Look After the Bairns: A Childhood in East Lothian

Patrick McVeigh was the youngest in a family of five. His mother, widowed in the First World War, was left to bring up her children alone, on a meager pension. All of the family had to find work as soon as they were able, and further education was an unattainable luxury. Longniddry, in East Lothian, was a largely self-contained village community. Although poverty was aplenty, McVeigh has vivid memories of the nearby sea, and of the woods and fields all around. Often humorous, sometimes tragic, this is one person's account of a life gone forever.McVeigh, Patrick is the author of 'Look After the Bairns: A Childhood in East Lothian' with ISBN 9780753197509 and ISBN 0753197502.