Res.2.5 Female resident, early twenties, married, corporation tenant, female interviewer, 16 March 1961
Scope and Contents
INTVEE is a married woman with two children, 5 yrs and 5 mths. She is pregnant and says she was very upset at first by the pregnancy because it was much earlier than planned, the worst was telling her mother who has put her foot down and said this will be the last. She is quoted as saying, "it wasn't as if we didn't do anything about it". She had been to the family planning clinic but was afraid to go back in case she got a row because she hadn't been using the thing properly. "I was only just practicing, as you might say". She has now accepted the pregnancy. She attends an ante natal clinic in Leith with the same doctor she had before they moved. She takes her baby to an infant welfare clinic in Davidsons Mains. She was disappointed to be given a house in Muirhouse but it was that or nothing. She had wanted to go to Clermiston, it looked more attractive and she had heard the houses were all electric. Her landing is nice but she is horrified by the sight of some of the children who are inappropriately clad in winter and who use rough language. She wants her children to go to Davidsons Mains school as she thinks they will meet nicer people. She has heard the classes are smaller and it has a good reputation for scholarships. There are 8 masionettes on each of the two landings. She is quite friendly with her neighbours and has a mutual baby sitting arrangement with one of them. She goes to Drylaw for shopping where there is also a good hairdressers and bakery. She uses the vans but resents their high prices. There's nowhere to go when you take the children out. She was nursing baby throughout interview but normally it is a regular regime of being fed, changed and put back in her pram. Her mother thinks the babies aren't nursed enough now.
Dates
- Other: 16 March 1961
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Extent
2 Sheets
Creator
- From the Fonds: University of Edinburgh (Scottish University) (Organization)
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