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Interview of Hamish Gibson

EERC/EL/EL3/1

Childhood Education Sports Shopping Farming Working life World War, 1939-1945 Community Life Nature Weather Haddington Garvald Papana Water

In this interview, Hamish Gibson (b. 1936) talks about his childhood and life around Garvald and Carfrae Farm. Hamish recalls especially times during World War 2, when he was a schoolboy. He remembe...

Interviews of John Main

EERC/EL/EL11/3

Childhood Education Working life Play Farming Material Culture Foodways Business Community Life Haddington North Berwick Garleton Hills Alderston Harperdean East Garleton Comrie Cultybraggan Gifford

In this interview (EL11/3/1/1 the first of three sessions), John Main talks about his childhood and schooldays. He shares memories of his family home where his mother looked after an extended family ...

Interviews of David Leckie

EERC/EL/EL11/4

Childhood Music Working life Engineering Farming Education Community Life Material Culture Disabilities Haddington Alderston Mains Kingston, East Lothian Falkirk Saltoun, East Lothian Balgone Estate Pencaitland Nungate

In this interview (EL11/4/1/1 the first of two sessions) David Leckie talks about his life in East Lothian. As a child, he lived at Balgone farm where his father was a ploughman. An extended family ...

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Interview of Hamish Gibson

Interviews of John Main

Interviews of David Leckie