Interviews conducted by Vivian Hastie,
EERC/EL/EL1
Vivian Hastie conducted 1 interview made with 1 interviewee, carried out in 2015.
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...
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 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 ...
Interviews of Lesley Mason and Janis Aitken
EERC/EL/EL11/5
Childhood
Education
Working life
Farming
World War, 1914-1918
Business
Material Culture
Recreation
Literature
Health
Disabilities
East Linton
Dunbar
North Berwick
Musselburgh
Haddington
Edinburgh
East Fortune
Ravensheugh beach
In this interview, friends Janice Aitken (b.1959) and Lesley Mason (b.1958) talk about their childhood and lives in East Linton. From their earliest memories they go on to talk about school and home ...