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"IQ of 70-. Not bright but works in woollen mill. Probably semi-skilled. Parents alive, they were hawker gipsy types originally, father still deals in rags. 5 roomed house, not very clean. Dr: Whole family have a gipsy streak and are on the dull side. House filthy +++, stinks."

Relatives in survey: sibling 28.183, mother 28.185

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"[Male informant] and nurse think this woman is a queer one, like a gipsy. The children take their peculiarities from her."

Relatives in survey: children 28.183, 28.184

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"The police inspector says her husband is all right, a fine fellow, now a farm worker. His wife was always queer and made trouble with his mother, when through all his money etc. She is English, "an old tinker"."

Scope and Contents Dip. Social Study 1954. File contains: Photograph, enrolment form and correspondence. Details of practical placements are located at the back of the file and include reports from: M. M. Scott, Centre Organiser, Women's Voluntary Services, Edinburgh; Marie Gavan Duffy, Director, Catholic Social Welfare Bureau, Dublin; Area Officer, National Assistance Board, Edinburgh East; J. and S. Lipetz, General Practitioner, Roxburgh Street, Edinburgh. Inlcudes correspondence from Kathleen to Nora Milnes...

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Certificate in Social Study, 1956. File contains: enrolment form, application form, correspondence, placement reports, photograph. Includes correspondence discussing her post as an Assistant Welfare Officer (Female) with the Caribbean Welfare Service in London.

Scope and Contents INTVEE lives with her husband and two children. She and her husband are both Catholic. She is enthusiastic about Wardieburn but complains about the lack of playing space for children - they come home plastered in dog muck and cuts from broken bottles left in the long grass. She and her neighbour [also present] think Pilton Park lacks essentials for both young mothers and older people; until recently there was only one bench and OAPs would run along after lunch to make sure they got a seat....