Mothers and Daughters
Mildred Blaxter
ESDS Qualidata
esds4943int021
g24
1930
Pharmacy assistant
Female
Married
3 May 1979
Scotland
There's just one or two
factual things first of all do you mind my asking how old you
are?
49.
And what schools did you go
to?
King Street, Woodside
and Hilton.
Uh-huh .. and how old were
you when you left the school?
14.
And you work at the moment?
What sort of work do you do?
Well I've gone back to get
shorter hours, I've went back to domestic, which I dinna
really care for. But then I used to be in the pharmacy
department at ARI ... just pharmacy assistant>. At least it was
better than cleanin'! But then they've nae part-time workers
there so..
And did you work in the
pharmacy long?
I was there for eleven years.
And did you have any other
sort of jobs?
Where? Since I left school,
like? Well, when I first left school I was just a shop assistant> in a number of shops
like Reid and Pearsons,
which is.. we hinna got it ony mair.
Gone ..!
Marks and Spencers, and the
Coop. And that's aboot it.
Uh-huh .. and then you got
married and had your family. And when you went back to work,
did you go into the pharmacy?
No, you see, I wis widowed
early, ken? My boy, he was just seventeen days when I was
widowed so, I waited till he was about two an a half afore I
got him into a nursery an then went back to start ...that's
when I started Marks an Spencers. An then I
remarried when Graham was about two and a half. So I've just
worked since then. I've stopped for ten months.
And what sort of work does
your husband do?
He's a maintenance, like a scaffolder>. The maintenance side of
Mugiemoss.
And what sort of work did
your first husband do?
He was like a riveter's>.. he was a, ken, it's
rivetin ... you could just say a riveter, ken, it's just much
the same.
Yes, and your present
husband, has he done that sort of work for a while?
Oh aye. Mostly he's just a labourer> really. He used to be in
the buildin, ken, but then since he went doon there it's a wee
bitie more skill in it, ken. He quite likes it.
Aye, it's always more
responsibility.
That's right, oh yes.
And how many of a family
have you had?
Two.
Is it a boy and a girl?
And have you lived here for a
while? In your present house
Here?
'64...fifteen years