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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 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 ...

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Interviews of Desmond Bathgate

Interviews of John Main

Interviews of Lesley Mason and Janis Aitken