John Findlay Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 As a fully paid up member of the auld farts club. This is a thread to mention anything from the past. Mainly childhood Tarzan swings doon Silverknowes beach. Upto 6 of us on one at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Super Saturday Show at the Ideon Cinema...fekin brilliant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swanny17 Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 10p mixtures and the bag was full! Playing outside all day, everyday. Walking to school without the need for a parent escort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Findlay Posted March 4, 2016 Author Share Posted March 4, 2016 It was the Ritz in Rodney Street for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyjambo Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 The summer of 76, feckin roasting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iantjambo Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 20 aside games of football and no matter the score the match was always decided by 'Last Goal The Winner' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T.F.Robertson Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Super Saturday Show at the Ideon Cinema...fekin brilliant The New Vic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwaysthereinspirit Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Super Saturday Show at the Ideon Cinema...fekin brilliant The George, Portobello for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown user Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Cameron Toll, the new "out of town shopping centre" blew my mind, so futuristic with a red light all the way round! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John mcCartney Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 wow,where was the george about chief?1977 queens jubilee,craigentinny community centre had a jubilee procession outside on the street,bloke on the back of a lorry chucking sweets to us kidswedding `pour outs` at st christophers church,all the coins chucked from the wedding car and us lot diving to the groundto gather em upporty beach,sunny days,rammed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown user Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 wow,where was the george about chief? 1977 queens jubilee,craigentinny community centre had a jubilee procession outside on the street, bloke on the back of a lorry chucking sweets to us kids wedding `pour outs` at st christophers church,all the coins chucked from the wedding car and us lot diving to the ground to gather em up porty beach,sunny days,rammed SCATTER!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John mcCartney Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 got shrapnel bud,you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Салатные палочки Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Sportscene and Scotsport showing decent highlights. Going "doon the glen" in the summer to see who could jump in from the highest height. Going over to the park knowing that there was a game on u could join in on. Summer holiday house parties, getting pissed on two cans and seeing who could "nip" the most bursds. Camping oot in some random field. Am only 33 as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SE16 3LN Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 It was the Ritz in Rodney Street for me. Me too. Got a bag of sweets from the sweet shop on the corner of Broughton Road and Logie Green Road on the way. Used to go to the cubs next door too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorldChampions1902 Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 It was the Ritz in Rodney Street for me. Ha ha......me too. Saturday morning's watching the ABC Minors show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deevers Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Ha ha......me too. Saturday morning's watching the ABC Minors show. The Roxy in Gorgie Road for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 The George, Portobello for me. No idea what that is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Findlay Posted March 4, 2016 Author Share Posted March 4, 2016 After games at Tynie going into Bratasanni's at Haymarket for a mince pie supper. Remember seeing Drew Busby in there after a 3-1 win against Morton circa 74/75. He was eating steak and chips so I thought he must be loaded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
56anawthat Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Football in the road - no cars in them days. Or against the squaddies at the 'Polo Fields'. A few Hearts guys were there too. Playing rough in Dreggie Woods - jumping the Braid Burn, swinging from trees, huddling for trout. **** and Commandos, or Cowbows and Indians. Listening to my Dad telling me how he first 'discovered' Dave Mackay when taking the football as a teacher at Carrickvale school. Later on he taught Gary Mackay too. Getting the bus to the away matches - Gordon Marshall's dad Ronnie was the organiser. Seeing Norrie Davidson score the winner in the 1962 cup final at Hampden. Happy days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown user Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 After games at Tynie going into Bratasanni's at Haymarket for a mince pie supper. Remember seeing Drew Busby in there after a 3-1 win against Morton circa 74/75. He was eating steak and chips so I thought he must be loaded. Bratasanni's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John mcCartney Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 yup bingo hall bath street gotchaporty town hall with anti pasti and the threats,was a massive fan of anti pasti and stood at the side door for emarriving for soundcheck lol ,1981 possit was a friday and i bulleted along there from my half day finish at leith academy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector Riva Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Secatine guns, Globe and Hendries juice,keppies and steelies (Marbles) and bags of broken biscuits. Oh single No6 fags an smokng cinnamon sticks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John mcCartney Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 home made nanchucka`s craigentinny...,bruce lee era Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown user Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Matchbox cars and Dinosour Eggs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CollyWolly Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Remember when you used to find policemen in the police boxes instead of coffee machines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown user Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Remember when you used to find policemen