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The 41st episode of the Thelma Tapes continues our 'Away for the Messages' shopping and retail heritage project.
This episode features oral histories from Ian Suggitt and Tom Hislop both of whom worked for Edinburgh's Co-operative Stores in the 1950s/60s and the 1970s/80s respectively.
Ian tells us about his time with the St Cuthbert's Association Store and Tom recalls his work history with the Leith Provident Store and St Cuthbert's, following the merger of the two.
Thanks to BigCat_Smauls for the use of his 'Without a Care' Upbeat Loop found on Freesound.org
The photograph of 1950s Leith Provident staff which illustrates this podcast was kindly donated to us by Ruth Nolan.
Thelma acknowledges and appreciates the generous funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Scotland towards this project, thanks to players of the National Lottery.
 

The 40th episode of the Thelma Tapes is from our 'Away for the Messages' shopping and retail reminiscence project.
This is the second part of a feature on the shops in the Niddrie and Craigmillar area of Edinburgh and focusses on 'Cunninghams' a ladieswear and haberdashery shop which first opened in 1954. In the episode we hear from proprietor Alan Cameron about his memories of this family business and his reflections of working alongside the folk of Craigmillar.
Thanks to Bigcat_Smauls for the use of his 'Without a Care' Upbeat Loop found on Freesound.org
We are hugely grateful to the National Lottery Heritage Fund Scotland for their generous funding of this project thanks to players of the National Lottery

The 39th Episode of The THELMA Tapes takes us back in time to a selection of weird and wonderful holidays taken from the 1940s to the 1990s, gathered from visitors to our Wee Museum in Ocean Terminal Edinburgh.  Thanks to everyone who shared their earliest vacation stories with us, we hope you enjoy joining us on a trip down memory lane to Scarborough, Ayr, Liverpool, France, Budle Bay, Cramond, Uganda and many more, not all of them cheery tales!

The 38th episode of the Thelma tapes continues to chart our retail and shopping reminiscence project, 'Away for the Messages.' In Part One, of a two-episode feature, we focus on the memories of shops in the Niddrie and Craigmillar district of Edinburgh.
We hear from Ruby Suggitt who worked at Cunningham's Drapers and Ladies' Fashions in the 1960s and from Heather Henderson, born and bred in Greendykes, who continues to champion Craigmillar as a volunteer with local community archive project Craigmillar Now.
Thanks to Craigmillar Now for permission to use their archive photo of shoppers on Niddrie Mains Road in the 1980s.
Thanks to Bigcat_Smauls for the use of his 'Without a Care' Upbeat Loop found on Freesound.org
We are hugely grateful to the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Scotland, for their generous funding of this project, thanks to players of the National Lottery.

The 37th episode of the Thelma tapes continues to chart our retail and shopping reminiscence project. In this episode we hear from Helen Teviotdale of Casey's Confectioners and Sweet Shop as she recalls working with Jimmy Casey and serving sweets to the great Edinburgh public! Stay tuned as Helen reveals her own personal recipe for Scottish tablet!
Thanks to Bigcat_Smauls for the use of his 'Without a Care' Upbeat Loop found on Freesound.org

In the 48th edition of Lifestory at the age of 80 Alistair looks back on 40 years of working life with the store, from joining Alloa branch as a clerk at 15 to becoming Chief Executive of Borders Co-Op.