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Res.3.7 Several short visits to arrange attendance at a Mens Group Discussion, 6 May 1961

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S3/4/2/3/7

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The first two potential interviewees agree to attend the mens discussion group. The second potential interviewee lives in a block of six and is unlikely to be able to come as they are moving temporarily back to Leith to look after a sick relative. The third potential interviewee agreed to attend and his wife talks about the Community Association Committee and some of the complaints they have put to the City Architect but he had an answer for everything - Why were the balconies on the North side? Because they're not public balconies they are just to provide access to your flats. Why are the windows so broad that you can't reach round and clean them? It is possible. Fourth potential interviewee was unable to attend but gave a short interview along with his wife. They live with their son and have been in the flat for two years. They like it very much, it's practically perfect and they can't understand why some people are unhappy. On Sunday mornings they go for a walk across the golf links to the sea and round by Davidsons Mains. The Resident's Association has managed to get a post box and are now trying to get bus shelters. They think their health has improved, their son used to be as thin as the stem of tulip. They had previously lived in Stockbridge, which they thought closed in and dark, Morningside and near George IV Bridge, they had been on the housing list for 21 years but were never overcrowded and always had accommodation so had to wait until the years totalled up the required number of points.

Dates

  • Other: 6 May 1961

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