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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 David Spence by an unknown female, bulk:

EERC/EL/EL2/32

Working life Mining Industrial Relations Community Life Foodways Health Industry Seton, East Lothian, Scotland Prestonpans Edinburgh Tranent Musselburgh New Winton

In the first track of 4 (EL2/32/1/1), David Spence (b.c.1901) talks about his life in the mines. He explains how he started working when he was a boy, alongside his father, at the Fleets pit. Before...

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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Interviews of Mr and Mrs Marr by an unknown female ,

Interviews of David Spence by an unknown female, bulk:

Interviews of Jimmy Thomson by an unknown female, bulk: