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Interviews of Desmond Bathgate

EERC/EL/EL5/2

Childhood Education Working life Agriculture Engineering Law Material Culture Foodways World War, 1939-1945 Housing Transport North Berwick Longniddry Gosford House Aberlady Bay Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland Kingston, East Lothian Seton Gardens

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...

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 Ian Coltart

EERC/EL/EL22/2

Working life Religion Community Life Travel and Holidays Transport History Material Culture Social structure Architecture Dunbar

In this interview, retired minister, Ian Coltart, talks about his faith and his life in Dunbar. Ian, who moved to Dunbar on retirement nine years ago, recalls early holidays to North Berwick which, w...

Interviews of David Chalmers

EERC/EL/EL24/1

Childhood Education Working life Agriculture Material Culture Nature Crafts World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1939-1945 Law Transport Ecology Dalkeith Scone Goshen

In this interview, (EL24/1/1/3) the first of four tracks, David Chalmers (b. 1939, Edinburgh) tells his daughter about the history of his family’s connections to market gardening. David’s father ...

Interviews of Roy Pugh

EERC/EL/EL26/3

Community Life Housing Transport Working life Civil Servants shops Childhood Education Material Culture World War, 1939-1945 Customs Clothing and dress Nature Dunbar Belhaven Amisfield

In this interview, Roy Pugh (b. 1941, Dunbar) talks about his early life in Dunbar, his career in the civil service and his enduring love for Dunbar, history, the natural world and writing. Roy’s p...

Interviews conducted by Grace Cameron

EERC/WL/WL1

Working life Railways Transport Industry Community Life Material Culture

Interviews conducted by Jim Hendrie,

EERC/WL/WL2

Working life Transport Railways Material Culture Community Life

Interviews of Alan Campbell George Welch and Stewart Summers,

EERC/WL/WL1/2

Working life Transport Industry Community Life Railways Material Culture Bo'ness Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland Dunfermline, Fife

In this conversational interview, fieldworker Grace Cameron speaks with Alan Campbell (b. 1942), George Welch (b. 1945) and Stewart Summers (b. 1950) about their lives and interest in the railways. A...

Interviews of Malcolm Macaulay,

EERC/ES/ES7/9

Childhood World War, 1939-1945 National Service Working life Industry Weaving Transport Material Culture Textiles Community Life Language Housing Eishken (Eisgean), Isle of Lewis (Eilean Leòdhais), Scotland Carloway (Càrlabhagh), Isle of Lewis (Eilean Leòdhais), Scotland Bragar (Bràgair), Isle of Lewis (Eilean Leòdhais), Scotland Stornoway (Steornabhagh), Western Isles, Scotland Lewis, Isle of (Eilean Leòdhais), Scotland

In this interview, Malcolm Macaulay (b. 1936) talks about his life and connections to the Harris Tweed industry. Malcolm was born in Carloway and recalls life in the village during World War 2, remem...

Interviews of Mark Ashmole,

EERC/WL/WL1/1

Working life Transport Industry Community Life Social Systems Railways Material Culture Bo'ness

In this interview, Mark Ashmole (aged 66, b. Derbyshire) talks about his love of trains and his involvement with the Scottish Railway Preservation Society (SRPS). Mark, who has lived in Scotland since...

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