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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 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

Childhood Education Community Life Sports Nature Transport Humbie Lammermuir Hills

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...

Interviews of John Peters,

EERC/EL/EL39/4

Working life Community Life Sports Industry Farming Education

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

Working life Community Life Weather Education Sports Football Rugby Music Transport Buildings

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 ...

Interviews of Hal McGhie aged 80

EERC/DG/DG46/14

Childhood Play Recreation Working life Business Sports Community Life Education World War, 1939-1945 National Service Transport Health Lochmaben Dumfries (Scotland)

Biographical interview with Hal McGhie (b. 1932) who was born in Lochmaben and has spent most of his life there. Hal begins by speaking about his early life and family history. He was one of 10 chil...

Interviews of Andre McCrae

EERC/DG/DG46/19

Childhood Education Community Life Language Sports Lochmaben

Biographical interview with Andre McCrae, who came to live in Lochmaben from Manchester when he was 8 years old. Andre talks about the differences between Manchester and Lochmaben, particularly: lang...

Interviews of Beth Corrie aged 17

EERC/DG/DG46/20

Childhood Education Community Life Language Sports Lochmaben Lockerbie

Biographical interview with Beth Corrie (aged 17) from Lochmaben. In this short interview, Beth talks about community life in Lochmaben and her time at the local primary school and at secondary schoo...

Interview of Alan Russell - by Dylan Sophie Neve Madison and Annie

EERC/EL/EL21/12

Childhood Education Buildings Material Culture Sports Community Life Musselburgh

This is one of a series of interviews conducted by P6 pupils at Campie Primary School with former pupils and staff of the school.

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