Scope and Contents INTVEE lived with her husband. They moved to this house in 1940 with their family and had been living across the street for a few years before that, moving from a three apartment house to a four apartment house. The house is now too big for just her and her husband. They are not sure about moving as rent for a smaller but newer property might be more. She thinks her stair has always been quiet and friendly. There is not as much borrowing going on now as there used to be. Before moving to the...

Scope and Contents INTVEE lives with her husband and three children in a four apartment semi-detached house. They were the first tenants. When they were first married they lived with family in Leith but once they had their first child they moved to two smallish rooms at Lochinvar Camp expecting to be there for a few months only. They were there for four years. They shared some Wren officers quarters with another family so were removed from the main camp. They had a small kitchen but for the most part they used...

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...

Scope and Contents INTVEE lives with her husband and five children in a block of six flats. They had waited five years for the house and have been tyring to move since they came. INTVEE complains of the impossibility of keeping the stair in a decent condition owing to the number of youths lounging about and using it as a lavatory and leaving rubbish, attracted by the shop windows. INTVER describes the house as showing no sign of lack of money in its furnishings but scruffy and untidy. Children adequately...

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...

Scope and Contents INTVEE lives with her husband and child. She is not aware of any social distinction between corporation tenants and owner-occupiers. Neighbours are friendly and she helps out an elderly neighbour with her shopping and odd jobs. Her child goes to Granton School. She thinks there is a lack of physical education and INTVER observes this is a common complaint made by the English about Scottish education. Her husband, in contrast to his father, helps around the house but didn't do much with their...

Scope and Contents INTVEE and her husband have lived in their house for 5 years. She says there is no communication with the private occupants on the other side of the road. While in the queue for the van she heard one private resident make a comment about the corporation tenants having it easy at the expense of people like her paying £4000 for a £3000 house. INTVEE reminded her that some of them had not had an easy life and that some of their husbands had been disabled as result of First World War. Her...

Scope and Contents Includes discussion of employment in the health profession and employment history. Anecdote about a man, possibly Indian, wanting to adopt him and sibling when they lived in Niddrie but his mother moved them away. Other topics discussed include: Accommodation; neighbours; children and young people.Accommodation: INTVEE didn't think the house was bad but inconvenient - the washbasin was positioned up above the bath and the coal hole is located in the kitchen which means the...

Scope and Contents Topics discussed include: Housing; neighbours; family relations and rolesl; personal health.Housing: Owner occupier of ground floor flat in a demi-semi-detached. Previously lived in a flat in Gorgie but disliked tenement life and wanted a garden for their child so moved to Pilton. Husband on a monthly salary and has papered the living room and made alterations to the kitchen.Neighbours: Neighbours are pleasant and she knows them to say hello to but doesn't think its a...

Scope and Contents Topics discussed include: Neighbours; leisure; child rearing; religion; marital relationsNeighbours: INTVEE lives in a three apartment flat in a block of six with her husband and four children, ages ranging from 2 to 8 yrs. She intensely dislikes the area and neighbours who complain about the children making noise. All her relatives are in Craigmillar and she feels she would be happier there as there would be people to talk to or she would see people she know out the...