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The authors, both social historians, have done a valuable job collating so many diverse voices ... This is an eloquent tribute to the hidden lives of so many women. ... An awe-inspiring read. The Scots Magazine Its role as a non-academic history book is fundamental in representing a history of a recent past with which people, and particularly women, can easily identify with as Elaine C. Smith states in her foreword. History Scotland In the days before communities were torn apart by rampant individualism, most city dwellers had no choice but to snuggle up tightly and battle through their narrow range of choices. This collection of folk memories pays tribute to the women who held the threadbare fabric of life together in the tenements of Edinburgh and Glasgow in the first half of the twentieth century. Herald

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Helen Clark has for the last 18 years been Keeper of Social History for Edinburgh City Museums. During this time she has worked on setting up two new museums - The People's Story and Newhaven Heritage Museum - both of which use oral history extensively as a method of interpreting the past and giving members of the local communities a voice. Elizabeth Carnegie is a graduate of Edinburgh University and Leicester University's Museums Studies programme. From 1991-8 she was a curator of social history at Glasgow Museums, where she managed the People's Palace and coordinated oral history projects. She is currently a lecturer in cultural tourism at Napier University, Edinburgh.

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