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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 Linda Petrie and Trudy Grant

EERC/EL/EL6/3

Childhood Education Community Life Social Systems Recreation Working life Teaching Gender Housing Transport Haddington Edinburgh Wallyford Prestonpans Musselburgh Longniddry North Berwick Leith Ballencrieff

In this interview, mother and daughter Trudy (b.1931) and Linda (b.1954) talk about living in East Lothian in the 1960s. The family had moved to Haddington when Mr Grant came to work as a teacher at ...

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 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 ...

Interviews of Graham Wells

EERC/EL/EL11/8

Childhood Education Working life Housing Community Life Play Social Systems Music Sports Mining Banks and banking Ormiston Haddington Port Seton North Berwick Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland Dunbar Tranent

In this interview, Graham Wells (aged 46) from Ormiston talks about his childhood and working life in East Lothian. Graham recalls that his parents settled in Ormiston when they married. At that time...

Interviews of Allan Pratt and Susan Pratt

EERC/EL/EL11/9

Childhood Education Language Play Music Recreation Dancing Travel and Holidays Working life Clothing and dress Haddington North Berwick Dunbar Gifford

In this interview, Allan Pratt, who was born in Glasgow and moved to Haddington when he was a young schoolboy, talks about his life in East Lothian, especially his career as a musician. Allan's fathe...

Interviews of Mr Clark by an unknown female, bulk: 20th century

EERC/EL/EL2/6

Childhood Working life Farming Community Life Social Systems Politics Haddington East Linton North Berwick

In the first part of this interview (EL2/6/1/1 track 1 of 2), Mr Clark talks about his life in farming in East Lothian. He could remember when the cattle and sheep were walked down to East Linton for...

Interviews of Jimmy Thomson by an unknown female, bulk:

EERC/EL/EL2/36

Childhood Education Community Life Housing Play Recreation Sports Sailing Working life Mining Prestonpans Portobello North Berwick

In this interview Jimmy Thomson talks about his childhood and growing up in Morrison's Haven. He remembers the sailing club and recalls how everyone would help to bring the boats out of the water in ...

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