Biographical information about Charles Reid; his early worki...
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SA1980.104
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Summary
Biographical information about Charles Reid; his early working life; reminiscences of Mrs Mackie.
Reminiscences of Charles Reid's schoolmistress, Mrs Mackie, née Milne, later a relative by marriage.
At the age of thirteen and weighing six stone nine, Charles was sent out to work: he was granted an exemption from schooling and was moyened on [recommended to] the Howe of Rora. He rose at 4.45 in the morning and at harvest time worked a ten or eleven hour day. He got his next place, at Auchtylair of Auchnagatt, at a feeing market [ends abruptly].
Item Notes
The school leaving age had recently been raised to fourteen, so Mr Reid's parents needed official permission for him to leave before his fourteenth birthday (which fell in November).
Item Subject/Person
Reid, Charles; Mackie, Mrs, née Milne
Language
English, Scots
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Collection
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Reel to reel
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Good