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Interviews of Douglas Grieve

EERC/EL/EL5/1

Childhood Education Sports Working life Gamekeepers Nature Foodways Aberlady Bay Longniddry Musselburgh Gosford House Macmerry Dalkeith Prestonpans Oxenfoord

In this interview, Dougie Grieve (born 1951) talks about his life in East Lothian, especially his working life as a gamekeeper. He begins by speaking a little about his childhood. His father worked ...

Interview of Ian Clark by Hannah Erin Finlay Sara and Abiha

EERC/EL/EL21/1

Childhood Education Play Foodways Musselburgh Fisherrow

This is one of a series of interviews conducted by P6 pupils at Campie Primary School with former pupils and staff of the school. In this interview Ian Clark, who was a pupil at Campie between 1968 a...

Interviews of Betty Neil and Suzanne Ewing née Watson,

EERC/EL/EL29/2

Childhood Play Domestic Economy Foodways Working life Fishing Housing Community Life Shopping Transport Fisherrow Musselburgh Edinburgh

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...

Interviews of Mrs Brown by an unknown female,

EERC/EL/EL2/4

Childhood Working life Fishing Transport Foodways Community Life Language Religion Musselburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

In interview 1 of 2 (EL2/4/1/1), Mrs Brown talks about her fishing heritage. When she was a child, her mother would be up at 5am to go down to Musselburgh to buy fish for the day. While she was away,...

Interviews of Maisie and Tommy Dodds by Colin MacDonald,

EERC/EL/EL2/11

Childhood Domestic Life Foodways Recreation Social Life and Customs Education Tranent Musselburgh

In this interview, Colin MacDonald (a child himself at this time) interviews his grandparents Maisie (b.1917) and Tommy (b. 1914) Dodds about their childhood. He speaks to Maisie first. Maisie had 4...

Interviews of Mrs Veitch by David Fisher,

EERC/EL/EL2/39

Childhood Working life Clothing Language Childrens games Customs and Traditions Travel and Holidays Mining Foodways Christmas Musselburgh Tranent

In the first track of 4 (EL2/39/1/1), Mrs Veitch (born c.1903) talks about her early childhood at Olive Bank, Musselburgh, where she lived with her grandmother, aunt and uncle. She was raised by her ...

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