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Interviews of Gordon Hastie,

EERC/EL/EL1/1

Childhood Recreation Education Shopping Farming Working life Material Culture Travel Foodways Alderston Mains Haddington Ormiston

This interview, with Gordon Hastie (b. 1952 at Melvin Hall near Ormiston), is conducted by Gordon’s wife, Vivian. In 1958, his family moved to Alderston Mains, where Gordon and his family still liv...

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 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 of John Hamilton

EERC/EL/EL6/4

Working life Apprenticeship Programs Technology Community Life Transport Dalkeith Haddington Edinburgh

In this interview, John Hamilton (b. 1964) begins by explaining that he has lived all his life in Haddington but was born in Edinburgh because the local hospital was closed for renovations for several...

Interviews of Douglas Clark and Hazel Clark

EERC/EL/EL8/2

Childhood Working life Farming Social Systems Material Culture World War, 1939-1945 Housing Weaving Recreation Foodways Religion Transport Reston Haddington East Linton Nunraw Whittingehame Estate Garvald

In this interview, husband and wife, Dougie (b. circa 1934) and Hazel Clark, talk about their connections with Garvald and their time farming at Luggate Farm. Hazel begins by sharing some of her memor...

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 Dick Short

EERC/EL/EL8/5

Working life Community Life Rugby Material Culture Religion Travel Housing Garvald Haddington Nunraw

In this interview, Dick Short (b.1940) speaks about his long connection with the Nunraw community. His family moved to Scotland when he was a child when his father, a stonemason, was employed to work...

Interviews of Charles Runcie and Margaret Runcie

EERC/EL/EL10/1

Childhood Working life Farming Agriculture Community Life Transport Housing shops Religion World War, 1939-1945 Garvald Haddington Nunraw Stoneypath Tower Pressmennan Wood

In this interview, Margaret Runcie (aged 92) and her son, Charles Runcie (aged 60) talk about their lives in and around Garvald. Margaret and her husband moved to Garvald Grange after a spell in Rosl...

Interviews of David Macdonald

EERC/EL/EL11/2

Childhood Education Community Life Working life Recreation Sports Social Systems Toys shops Haddington Langholm Mull

In this interview, the fieldworker speaks to her husband, David, about his early life and childhood. David's grandfather came from Mull and had moved to East Lothian where he set up his six sons in b...

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 ...

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