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NonRes.5.19 Granton Health Visitors, 6 April 1961

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S3/4/1/5/19

Scope and Contents

Summary by Molly Harrington of her interview with Granton Health Visitors. Discussion of health visitors being disliked by men and as being on the side of the women "it's time you got a job to help your wife", and attitude of local residents to authority figures. Reference to the habit of propped feeding. Also brief discussion of the virtues of Leith and the outcry that resulted from the Edinburgh Coat of Arms being installed on the Leith Assembly Hall.

Dates

  • Other: 6 April 1961

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DP form required

Extent

3 Sheets

Related Materials

NonRes 2.17; NonRes 4.13; NonRes 4.16; NonRes 4.24; NonRes 5.2; NonRes 5.12; NonRes 7.5

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Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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