Best North Edinburgh Dementia Cares Podcasts (2025)

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The Seagrove Sessions: Episode 35. Shelagh's stories from Pitt Street Edinburgh to engineer at Ferranti 13:20

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Shelagh was born and brought up in Pitt Street, Edinburgh, which is now the north part of Dundas Street. It was an area ful of tenements, shops and industry. We hear about Nan McKenzies's grocer shop, watching the dancing at the Ross bandstand in Princes Street Gardens. The dangers of jiving at the Palais, when your partner forgets to warn you he's…

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The Seagrove Sessions: Episode 34. Anna's stories: Tales from Edinburgh in the 1960s and 70s. 26:25

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Anna was partially named after the officer her father served as a batman to in WW2. We hear about the shell shock her father suffered from, her early marriage after a holiday romance. Her short term jobs and her love of dancing. Its a great snap shot of growing up as a young adult in the 1960s. For more information about the work of North Edinburgh…

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The Seagrove Sessions: Episode 33. Raymond's stories: Monkey dung to Big Daddy! 15:25

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It's Raymond in this episode of The Seagrove Sessions. From early life in St James's Square, living on the 5th floor in an attic room with a shared toilet, to the luxury of moving to a new house in Niddrie. We hear all about his long career as a time served plumber and exactly what the lethal concoction 'monkey dung' was. His long hobby of wrestlin…

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The Seagrove Sessions: Episode 32. Agnes- District Nurse and Midwife in Galloway. 15:25

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Agnes was brought up on a farm near to Whithorn Abbey in Galloway. She trained as a carer, nurse, then midwife and worked largely in the community in Wigtownshire. She tells us of her happy childhood in the countryside and how she would relax, singing with her sisters. Tales from the south west of Scotland. (Please be aware that the interview does …

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The Seagrove Sessions: Episode 31. More Liverpool tales from Kathleen. 21:40

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This time round Kathleen tells us about going across the water- the river Mersey- to go swimming in an open air pool and dancing at the Palais de Danse, to The Beatles! We hear about going to the pictures, playing rounders in the street and a house heated by coal fires. All in Kathleen's wonderful Liverpool accent.…

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the Seagrove Sessions: Episode 30. Hermine- a journey from Austria to Scotland. 18:19

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Hermine left her village in Austria aged 17 and moved to London. Quite a change of scene. She worked in central London as a hairdresser, commuting every day from Surrey. After two years she moved to Scotland, where she studied at Newbattle Abbey College and then Edinburgh University. She spent seven years working at Cranston Street Women's homeless…

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The Seagrove Sessions: Episode 29. Tommy's sea going tales and a grim tale of lobster eggs! 22:50

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Tommy tells us some tales from his working life. Its a varied one. From carer to delivering confectionary around the UK, to a life on the ocean waves. Its certainly a grim reminder of how dangerous sea faring and the dockyards can be. As for those lobster eggs- Yeuk!!By Miles Tubb

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The Seagrove Sessions: Episode 28. Daisy and Doris: Having a blether about Leith. 24:13

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Two great storytellers in conversation about Leith- Daisy and Doris. Memories of a time not that long ago but now such tales offer us glimpse into a very different world. Going to the washhouse, wandering down streets no longer there, visiting shops long gone. As always what makes these memories so evocative and important is they are about everyday…

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The Seagrove Sessions-Episode 27. Doris: Growing up in Leith and in the newly built Craigour. 18:52

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As evocative as ever, this is the third episode of Doris's stories. This time she talks about the big family move from Primrose Street in Leith to the new corporation housing at Craigour in the early 1950s. From the rarity of seeing a car on the street to wandering the countryside around Craigour- a scheme that only consisted of a few streets in th…

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The Seagrove Sessions- Episode 26. More memories from Daisy. Leith and Edinburgh. 18:43

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More vivid memories from Daisy. From the 1930s, 40's and 50's. The broad pavement at Henderson Street, Leith. The nearby men's homeless hostel and the broo( Labour exchange). The streets and wynds of Leith. She takes us up toon, to Edinburgh, by tram. Taking her pram, bought out of the window of Patrick Thomson's store. She remembers her nursery sc…

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The Seagrove Sessions- Episode 25. Daisy- A memory walk round bygone Leith 19:00

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Daisy's ability to remember names of people and where they lived is amazing. She is talking about over 80 years ago. This second episode with Daisy is a trip down the memory lanes of Leith. From Great Junction Street to Leith Links. To The Eldorado dancehall to the Kirkgate, where legend has it you could buy anything from a needle to an anchor. Suc…

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The Seagrove sessions-episode 23. A Seagrove Centre singalong. 10:00

