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Employment

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 192 Collections and/or Records:

Res.2.9 Married couple, fifties, corporation tenants, female interviewer, 21 March 1961

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S3/4/2/2/9
Scope and Contents Topics discussed include: Neighbourhood; housing; finance and employment; education of children.Neighbourhood: The couple had hoped to go to Lochend instead of Granton, disliked Granton "neither town nor country". Granton got its bad name from neighbouring Wardieburn "terrible gangs are based in Wardieburn", although the Boswalls are fine. Neighbours described as "covetous".Male INTVEE is originally from Leith and they both hope to go back there. Their street and the...
Dates: Other: 21 March 1961

Res.5.6 Married couple, c.40 yrs, corporation tenants, female interviewer, 6 November 1961

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S3/4/2/5/6
Scope and Contents Topics discussed include: Family history; housing; employment; neighbours; education of children; child discipline.Family history: Wife was brought up in the Boswalls, husband was brought up in Leith, his mother was a widow and as soon as he was old enough he left school and worked in a butcher's shop, he has lots of relatives in Leith but wife says they don't have anyhing to do with them, only immediate relatives. Married during the war and lived with the wife's...
Dates: Other: 6 November 1961

Res.4.16 Female resident, age unknown, married, corporation tenant, female interviewer, 4 October 1961

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S3/4/2/4/16
Scope and Contents Summary includes brief description of house interior. Topics discussed include: Accommodation; unemployment; neighbours.Acommodation: INTVEE and family are tenants in a cottage type house, previous tenants had been evicted and the house was in a shocking state despite the Corporation carrying out cleaning and repairs.Unemployment: During the interview INTVEE became upset about her husband's imprisonment for theft and subsequent inability to find work. She showed much...
Dates: Other: 4 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

Sacked RAF nurse can take her case to European Court (The Scotsman), 2 Mar 1999

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Identifier: GD61/11/2/3/39
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

A collection of newspaper and magazine cuttings covering issues relating to the LGBTQ+ community.

Articles cover local, national and international news, however Scottish publications have the strongest representation with Edinburgh and Glasgow based publications being a specific strength within this sub-series.

Dates: 2 Mar 1999

Sackings up in armed forces (The Pink Paper), 17 Oct 1997

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Identifier: GD61/11/2/1/26
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

A collection of newspaper and magazine cuttings covering issues relating to the LGBTQ+ community.

Articles cover local, national and international news, however Scottish publications have the strongest representation with Edinburgh and Glasgow based publications being a specific strength within this sub-series.

Dates: 17 Oct 1997

Sch.18 Summary of two interviews with a married couple regarding the education of their children at non fee-paying and fee-paying local authority schools, female interviewer, 19 June 1962

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S3/4/4/18
Scope and Contents INTVEEs believe their daughter at Gillespies is getting a better education than their children at Trinity and Granton. They believe social behaviour is influenced more by the home. Male INTVEE did six years of night school and does not think children should have to do that, he is quoted as saying, "they should have all opportunities given to them within the full education system". He believes education is about enabling you to feel secure, earn good money and have some choice in what you do....
Dates: Other: 19 June 1962

Sch.30 Summary of an interview with a married female resident regarding the education of her children at non fee-paying local authority schools, female interviewer, 25 July 1962

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S3/4/4/30
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INTVEEā€™s think that their younger children suffered at Ainslie Park because of eldest child's bad behaviour and were not given a fair chance by teachers. They believe that when going for jobs, Ainslie Park pupils can't compete with those who have been to fee-paying school because of its reputation.

Dates: Other: 25 July 1962

Scotsgay, Oct 2002

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Identifier: GD61/11/2/6/48
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

A collection of newspaper and magazine cuttings covering issues relating to the LGBTQ+ community.

Articles cover local, national and international news, however Scottish publications have the strongest representation with Edinburgh and Glasgow based publications being a specific strength within this sub-series.

Dates: Oct 2002

Scotsgay Issue 30, Oct 1999

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Identifier: GD61/11/2/3/188
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

A collection of newspaper and magazine cuttings covering issues relating to the LGBTQ+ community.

Articles cover local, national and international news, however Scottish publications have the strongest representation with Edinburgh and Glasgow based publications being a specific strength within this sub-series.

Dates: Oct 1999