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/EL8/2
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...
EERC/EL/EL29
Alice Heywood conducted 2 interviews made with 2 interviewees, both carried out in 2020.
EERC/EL/EL29/2
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...
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...
EERC/EL/EL2/35
In track 1 of 2 (EL2/35/1/1), Thomas Taylor (born around 1910), who has lived in Musselburgh all his life talks about how the town has changed over the decades. He remembers a time when Musselburgh w...