Look after the Bairns

Patrick McVeigh was the youngest child in a family of five living in Longniddry, East Lothian, when his father died of wounds sustained in the First World War. His mother was left to bring up her four daughters and her son with only a widow's pension of twenty-seven shillings a week to provide for their needs. All of the family had to find work of some sort as soon as they were able, and further education was an unattainable luxury. Often humorous, sometimes tragic, this is one person's account of a life that has gone forever.McVeigh, Patrick is the author of 'Look after the Bairns' with ISBN 9780753197516 and ISBN 0753197510.