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Some of our favourite songs at Seagrove. Our favourite visiting musician and singer Stevie Q starts us off with The Northern lights of Old Aberdeen and I belong to Glasgow. Ricky gives us The Cappy Club song. No doubt remembered by many people who attended The Capitol Cinema in Leith as children. Margaret talks about dancing at Fairleys and Violet …

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The Seagrove Sessions- Episode 22. Daisy: Leith stories from 1930s and 40s. 23:19

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Fantastic Leith tales from Daisy, born in 1931. From low flying German planes and a bomb dropping on Largo Place to the shops and business on the streets of her childhood. She tells us about her father being lost, presumed dead, at Dunkirk. Her first job as a cashier at Leith Provident COOP and working for Graham Tiso in the the early days of his o…

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The Seagrove Sessions- Episode 21. Gilbert: tales from Leith to Lerwick 16:10

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Although born and brought up in Leith Gilbert spent many a happy school holiday on Shetland. Both his parents were from the island. We hear about life on a croft and shearing the sheep. He tells us of the trade in eggs from the Shetland to Leith- his father was an egg merchant. We hear about his time as a joiner and the condition of housing in Edin…

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The Seagrove Sessions- Episode 20. Agnes and Eleanor. Portobello, Edinburgh and Lanarkshire 14:52

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Agnes and Eleanor give us their memories of childhood. Playing hide and seek in a scrapyard, taking on the notorious waves in Portobello outdoor pool, getting in to picture house with jeelie jars and long, happy summers at Forth in Lanarkshire. Agnes's widowed mum who worked hard to keep house and Eleanor's who had a rather grim sense of humour and…

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The Seagrove Sessions-Episode 19. Jeanette part 3. Elder Street, Piershill and Rankins fruit shop. 17:50

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It's part three from Jeanette. We hear about her first flat on the wrong side of Elder Street, the side that was being demolished for the St James shopping centre. That's the one before the present the new one. Then we hear all about life on Piershill Square West. This is Jeanette so they are lively tales, told in an earthy way. Yes there is sweari…

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The Seagrove Sessions- Episode 18. More tales from Doris- from The State picture house to sunny Spain. 15:34

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More tales more Doris, who we heard from in episode two of The Seagrove Sessions. We hear more about her job at W& AK Johnson, the printers. How her classrom was set up at Lochend primary school. Her job as an usherette at The State picture house, on Great Junction Street. Earning extra money for a Spanish holiday. Quite the adventure in 1959. For …

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The Seagrove Sessions- Episode 17. Betty- tenement life in the Southside of Edinburgh in the 1930s 18:01

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Great memories from Betty, from the 1930s and 40s. Tenement life in The Pleasance, on the southside of Edinburgh, where her grandprents lived. Every child's dream- her granny had a sweet shop! Betty's evocative stories give a real sense of what it was like to be brought up in a close knit family before World War Two. Also what it was like to be one…

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The Seagrove Sessions- Episode 16. Jeanette growing up in Newton, Midlothian in 1950s and 60s. 25:38

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In episode 16 we return to the vivid and entertaining story telling of Jeanette. This time its all about growing up in the mining village of Newton, Midlothian, in the 1950s and 60s. Childhood in the village, the mischief she got up to: including stealing cabbages and turnips from the farmer's fields and taking a dare to jump a barbed wire wall. Sh…

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The Seagrove Sessions- Episode 15. Kathleen's experiences of being a carer. 29:53

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Episode 15 of the Seagrove Sessions is something a little different. It is an interview with a loved one of one of our members at The Seagrove Centre. Kathleen tells us about being a carer, not only for her husband Ronnie, but before him her mother. It is a candid, pragmatic and honest account of looking after a partner who is on their dementia jou…

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The Seagrove Session-episode 14. Tales from Grimsby from Judith. 15:17

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In episode 14 we head to Lincolnshire and the great fishing port of grimsby. Judith tells us of her childhood and growing up in the town. From her father being a policeman and her uncle working in the docks, its a fascinating glimpse of bygone Grimsby. Memories of the sound of people going to work in their clogs or the waves of workers on their bik…

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The Seagrove sessions- episode 13. A chat with Judith, Doris, Vi, Joan and Eleanor 17:23

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Episode 13 sees us listening in on a conversation between Judith, Doris, Vi, Joan and Eleanor. Lots of laughs and memories. Dance halls and waiting for an invitation to dance, the perils of Ice skating on speed skates, swimming at Portobello outdoor pool and its famous life guard and wave machine. Learning to swim in the North Sea! Playing in the s…

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The Seagrove Sessions- Episode 12. Mary, tales from the Isle of Lewis 16:36

