Interviews conducted by Vivian Hastie,
EERC/EL/EL1
Vivian Hastie conducted 1 interview made with 1 interviewee, carried out in 2015.
Interview of Hamish Gibson
EERC/EL/EL3/1
Childhood
Education
Sports
Shopping
Farming
Working life
World War, 1939-1945
Community Life
Nature
Weather
Haddington
Garvald
Papana Water
In this interview, Hamish Gibson (b. 1936) talks about his childhood and life around Garvald and Carfrae Farm. Hamish recalls especially times during World War 2, when he was a schoolboy. He remembe...
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 David Macdonald
EERC/EL/EL11/2
Childhood
Education
Community Life
Working life
Recreation
Sports
Social Systems
Toys
shops
Haddington
Langholm
Mull
In this interview, the fieldworker speaks to her husband, David, about his early life and childhood. David's grandfather came from Mull and had moved to East Lothian where he set up his six sons in b...
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 Ailsa Lawrie
EERC/EL/EL12/4
In this interview, Ailsa (aged 9) talks about her life in Humbie and particularly her school days. Ailsa speaks about her daily routines at school in the village of Humbie where all 22 pupils are tau...
Interview of Irene Bailley - by Filip Kai Eve Harry and Alice
EERC/EL/EL21/4
Working life
Teaching
Technology
Foodways
Sports
Play
Education
Musselburgh
Tyninghame
Middleton Moor
This is one of a series of interviews conducted by P6 pupils at Campie Primary School with former pupils and staff of the school.
Interview of Jill Robertson - by Niamh Howie Finlay Oliver and Jayne
EERC/EL/EL21/8
This is one of a series of interviews conducted by P6 pupils at Campie Primary School with former pupils and staff of the school.
Interviews of John Peters,
EERC/EL/EL39/4
In this interview, John Peters, who was born in 1955 at the Verte hospital in Haddington grew up on Bielgrange Farm in Stenton where his father was a farm worker. Ian went to primary school at Stento...
Interviews of John (Jack) Halliday,
EERC/EL/EL39/8
In this interview, John Halliday (b. 1942, Haddington) talks about his working life. He recalls that he left school on the Friday and started work on the Monday, with a local Haddington firm as a TV ...