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Interviews of Bill Wilson

EERC/EL/EL11/12

Childhood Education Social Systems Community Life Industry Housing Domestic Life Fishing Play Travel and Holidays Recreation Musselburgh Ormiston Cockenzie Port Seton Edinburgh Levenhall, East Lothian

In this interview, Bill Wilson (b. 1953) talks about his childhood and working life, and about his love of local history. Bill was born in Edenhall hospital in Musselburgh, the middle of three sons. ...

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,...

Interview of Michael Fairnie by the Vocational Service Project,

EERC/EL/EL2/14

Working life Fishing Conservation Nature Technology Community Life Social Systems Musselburgh Peterhead (Scotland) Yarmouth Holland (Netherlands : Province) Iceland

In this interview Michael Fairnie talks about his life growing up at Fisherrow and working as a fisherman. Michael has a strong interest in the history of Fisherrow and the herring fishing and can dat...

Interviews of Archie Johnstone by an unknown female ,

EERC/EL/EL2/22

Working life Fishing Social Systems Material Culture Community Life Travel Dunbar Musselburgh Seahouses (England) Peterhead (Scotland) Eyemouth, Berwickshire, Scotland

In the first interview of 3 (EL2/22/1) Archie talks about leaving school in 1952 and starting work as a deck hand on his father's boat. His first trip was sailing out 20 miles north-east of Dunbar for...

Interviews of Peggy Livingstone by Lorna Lewis,

EERC/EL/EL2/24

Working life Fishing fishwives shops Customs and Traditions Art Community Life Material Culture Gender Education Fisherrow Musselburgh

In the first track of 11 (EL2/24/1/1) Peggy Gray Livingston, who was born in Fisherrow in 1914, talks about her early home life. Peggy's parents were both from Musselburgh and she explains a little o...

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