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THE LIFESTORY PODCAST

All these wonderful stories have been recorded by the staff of The Living Memory Association, which is now based at The Wee Museum of Memory in Ocean Terminal, Leith, beside the Royal Yacht Britannia.  If you have a tale to tell, please pop in to share it with us or get in touch please on comhist@googlemail.com and we can capture your story remotely from wherever you are in the world.

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  2. Audrey Soutar: Memories of the early days of the NHS

Apr 10, 2020

Audrey Soutar was born in 1933. She lived for many years in her family home on Leith Walk. In this interview she takes us through paying for the doctor, home remedies, her time working as a dental nurse and at a herbalist. From having croup as a baby, to witnessing total teeth extraction at the dentist and the drunken results of making fortified wine at the herbalist. A vivid collection of memories from the 1940s and 1950s in Edinburgh and Leith.