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Conversation between R Johnston, A McIvor and four male participants, 1 December 1999.

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Consent form A22, formerly coded A96.

The participants were a 66 year old insulation engineer, a T&G Convenor b.1946, a 62 year old former electrician and insulation engineer with 100% asbestosis who had worked at the Marinite Factory in Springburn, and a male insulation engineer b.1917.

Johnston, Ronald James, b. c. 1960, oral historian, researcher, writer

Ronald Johnston in conversation with Owen and Margaret Lilly (A19), 1 March 1999. An alternative date is given for the recording, 1 February 1999.

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Owen Lilly was an asbestos factory worker.

Tape 202. Consent form A19, not previously coded.

Johnston, Ronald James, b. c. 1960, oral historian, researcher, writer

Conversation between R Johnston and a male asbestos sprayer b.1948, 11 March 1999.

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Consent form A10, formerly coded A31.

The participant had worked with asbestos 22 years earlier, when he laboured to laggers and to sprayers.

Johnston, Ronald James, b. c. 1960, oral historian, researcher, writer

Conversation between R Johnston and a 56 year-old retired insulation engineer, 15 March 1999.

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Consent form A16, formerly coded A29.

The participant had worked with asbestos since he left school and was suffering from bilateral pleural thickening.

Johnston, Ronald James, b. c. 1960, oral historian, researcher, writer

Conversation between R Johnston and a 69 year-old retired insurance agent, 17 March 1999.

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Consent form A15, formerly coded A40.

The participant had worked as an engineer in the Ailsa shipyard in Troon in the late 40s and early 50s, where he was heavily exposed to asbestos.

Johnston, Ronald James, b. c. 1960, oral historian, researcher, writer

Conversation between R Johnston and the 66 year-old widow of an electrical engineer who had recently died of mesothelioma, 22 March 1999.

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Consent form A20, formerly coded B1.

The participant's husband was exposed to asbestos in the 1950s while working on a demolition contract. Interview also contains interesting testimony regarding her overseas’ work experience.

Johnston, Ronald James, b. c. 1960, oral historian, researcher, writer