Halina remembers her early years teaching in various schools in Glasgow. Read the transcript: INT: And what did you study at university? HM: I did an ordinary degree, which is not brilliant in Physics and science in general, but Physics in particular, and Maths. INT: That sounds hard to me. And how were you able… Continue Reading Halina Moss – Integration
Read the Transcript G.S: Oh, no no no. I mean I used to go with her to meetings, into the meeting house but she would never have. No, no, she wouldn’t want to convert me or anything. No, no, that wasn’t in it. And at first I used to listen, because I don’t know whether… Continue Reading Gretl Shapiro – Integration
Read the transcript: G.T: No, not really. INT: Anyone in the Jewish community? G.T: No. I did my own thing. G.T: When I started work my boss introduced me to this guy about six feet odds and a couple of years older than me. He said, “This is big Alec and he stays in the… Continue Reading George Taylor – Integration
Bob explains how he met his wife, what kind of jobs he did as a civilian during the war and the restrictions which Jews and foreigners experienced at that time. INT1: How did you meet Barbara? BK: Well, I was acquainted by then with a guy called Sidney Shear He plays the piano at the,… Continue Reading Bob Kutner – Integration
Alice explains how she came to live in Glasgow. She then talks about her career in nursing. Finally she describes meeting her husband and tells the interviewer about her family. AM: Well I stayed there in domestic service for a while. In that… during that time the people my mother was working for in Northwood,… Continue Reading Alice Malcolm – Integration
Read the Transcript M: Oh well , well those were quite different days, I stayed when I finished school I was accepted for university to do Medicine because my Highers were pretty good. INT: Absolutely. M: I stayed in the Women’s Hostel which was number one Lilybank Terrace. INT: Right. M: Laurel Bank was number… Continue Reading Marion Camrass – Integration