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Interviews of Les Hilton,

EERC/EL/EL6/22

Working life Industry Mills Social Life and Customs Health and Safety Community Life Apprenticeship Programs

In this interview, Les Hilton (b. 1950, Musselburgh), talks about his working life and apprenticeship with Brunton's wire mill. Les went to Brunton's aged 15 and worked in the office until his 5 year...

Interviews of Albert and Christopher Shaw

EERC/EL/EL6/12

Working life Industry Mills Social Systems Community Life Social Life and Customs

In this interview, Albert (b. 1926) recalls his time working with Stuart's net mill in Musselburgh. Albert's son, Christopher, is also present and he and his father talk through photographs of the mi...

Interviews of Elizabeth Hogg,

EERC/ES/EL6/40

Working life Industry Wool industry Mills Industrial Relations Health and Safety Community Life Material Culture Social Life and Customs

In this interview, Elizabeth (Liz) Hogg (b. Edinburgh) recalls memories of the west mill in Haddington where her father (b. 1912, Denny) worked and was later manager. As the eldest of 4 children, her...

Interviews of Ann McKillop ,

EERC/EL/EL6/20

Working life Fishing Mills Teaching Social Life and Customs Children Foodways Shopping Travel and Holidays

In this interview, Ann McKillop talks about her family and life in Musselburgh and especially about her aunt, Margaret Mitchell Gordon, who was born in 1920 and worked at Stuart's net mill from when s...

Interviews of Sheila Fraser and Kathryn McMillan,

EERC/EL/EL6/21

Working life Social Life and Customs Mills Gender Religion Social Systems Community Life Farming Industrial Relations Health and Safety

In this recording, friends Kathryn McMillan and Sheila Fraser talk about their lives around the times they were working together in one of the offices at Brunton's wire mill. Kathryn joined Brunton's ...

Interviews of Mary Anne Macleod,

EERC/ES/ES6/2

Working life Mills Wool Industrial Relations Community Life Social Life and Customs Clothing Music Popular Culture Lewis, Isle of (Eilean Leòdhais), Scotland Harris, Isle of (Na Hearadh), Scotland Shawbost (Siabost), Isle of Lewis (Eilean Leòdhais), Scotland Stornoway (Steornabhagh), Western Isles, Scotland Ness (Nis), Isle of Lewis (Eilean Leòdhais), Scotland Carloway (Càrlabhagh), Isle of Lewis (Eilean Leòdhais), Scotland Glasgow (Scotland)

In this interview, Mary Anne Macleod (b. circa 1949) talks about her life In Shawbost and particularly her fifty plus working years at the Shawbost mill. Mary did all her schooling in Shawbost and sta...

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