East Lothian in 1945

Ian Brown

It took time to wind down the war economy, and in August 1945 industrial production was still more-or-less at full capacity. Certainly, the number of men working in East Lothian coalmines was rising and firms such as Brunton's Wire Works were continuing to meet military orders. On the land too, output was high with agricultural labour added to with Italian and German prisoners of war from the camps at Gosford and Amisfield. There was, of course, also the Women's Land Army, which had not yet been disbanded and many young women continued to work from the hostels at Saltoun Hall, Skedsbush, Eaglescairnie and Quarry Court for some time after peace was declared.

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