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Leisure

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 48 Collections and/or Records:

Res.3.14 Female resident, age unknown, married, corporation tenant, female interviewer, 18 July 1961

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S3/4/2/3/14
Scope and Contents Topics discussed include: Neighbourhood; employment and finance; local amenities; education: leisure; child rearing.Neighbourhood: INTVEE describes the street as friendly and neighbours as helpful, no drunkenness or brawls. Her husband thinks the Doo'cot pub is rowdy.House: INTVER describes the house as "very bare, the wallpaper dirty and torn, scanty and shabby furniture with bright pink lino from which the pattern has been largely rubbed off. There's an old TV and...
Dates: Other: 18 July 1961

Res.3.18 Female resident, 60 yrs, married, corporation tenants, male interviewer, 13 June 1961

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S3/4/2/3/18
Scope and Contents INTVEE lives with her husband, they have been in their new house for 3 weeks and have yet to meet any of their neighbours. INTVER thinks this might be due to an injury suffered by one of the interviewees. INTVEE thinks the stair is quiet and the children are quiet not like the children in Arthur Place. INTVER notes that he had seen a number of children playing with wooden guns on the stairs and thinks the INTVEE might be going deaf. INTVEE pleased with the house especially the hot water...
Dates: Other: 13 June 1961

Res.3.21 Married couple, thirties, waiting to be re-housed, male interviewer, 8 May 1961

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S3/4/2/3/21
Scope and Contents INTVEEs live in one room behind a shop in a small street off Easter Road with their two children. They have lived there for six years, before that they lived in Leith. When asked about moving into their new house, wife is quoted as saying "Oh, it's just like a dream to be moving into a new house. It's wonderful". They have been on the housing list for four years but would have been eligible before that, they had thought they weren't eligible because they owned their own house. Wife is...
Dates: Other: 8 May 1961

Res.3.24 Married couple, ages unknown, corporation tenants, male interviewer, 7 June 1961

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S3/4/2/3/24
Scope and Contents INTVEEs moved in to their flat three weeks ago. It is a second storey three apartment flat in a three storey block. There are six families on the stair. INTVER notes that the wife was out when he first arrived and although she appeared later on he didn't get to speak to her as much as he would have liked. Female INTVEE thinks their part of the district is nice but is rougher further down where there are broken windows and fences but husband says people always think their own part is nicer....
Dates: Other: 7 June 1961

Res.3.26 Summary of a visit to "The Anchor", 8 June 1961

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S3/4/2/3/26
Scope and Contents Summary by a male researcher of a visit to the pub on West Granton Road at 8.30pm on Thursday evening. There were about 45 men in the main large public bar at the time of his visit. He describes the interior as "rather dully decorated in a 1939-ish style. The walls were stucco, mainly cream with little red and green stripes in it. There were two rather crude nautical pictures, which were rather more like designs. The floors were rather nondescript dirty composition tile, the furniture...
Dates: Other: 8 June 1961

Res.4.10 Female resident, age unknown, widowed, corporation tenant, male interviewer, 28 September 1961

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S3/4/2/4/10
Scope and Contents INTVEE lives alone in a three apartment, ground floor flat in a block of six. INTVER thinks that the street looks scruffy with some unattended gardens and harling fallen off. INTVEE says a man from the corporation came and knocked more harling off but has not been back to fix it. INTVEE burst into tears twice during the interview over the death of her husband in February. She thinks it would be a lot easier if she could find a job to do. She had previously worked at a house where there was a...
Dates: Other: 28 September 1961

Res.4.15 Married couple, 25-35 yrs, corporation tenants, female interviewer, 4 October 1961

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S3/4/2/4/15
Scope and Contents Summary includes brief thoughts on neighbourhood, neighbours, leisure and alcohol, church, Leith.Neighbours and Neighbourhood: INTVEEs both very enthusiastic about the area and husband quoted as saying "Lovely, I wouldn't change it for a thousand pounds". They say hello to the neighbours and might occasionally borrow some tea or sugar. Male INTVEE discusses the snobbery of church going people - getting dressed up just to look at each other and gossip.The children were...
Dates: Other: 4 October 1961

Res.4.19 Female resident, 53 yrs, married, corporation tenant, male interviewer, 9 October 1961

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S3/4/2/4/19
Scope and Contents INTVEE lives on a ground floor five apartment house. There are six adults including her married daughter and two children. When she married they lived with her mother but then got a house near Victoria Street where there were eight on the stair and they were the only Protestants. Her mother made her feel guilty about no longer having any money coming in but she hadn't approved of the marriage and was always trying to cause trouble. INTVEE likes her present house, her only complaint is the...
Dates: Other: 9 October 1961

Res.4.20 Married couple, late twenties, owner occupiers, female interviewer, 13 October 1961

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S3/4/2/4/20
Scope and Contents Topics discussed included: Living accommodation; friendship and neighbours; local schools; clubs.Housing: Owner occupier, reasons for choice of house was price, located near to both families and garden. Concern that they might be too near to family in East Pilton - "Best to have to put your coat on to visit your family". They may move again if they have a large family. In process of putting on flush doors.Employment: Husband did an engineering apprenticeship and went...
Dates: Other: 13 October 1961

Res.4.29 Male resident, 20 yrs, single, corporation tenant, male interviewer, 26 October 1961

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S3/4/2/4/29
Scope and Contents INTVEE lives with his parents and siblings whose ages range from 13 to 33. He was asked primarily to talk about Leith where his family are from. He gives Graham Street as an example of a street occupied by big families who all know each other. He thinks there is a Leith accent e.g. they say "shuffle" instead of "shovel". He thinks it's embarrassing the way Leith people talk about "good turnouts" at funerals. There are a lot of old people now in Leith and funerals are frequent. The Edinburgh...
Dates: Other: 26 October 1961