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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 ...

Interviews of Jaqueline Lynch

EERC/EL/EL6/2

Childhood Education Community Life Housing Social Systems Haddington Glasgow Edinburgh Longniddry Prestonpans Possilpark Dunbar Blindwells Letham Mains Wallyford

In this interview, Jacqueline Lynch (born 1961) talks about her childhood, and particularly about the time when, aged 6, her family moved to Haddington after her father got a job designing the electro...

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 Charles Horne

EERC/EL/EL7/1

Childhood Working life Fishing Health Technology Shopping Recreation Sexuality World War, 1939-1945 Religion Port Seton Prestonpans Rothesay Morrison's Haven Seton Castle Firth of Forth Anstruther Port Dundas Musselburgh Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland Troon Cockenzie Lochranza Aberlady Bay

EL7/1/1/1 is the first in a series of interview tracks recorded with Charles (Charlie) Horne (b. 1926) of Port Seton. Charlie begins by expaining that his family have fishing connections to Port Seto...

Interviews of Robert Ian Crowe

EERC/EL/EL15/3

Childhood Education Working life Armed Forces Industry Social Systems Community Life Gender Recreation Death World War, 1939-1945 Police Haddington Athelstaneford Port Seton Prestonpans Danderhall Tulliallan

In this first interview of three (EL15/3/1/1), Shirley Swinton interviews her brother, Robert Crowe (b. 1954, Rinteln, Germany) about his childhood, schooldays and early working life. Robert's father...

Interviews of Mr and Mrs Marr by an unknown female ,

EERC/EL/EL2/25

Childhood Working life Mining Domestic Life Recreation Housing Community Life Prestonpans Prestongrange Cockenzie

In this interview, Mr and Mrs Marr talk about their life in Prestonpans. Mr Marr had spent time in the Navy and the pits and laterly has been working at the Cockenzie power station, as a security ga...

Interviews of Prestonpans Ladies by an unknown female, bulk:

EERC/EL/EL2/29

Community Life Housing Childhood Education Domestic Economy Working life Coal Mines and Mining Recreation Religion Gender Prestonpans Scotland -- Coatbridge

In track 1 of 2 (EL2/29/1/1) a group of women share their memories and recollections of Morrison’s Haven, a development of 2 rows of miners’ cottages (55 in all) which were built by Summerlea to h...

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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