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Welcome to episode 12 of the Seagrove Sessions. An episode not only full of memories but thoughts on life. What a long life it is too. Mary was born on the Isle of lewis in 1935. She moved to Edinburgh in 1955. We hear about being brought on the island. Collecting the peat, life in a Black House. How independent people had to so far from the main l…

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The Seagrove Sessions- Episode 11, Ricky. Bobby on the Grassmarket beat. 10:08

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Episode 11 of the Seagrove Sessions see us on the beat with Ricky. The local bobby patrolling his beat is a much missed form of policing. Ricky worked in The Grassmarket, Royal Mile and Craigmillar areas of Edinburgh in the 1960s. We hear about helping to clear a rowdy pub, being on a night shift, helping out a local chip shop and the most importan…

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The Seagrove Sessions- Episode 10, Jeanette. Tales from behind the bar. 19:56

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This episode contains adult language. I've always wanted to say that. Fear not though the adult language has been silenced but you'll get the gist. It's a cracking episode from Jeanette. Tales of being brought up in a Midlothian mining village, one of a family of 14. We learn how to work for Littlewoods on Princes Street but still go dancing at the…

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The Seagrove Sessions-Episode 9- Stewart- more tales of high finance. 13:28

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We are back in the high flying world of international finance and insurance. Stewart continues his story of working in the international insurance sector. After leaving Switzerland he begins working for a Quatari insurance company. We hear all about the bizarre world of reinsurance and investing in syndicates via Lloyds of London. Once again the am…

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The Seagrove Sessions- Episode 8. Ruth's tales of dancing at the Palais, air raid shelters and a glass eye. 8:22

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A fun wee episode with Ruth. Dancing at the Palais De Danse at Fountainbridge, at 14. Under the annoyingly watchful eye of her brothers. Being paraded about in her kilt by her aunt, when on holiday in Somerset. Nights spent in a crowded air raid shelters and how big brother watched over her at home....a glass eye was involved!…

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The Seagrove Sessions- Episode 7- All about shopping, going for the messages & make do & mend. 15:07

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In this episode we listen in on a conversation between Judith, Doris, Joan and Vi. We hear all about their local shops, going for the messages and making the two ounces of sweet ration last for a week. How the dividend worked at the Cooperative store. How to make the best tablet. Memories of wearing your sister's hand-me-downs, the excitement of ge…

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The Seagrove Sessions- Episode 6- Olivia's tales from Leith in 1940s and 1950s. 15:28

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Evocative memories from Olivia of Leith in the 1940s and 50s. We hear about the return of her father, after being away at war for five years. Tales of cadging jam pieces from neighbours, taking a gang of young boys to the saturday morning matinee at the Capitol picture house, stealing apples, getting the messages at the wee shops, the butchers and …

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The Seagrove Sessions- Episode 5- Ken, goalkeeper and councillor. 13:08

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Welcome to episode five of the Seagrove Sessions. We hear from Ken. Stories from his childhood- partly spent in Fife. Tales of his time being a goalkeeper for Ravelston Rangers. His love of numbers, which led to a career as an accountant. His 'golden years' as a Lothian Regional councillor in the 1980s. The Seagrove Sessions are a series of podcast…

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The Seagrove Sessions- Episode 4- Stewart, high flying finance 15:24

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An episode that really shows the variety of life experiences that members of The Seagrove Centre have had. Stewart tells us of his 30 year career as an accountant and auditor in Glasgow, London, Bermuda, USA and Switzerland. From counting whisky casks in the west of Scotland to assessing the insurance business in Brazil. Overseeing eye watering amo…

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The Seagrove sessions- Episode 3- Barbara, a Lancashire Lass. 10:35

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Episode three and we head south of the border, down Lancashire way. Evocative memories from Barbara of growing up in Stacksteads in the 1940s and 50s. We find out what life was like in a dark valley full of factories and mills. We hear about her love of dancing, the importance of the Baptist church in her life. We learn what a 'clicker' did. Her fa…

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The Seagrove Sessions. Episode 2- Doris's childhood. 14:44

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Episode two of The Seagrove Session is dedicated to childhood once again. This time though its all stories and tales from Doris. We hear about tenement life in Leith, childhood screenings on Saturday mornings at the Capitol cinema. Looking after wee brothers, visiting grannies and dad's job as a train driver. Of chicks being hatched out in the oven…

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The Seagrove sessions. Episode one: Childhood and growing up 14:02

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Memories and stories from members of North Edinburgh Dementia Care's Seagrove Centre. We hear from Pat, Ricky, Judith, Vi, Joan, Vi, Betty, Robert, Stuart and Betty. Memories of childhood, school, playing in the street and the park. Tenement life, mums and dads, brothers and sisters. Being evacuated during World War Two and playing football at East…