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Interviews of Winifred Smith aged 103

EERC/DG/DG13/9

Childhood Education World War, 1914-1918 Working life Teaching Foodways Childrens games Social Systems Edinburgh Restalrig Portobello

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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 John Hamilton

EERC/EL/EL6/4

Working life Apprenticeship Programs Technology Community Life Transport Dalkeith Haddington Edinburgh

In this interview, John Hamilton (b. 1964) begins by explaining that he has lived all his life in Haddington but was born in Edinburgh because the local hospital was closed for renovations for several...

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 ...

Interviews of John Hamilton

EERC/EL/EL11/10

Childhood Education Working life Engineering Computers shops Photography Community Life World War, 1914-1918 Health Haddington Dalkeith Edinburgh Silverknowes

In this interview, John Hamilton (born 1964) talks about his childhood, working life and his life in Haddington. Recalling his early life, John remembers going to Ireland in the holidays (where his m...

Interviews of Jim Logan

EERC/EL/EL11/11

Childhood Working life Engineering Computers Photography shops Community Life World War, 1914-1918 Health Haddington Edinburgh

In this interview, Jim Logan (b. 1917) talks about his childhood, WW2 service and working life in East Lothian. Jim was the eldest of 8 children and was born at Prova Farm, near Drem. His family mov...

Interviews of John Stevenson

EERC/EL/EL12/1

Childhood Education Farming Business Working life Social Systems Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland Edinburgh Luffness Mains Bo'ness Drem

In this interview, John Stevenson (b. 1931 at Luffness Mains), talks about his life from childhood to working life. John's father came to Luffness Mains as a tenant farmer in 1913 and John notes that...

Interviews of Sheila Young

EERC/EL/EL13/1

Childhood Working life Education Play Transport Shopping Foodways Community Life Literature East Linton Dunbar Edinburgh Belhaven Garvald West Barns

In interview 1 of 2 (EL13/1/1/1), Sheila Young recalls her childhood and early schooldays in East Linton. As an only child, she recalls how strange it was to start school and be around other children...

Interviews of Calum Swinton

EERC/EL/EL15/1

Childhood Education Domestic Economy Technology Housing Working life Farming Police Travel and Holidays Religion Macmerry Haddington Edinburgh Penston Gladsmuir

In this interview retired policeman Calum Swinton (b.1960, Macmerry), shares memories of his childhood in Macmerry and talks a little about his time in the police force in East Lothian and Edinburgh. ...

Interviews of David Collin

EERC/DG/DG59/2

Art Community Life Recreation Childhood Working life World War, 1939-1945 Kirkcudbright Edinburgh

This interview forms part of the Kirkcudbright Artists Remembered project. This project was active during the refurbishment of the Kirkcudbright Town hall into the Kirkcudbright Galleries centre and ...

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