Interviews of Desmond Bathgate
EERC/EL/EL5/2
In this interview, Des Bathgate (born 1935) talks about his life in East Lothian. He was born at Seton Gardens where his father had a market garden on 10 acres of land leased from Lord Wemyss. His f...
EERC/EL/EL5/2
In this interview, Des Bathgate (born 1935) talks about his life in East Lothian. He was born at Seton Gardens where his father had a market garden on 10 acres of land leased from Lord Wemyss. His f...
EERC/EL/EL7/1
EL7/1/1/1 is the first in a series of interview tracks recorded with Charles (Charlie) Horne (b. 1926) of Port Seton. Charlie begins by expaining that his family have fishing connections to Port Seto...
EERC/EL/EL11/8
In this interview, Graham Wells (aged 46) from Ormiston talks about his childhood and working life in East Lothian. Graham recalls that his parents settled in Ormiston when they married. At that time...
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...