Scope and Contents INTVEEs live in a four apartment house on the second storey of a tenement building with their five children ages. After they married they lived with both sets of parents for five years in various rooms in the same district. When INTVER arrived, male INTVEE was washing the dishes and INTVER thinks he generally takes over domestic chores in the evening. Female INTVEE says she is always tired. They think Pilton is friendlier than Drylaw and would like to move back there and be near relatives...

Scope and Contents Neighbours: INTVEE likes the district and immediate neighbours, there are 30 children in the stair. Refers to physical fights between the women at times. When interviewee's husband leaves to walk her mother home she says "It's so dark here you know, it's not safe. It's not safe for my mum to walk home alone".Finance: Confides that she feels the weight of responsibility and anxiety for the family. Had brought up rent arrears to the almoner while in hospital having a baby. Husband...

Scope and Contents This interview was conducted at the SERU's office, the INTVEE had previously been interviewed in her home. INTVER explains she wanted a more in depth interview to map INTVEE's social environment with its changes during her life and although INTVEE seemed to understand did not in fact manage to do this, INTVER has yet to find anyone who has been able to. INTVEE enjoyed her daughters' social lives during their adolescence, she liked to regard their friends as hers as she had been denied such...

Scope and Contents INTVEEs have been in their house for 3 and half years. They put their names on the housing list 6 months before they married - had they been engaged longer than 6 months they could not have accumulated more points. They waited 3.5 years for a house and wold have been longer if they had not accepted one in a multi-storey which were not popular because of the high rent and height. The rent has now come down and they consider it a bargain. They like the flat because it is their own, they think...

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Male INTVEE says everyone knew each other well in Leith because families lived in single streets or stairs for at least two or three generations. Visiting occurred at all times of the day or night. This was also because of the Depression, people helped each other out in times of need. They got an exchange on account of male INTVEEs ulcer, so he would be closer to his work and be able to go home for lunch.

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A resident who had previously been interviewed visited the office to say another resident had berated her for giving their name as a potential interviewee. She says she assured this person that she had done no such thing and that the interview had been very pleasant and involved no gossip. She had been offended when she had been told "You Newhaven folks would go talking your heads off all round the place".

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INTVEE is very happy with their move away from Granton. She says the neighbours there were all snobby and petty. The Gumley tenants had to have a form signed by a Justice of the Peace and she thinks this gave them an attitude of exclusiveness. Older residents thought the Gumley houses were the last word in desirability. Everyone in their new neighbourhood is friendly, there are not faces at the window.

Scope and Contents Couple think those who have virulently refused to take part in the survey are likely to be people whose origins were in Newhaven - these are the nosiest people they've ever known but resented anyone knowing anything about them. Wife thinks a lot of married women seemed to go back, not so much to where their mothers are, but to where their grandmothers were.Health: Wife has been having weepy turns, not sleeping and is anxious and depressed. Did not know why as she has the house...

Scope and Contents Return visit. INTVEE has put in for an exchange. She had wanted a four apartment but was given a three apartment but is really fed up with her stair. They have been there five years and she used to put in a great effort to keep the stair clean, she would give it an extra clean if she had visitors coming, but there has been no improvement and now there are more children so it has got worse. There are 34 children in the stair. The stair is scrawled on, full of sweetie papers, broken windows....