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On Tuesdays and Thursdays INTVEE goes out with her friend from the stair to the old-time dancing or the Palladium. She gets her dinner at her daughter's on Sundays in return for making her dinners during the week. She loves the television, Coronation Street is her favourite. She often hears rows and sounds of violence from a neighbouring family, particularly on a Saturday night.

Scope and Contents INTVEEs think there should be more swimming pools and the children taught more sport. Male INTVEE thinks that the last year of school is a waste of time and that it is a mistake to reduce apprenticeships from 6 years to 5 years. Female INTVEE’s memory of Leith Walk School are lining up in front of the flag on Empire Day to salute it, they were taught housewifery and had a proper little house which they learned to run, made meals and washed and cooked. INTVEE’s daughter complains that the...

Scope and Contents The family moved from Leith and their eldest child got a place at Pennywell School. They had wanted to send them to Craigmuir but couldn't get in so went for Wardie as it is closer than Pennywell. If Silverknowes had been open they would have gone there. Their youngest child is at Silverknowes as they did not settle at Wardie. If their children don't get into Trinity they would rather they completed their schooling at Ainslie Park as opposed to going for a few years and then transferring to...

Scope and Contents Story collected from John Morrison, ground officer, Lingreabhagh/Lingerbay, Na Hearadh/Isle of Harris, entitled 'Great fight', telling of the fight in Caolas na Hearadh/Sound of Harris] between Campbeltown [Ceann Loch Chille Chiarain, Cinn Tìre/Kintyre] and Leith herring boats during the herring fishing of Charles II's reign, in which many men were killed from all over Britian and buried in Neartey, Sarstay, Cheesbay, Huarsay, Ortersay, Heamatry and Ta'ay [Nàrstaigh, Sàrstaigh, Bàgh a'...

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Tables of prices of flour and bread compiled by A & R Tod, Ltd of Leith, Scotland showing the highest and lowest price of the best bread in Edinburgh, quarterly during the years 1858 to 1905.

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Tables of prices of flour and bread compiled by A & R Tod, Ltd of Leith, Scotland showing the highest and lowest price of the best bread in Edinburgh, quarterly during the years 1858 to 1905.