Scope and Contents Topics discussed include: Leith; borrowing; district's bad reputation.INTVEE had been shocked at the dirty condition of her house when she moved in with broken lavatory and fireplace. INTVER describes the house as now being attractive, they have put in flush doors everywhere including front door. She came from Leith which she is quoted as calling "a filthy, stinking hole". INTVER notes that this is the first criticism of Leith she has heard. INTVEE does not have a washing machine...

Scope and Contents Topics discussed include: Living accommodation; extended family; neighbourhood and quarrels about children; Gorgie; work; money; leisure; shopping.The interview was conducted entirely on the doorstep which INTVER notes is a difficulty for unannounced calls in particular when the interviewer is male and interviewee female. She lives with her husband and three children (8, 5 and 3 yrs) in a three-apartment ground floor flat in a block of four. They previously lived in furnished...

Scope and Contents INTVER describes the address as "the same drab mileau, the same kind of grubby stair". The INTVEEs husband has done extensive renovation inside. The bathroom is papered with pink roses, the paintwork is bright pink, the water system has been boxed in and the lavatory chain replaced with a knob. The kitchen has been lined with fitted cupboards and drawers and formica tops and painted blue. INTVER describes INTVEE as someone who "might well be regarded by her rather more refined neighbours as...

Scope and Contents INTVEE lives with her husband and two children. INTVER describes the street as having "Quite pleasant gardens. Lawnmowers clanking round" and has been told that the houses were built by the Cockburn Association and factored by Gumleys. The houses are still mostly rented but are to be sold when they become vacant. They are not advertised but are in high demand. INTVEE likes her house but is not so positive about the district. She thinks the area is good for children, there is a garden. Pilton...

Scope and Contents INTVEE was first occupier of her flat, moving in in 1947. There was nothing to the west of her block, unmade road, no shops, no school. When asked about settling in she is quoted as saying "Oh I cried every night for weeks", but INTVER says the only reasons she gives for this is being pregnant at the time and the handles on the doors falling off. Only one of the families apart from her own is still there out of the original six. Two went back to the areas they came from. She says the other...

Scope and Contents INTVEE has been in her new house for seven weeks and is now quite friendly with the other women on her stair. There are eight families with thirteen children between them. She thinks it can get noisy at times. The children play mostly on the stair or back green which is part asphalted where the clothes lines are and the rest divided into small plots of garden. INTVEE is very happy with her new house and her only complaint is that cracks are developing in the plaster. She thinks the shopping...

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...

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Summary includes brief description of living accommodation. The couple maintain they had applied for a transfer from Muirhouse as a neighbour was suffering from shell-shock and couldn't tolerate the noise of the children. Their main complaints are the dampness in the house, the volume of traffic and lack of safe places for children to play.

Scope and Contents Topics discussed include: Neighbours; employment; domestic violence.Domestic violence: INTVEE married to a violent alcoholic but feels tied to him as he'd be helpless without her, she also has nowhere to go. At the time of the interview her arm was in plaster. Worries about the effect on her children, some of whom drink themselves and another who is a bag of nerves.Neighbours: INTVEE's opinion of the neighbours is that they are only friendly if they want...

Scope and Contents INTVEE lives with her husband, children and father. The kitchen has been repainted in yellow and green which INTVER describes as "a little bit flashy". He also comments that "the general appearance of the living room is extremely scruffy with rather dirty dull wallpaper and stain on the woodwork and very tattered lino and bits of mat on the floor. The furniture is rather rickety and worn as well". INTVEE says they want to re-do the whole house. INTVER comments on the numerous interruptions...