Sch.8 Summary of an interview with a married male resident regarding the education of his children at a non fee-paying local authority school, female interviewer, 1962

INTVEE has signed for a five year course senior secondary course for one of his daughters and is very proud of her achievement but disappointed that she will go to Ainslie Park and not Leith Academy. He thinks this is because they’re not a rich family. He thinks Leith Academy has a much better reputation than Ainslie Park and it means something to say you had gone there. Youngest children when to Silverknowes Primary and they tried to get the older chidren moved there from Craigmuir where they had been sent because INTVEE hadn’t realised you could choose a different school. INTVEE himself went to Flora Stevensons and was put in for a bursary to George Heriot's by his teacher but failed, he thinks he might have got on better if he'd had a better education but couldn’t see himself in an office job. He left school at 14 and took an apprenticeship in engineering. He would advise sons to take a job that allows them to supplement their income in their spare time such as joinery. His wife was not present at interview but left school at 14 and became a glass cutter. He complains that there are still no shops in Muirhouse after 6 years. He likes their house and is quoted as saying, "It's wonderful to have your own back and front door". INTVER describes the house as "rather scruffy and shabby and untidy".