Res.3.19 Female resident, age unknown, married, corporation tenant, female interviewer, 26 July 1961

INTVEE lives in a top flat in block of eight. She was the first tenant but the rest were filled with families within a week. She likes her flat very much and also her neighbours but finds the area depresses her very much. She wanted to go to Clermiston but was told she would have to wait a long time. She had bought furniture in preparation for moving and kept it in storage. INTVER notes that there is minimum equipment, no alternative water heating system other than the fireside boiler and tenants had to provide their own doorbells. INTVEE has covered up the dark vinyl flooring with lino as the vinyl needs constant polishing. She shops at the Pennywell Co-operative and uses the vans only if she has run out of something unexpectedly. They have been given leaflets from various organisations and will go through them once they are more settled. She has not felt lonely at all and has met a number of old school friends and workmates.