Res.4.12 Female resident, 60 yrs, married, corporation tenant, female interviewer, 29 September 1961

INTVEE lived with her husband. They moved to this house in 1940 with their family and had been living across the street for a few years before that, moving from a three apartment house to a four apartment house. The house is now too big for just her and her husband. They are not sure about moving as rent for a smaller but newer property might be more. She thinks her stair has always been quiet and friendly. There is not as much borrowing going on now as there used to be. Before moving to the area the family had lived in the vicinity of Pilrig and the property they were in was condemned. She thinks people said the area was rough a few years back when everybody's children were young. She thought she had been inclined to softness and leniency with her children and had been accused of spoiling them but says "I've never had a days worry with any of them. They're all doing quite nicely for themselves and all happily married". INTVER notes the "quaint and charming" way of referring to family members as "the (insert name) one". She thinks women of her generation had low expectations of their men in the way of domestic help, responsibility for the children, provision of holidays and outings. She is delighted that her children have an easier time. She looks after her grandchildren a lot which she can find tiring but her children thank her for it and have given her a television and put in an electric fire.