Young Worker At The Edinburgh Roperie Works In Leith c.1954
1954
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Jean ‘Jinty’ Rutherford (later Ferguson).
Jinty and her future husband David Ferguson were courting at the time when Jinty was working at the roperie. David was working as an apprentice wood machinist at the Garland & Roger sawmill in Salamander Street.
Donor number: 0506-001
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