Working life Farming Material Culture Community Life Religion Recreation Sports Gender Garvald Morham Reston Nunraw Abbey Dunglass Estate

In this interview, Billy (William) Bell shares memories of his working life and church life, particularly in the area around Garvald and Morham. Billy was born in Hawick and spent some time working i...

Interviews of Fiona Sheldon

EERC/EL/EL8/4

Working life Law Ecology Community Life Social Systems Religion Gender Material Culture Garvald Haddington Nunraw Morham Lennoxlove Gifford

In this interview, Fiona Sheldon (b. 1949) talks about her life and connections with East Lothian, particularly Garvald and Morham. Fiona’s father was a lawyer based in Haddington and, after her ma...

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 Jim Henderson

EERC/DG/DG50/3

Art Social Systems Community Life Gender Suffrage Politics Religion Working life Kirkcudbright Maxwelltown, Dumfries Dalbeattie

This interview forms part of the Kirkcudbright Artists Remembered project. This project was active during the refurbishment of the Kirkcudbright Town hall into the Kirkcudbright Galleries centre and ...

Interviews of Margaret Oliver

EERC/EL/EL6/6

Working life Industry Community Life Transport Housing Foodways Clothing and dress Gender

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 John Grey by Lorna Lewis

EERC/EL/EL2/17

Working life Police Community Life Housing Wages Travel and Holidays Shopping Horse Racing Gender Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland City of Edinburgh, Scotland North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland Prestonpans (Scotland)

In track 1 of 4 (EL2/17/1/1) Mr Gray (b.1914) talks about his life as a police-man in Musselburgh. This track concentrates on his early working life, wages and working conditions. Mr Gray went into ...

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...

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