Scope and Contents Topics discussed include: Accommodation; work; leisure; finance; shops.Accommodation: INTVEE lives in one of the old people's maisonettes in Muirhouse which consists of one room with a bed annexe, a small kitchenette and a bathroom. The fire is an open hearth one with a Sofona type fire place and heated water at the back. The walls are all papered. The kitchenette has an old gas cooker and a set of low cupboards with work tops and a sink by the window. There is an airing cupboard...

Scope and Contents INTVEE has three young children and fears she may be pregnant again. Topics discussed include: Neighbourhood including behaviour of local children; Accommodation and family finance; gender roles; religion; health.Neighbourhood: INTVEE complains of behaviour of local children and believes mothers are not strict enough, children break windows and fences, her husband has dug over the garden as there was no point in doing anything with it. She thinks her street was the worst for...

Scope and Contents INTVEE lives with her two adult children who are also present during the interview. The house is semi-detached with a small garden at the front and a large garden at the back which INTVEE says is too big for her to manage. There are three bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs and two rooms downstairs, the kitchen leads of the back downstairs room which is the only room with a coal fire. The front downstairs room has an electric fire and is used as a sitting room and dining room. INTVER writes...