In track 1 of 4 (EL12/19/1/1) Mr and Mrs Hyde talk about their working lives at Inveresk paper mill. Both went into the mill from school, aged 14, and said that most school-leavers at that time would...

In this interview Frances Rae (b.1925) tells David Fisher about her working life with Stewart's net mill in Musselburgh. Track 1 of 4 (EL2/30/1/1 1). To get a job at that time, people would just go ...

Biographical interview with Isobel Gibson (aged 74), who moved to Gatehouse of Fleet as a toddler. Thereafter, she lived and worked in Glasgow and later, in Dumfries, where she still lives. Isobel's...

DG1/1/1 Interview one of two with George McMillan, who was born at Craigneston farm in 1940. George was born into a farming family and describes life at Craigneston including, travelling to school, g...

Interview with John Armstrong while he was out cutting peats on his peat hag at Middlemoss. John, who has been a herd at Terrona, Middlemoss for 46 years, describes his working life in detail. The pe...

Biographical interview (DG10/12/1/1 is track 1 of 2) with Dolly Ferries, aged 83, who was born at North Balfern, Kirkinner where her father was a shepherd. Her earliest memory was aged around 3, when...

Biographical interview with Jim Gordon (87) who was born in Lanark and moved to Kircudbrightshire when his father, a chemist specialising in agricultural supplies, bought Mullock and Corrahill farms. ...

In the first interview of 5 (EL2/20/1/1) Mary Jamieson (born c.1905, Musselburgh) begins by speaking about her early family life in Hercus Loan, Musselburgh. As well as recalling the interior of the ...

Biographical interview with Betty Tindal (aged 84) about her nursing career. Betty was born in Fife, where her father was working as a shepherd. She talks about her early life, recalling home life a...

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...