Interviews conducted by Mark Mulhern
EERC/EL/EL6
As part of the East Lothian RESP, Mark Mulhern has so far conducted a total of 6 fieldwork interviews with 6 interviewees, carried out between 2017 and 2019.
Interviews of Archie Johnstone
EERC/EL/EL6/1
Childhood
Working life
Fishing
Foodways
World War, 1939-1945
Languages
Technology
Social Systems
Port Seton
Aberlady Bay
Longniddry
Cockenzie
Newhaven
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
St Abbs Lighthouse
In track 1 of 2 EL6/1/1/1, Archie Johnstone (born 1937), talks about his life as part of a family of fishermen in Cockenzie and Port Seton. Archie explained that his family roots could be traced back...
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 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 Elizabeth Anne Robertson
EERC/EL/EL15/5
Childhood
Education
Working life
Agriculture
Law
Housing
Technology
World War, 1939-1945
Community Life
Domestic Economy
Transport
Macmerry
Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland
Archerfield
Belhaven
In this interview, Anne Robertson (b. 1958) talks about her family and about growing up on the Archerfield Estate where her father was a tractorman. As the 6th of 8 children, Anne recalls a busy chil...
Interviews of Mac Creedon aged 75
EERC/DG/DG49/2
Childhood
Working life
Printing
Trade Unions
Technology
Evacuees
Cricket
Nature
Health
Dumfries (Scotland)
Ruthwell
Blackshaw Bank
Biographical interview (DG49/2/1/1, track 1 of 2) with Mac Creedon (Malcolm) who was born in London in 1940. In this first short track Mac explains that he arrived in Annan at 6 weeks old, on the nig...
Interviews conducted by Pencaitland Primary School pupils
EERC/EL/EL33
The pupils of Pencaitland Primary School pupils carried out 15 interviews undertaken by 16 interviewees. All interviews took place in March 2020.
Interview of Papiya Russell by Luke,
EERC/EL/EL33/8
In this interview, Papiya Russell begins by speaking about her early life. Her parents, both doctors, came to the UK in the post WW2 era, when Britain was short of doctors. They worked in Lancashire...
Interview of Lesley Jack by Willow,
EERC/EL/EL33/10
In this interview, nursery nurse Lesley Jack, who works as an ASN at Pencaitland, talks about her working life and living in East Lothian. She also reflects on the amount of technology children have a...
Interviews of Christine Campbell by Emma ,
EERC/EL/EL33/12
In this interview, Christine Campbell, who works at Pencaitland primary as a cleaner and dining room supervisitor, recalls that she enjoyed being a pupil at Tranent primary school (which has since bee...