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Household appliances

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Res.2.21 Male resident, 62 yrs, married, waiting to be re-housed, male interviewer, 28 April 1961

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S3/4/2/2/21
Scope and Contents Summary includes a description of the street and living accommodation. Other topics discussed include: Neighbourhood; money; work.INTVEE currently lives with his wife in a tenement in the city centre. They are on the priority list under the clearance scheme. They expected to get the keys to their new house in North Edinburgh in a few weeks time. They have been given no information about their new house or the area. INTVER thinks it is a neglect on the part of the corporation not...
Dates: Other: 28 April 1961

Res.3.19 Female resident, age unknown, married, corporation tenant, female interviewer, 26 July 1961

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S3/4/2/3/19
Scope and Contents INTVEE lives in a top flat in block of eight. She was the first tenant but the rest were filled with families within a week. She likes her flat very much and also her neighbours but finds the area depresses her very much. She wanted to go to Clermiston but was told she would have to wait a long time. She had bought furniture in preparation for moving and kept it in storage. INTVER notes that there is minimum equipment, no alternative water heating system other than the fireside boiler and...
Dates: Other: 26 July 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