INTVER’s description of the house as follows: "Couple gave the impression of being well established and confident middle class people but here they were in the scruffiest surroundings...the lino in the sitting room is old and brown and cracked and broken. the paint is dark brown, the walls again a mixture of green and beige, the furniture is equally old and scruffy and the television stands out as the only modern piece of furniture". INTVEEs think that class and schooling are closely linked in Edinburgh and are quoted as saying, "you only have to go to a pub in Rose Street on a Saturday morning where the professional groups are bound to meet and if you can recognise the various FP ties you have your evidence for that". They have high praise for Mr Murchison [headmaster at Ainslie Park School]. They think that he has got one of the toughest jobs in the city and is wholly responsible for Pilton not being turned into a miniature Bowery. They can't understand the stereotypical view of Ainslie Park as rough, they think it is a great advantage for children to have met all sorts of people and to know how to behave in different circumstances. To be afraid of your children coming into contact with the wrong type is an admission of your own ineptitude to keep your own children on the right path. They are concerned about the lack of jobs for young people and Ainslie Park is not offering the them the right sort of education, particularly for non-industrial Edinburgh.