Scope and Contents "This is one of the local characters, will neither work nor want, has been on PA all his days. Labourer really. Married, six children. [Female informant]: Gipsy type, awful poacher, dull too. Dr confirms - asthma and poaching. Very nice family, have done well. One son had neurosis after Dunkirk and was discharged from the army. LE: Unsteady work record, O.O.W just now, nobody will employ him. Was on U.A.B for a time before the war. Was fined for having government property in his...

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"This woman has had some sort of breakdown, following her imprisonment in Sumatra under the Japanese. Was thought to have been in the CRI but there is no trace of her. Thought to be a neurotic family, comfortably off, good home conditions."

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"This man was in CR, diagnosis: React. Dep. He was in the army, was P.O.W for 5 years. Formerly worked in Glasgow docks. Now lorry driving. Still complaining that everything goes black, has dizzy turns. Unsatisfactory sort of character. Separated from his wife before the war but they tried to make it up on his return from Germany, they have terrible rows. He drinks a good deal. PAO: wife is supposed to nag him."

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Summary includes brief description of living accommodation. The couple maintain they had applied for a transfer from Muirhouse as a neighbour was suffering from shell-shock and couldn't tolerate the noise of the children. Their main complaints are the dampness in the house, the volume of traffic and lack of safe places for children to play.