Were you among the first of the New Town residents?; or already living in West Lothian in the 1960s?; or perhaps one of the many children who were born and grew up in Livingston over the past 50 years? Would you be willing to take part in our oral history project and share your experience of New Town life with future generations? Whatever your story is, West Lothian Council Archives would like to hear from you.
2012 was the 50th anniversary of Livingston New Town. In partnership with Community Arts Service, West Lothian Council Archives have been awarded £49,800 from the Heritage Lottery Fund for the “Life is for Livingston – 50 years of new town life” project. This education and arts project is working with various communities and groups within Livingston in researching, recording and presenting the story of the new town in new and exciting ways. For more information on the project read our blog at http://lothianlives.org.uk/?p=3057
Over the next few months we will be training volunteers to gather oral history in order to record and preserve stories and memories about all aspects of Livingston life. If you would like to participate either as a volunteer or to share your story we would be very interested to hear from you.
Please contact us:
Jennifer Tortolano or Emma Peattie
Tel: 01506 773770 or e-mail: archive@westlothian.gov.uk
I moved to Livingston (I think there was a letter e on the end of Livingston at that time)with my family in 1964, when I was 14 years old.
My father started work with the LDC and we moved into Rosebank Cottage on the road between Livingston village and Gavieside. I attended West Calder High School for a few months before I left and went to work for West Calder Cooperative for a while. We lived at Rosebank until 1976 when my father unfortunately passed away. I am still living here now
at the ripe old age of 62 and have seen Livingston change so much. I
remember my dad showing me plans for Livingston in around 1969 and I
couldn’t imagine it happening but it has, plus lots more.
Hi Meta, Thank you for getting in touch with your memories. Would you be interested in being interviewed for our HLF oral history project? We are trying to record as many memories as possible. If so please contact archive@westlothian.gov.uk.
Kind Regards
Emma