in the police boxes instead of coffee machines. Mind the police used to have epic Rovers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Findlay Posted March 4, 2016 Author Share Posted March 4, 2016 Going round the doors asking if they had any wood for the bonfire. Two bonfires a year. One Victoria day the other November 5th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo-Jimbo Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Slot TV's from British Relay and the TV went off the air at 11pm or midnight or something like that. Being able to be left all day on your own during the holidays when your parents were out at work with no worries about anybody bothering you. As a small child in Craigmillar remember the treat of the ice cream shop at the bottom of my road (Craigmillar Castle Road), I think it may have been Luca's. Posh folks had fridge's, we had a cool cupboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Scarlet fever and whooping cough. And your mum telling you that you'd get chilblains if you warmed your feet on the electric fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Playing football on the meadows EVERY DAY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Findlay Posted March 4, 2016 Author Share Posted March 4, 2016 Slot TV's from British Relay and the TV went off the air at 11pm or midnight or something like that. Being able to be left all day on your own during the holidays when your parents were out at work with no worries about anybody bothering you. As a small child in Craigmillar remember the treat of the ice cream shop at the bottom of my road (Craigmillar Castle Road), I think it may have been Luca's. Posh folks had fridge's, we had a cool cupboard. Cool cupboard in the scullery. Nobody called it the kitchen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winniethedog Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Leaning over the railway bridge near Harrison Park on the way to Craiglockhart Primary as the steam train pulled out from the station heading into Edinburgh. Was that Shandon Station ? The year was 1963 /64. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown user Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Lucozade in an orange plastic wrapping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown user Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Barley sugars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo-Jimbo Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Any youngsters looking in will be confused as feck by this one. The Rag & Bone Man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Салатные палочки Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Friday night during the summer when the yellow solripe van came round. Always got a limeade, a pineappleade and an american cream soda (for ice cream floats). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Салатные палочки Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Any youngsters looking in will be confused as feck by this one. The Rag & Bone Man. A tonne of clothes for a balloon and a whistle. Reminds me of the minder when Arthur got that guy to trade the goldfish for clothes and all the kids were taking their mum n dads best gear and swapping it for fish [emoji23] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winniethedog Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Steam trains a bit before my time but remember spewing up a bottle of Pomagne and several cans of Breaker Malt Liquor aged 15 . The bridge at Ashley Terrace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwaysthereinspirit Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 wow,where was the george about chief? 1977 queens jubilee,craigentinny community centre had a jubilee procession outside on the street, bloke on the back of a lorry chucking sweets to us kids wedding `pour outs` at st christophers church,all the coins chucked from the wedding car and us lot diving to the ground to gather em up porty beach,sunny days,rammed I think it was Bath street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Double bill Horror movies on a Friday night? backgreen runs over the walls with glass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Fredrickson Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Im hoping our ex-policeman who lives over the water notices this thread - always good to read his posts on stuff like this. I mind the summer of 76. The footpath outside my house had just been redone and the tar was bubbling every day. We ruined our plimsoles as the tar stuck to the bottom of them, We used to get old coal sacks and sit on them as we used them as sledges to go down the local bing (coal slag heap for anyone that doesnt know) Being youngest of 5, I was one of the earliest voice remote TV controls as my dad would sit and say, either channel 1,2 or 3 (thats all we had) and I had to get up and change the channel. Also, being allowed to stay up late on a Friday to watch the Hammer House of Horror double bill. My wife is 10 years younger than me and she hardly believes any of the stuff I reminisce about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawdust Caesar Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Making a guider out of an old door and some pram wheels. Summer hols that went on for ages apart from the last week which flew by. Being annoyed that the morning kids shows only started when the English schools went on holiday which was a week later than Scotland. I'm sure it meant I missed the end of The Flashing Blade but that might just be my memory being a bit fuzzy. The BBC shutting down about 1pm with only the test card to watch, and it closing down about midnight. Watching the wee white dot disappear when you switched the tv off. Playing football in the park trying to avoid the dogshit. Jubilees made with 1 part Ribena 2 parts American cream soda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talk-o-the-North Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Any youngsters looking in will be confused as feck by this one. The Rag & Bone Man. And the old horse drawn milk carts - it was still doing the rounds in my area in the 70s. Our old milky, Bill, used to allow us get a hurly round the streets. My kids think I make this stuff up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwaysthereinspirit Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 No idea what that is? The George was the picture house on Bath St. Every Saturday, two good (probably crap) films. Bus fares there, money to get in, sweetie money(always bought those plastic bags of a hundred wee plastic soldiers), money for chips after and bus fares home. Kids today have no idea how tough we had it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 The George was the picture house on Bath St. Every Saturday, two good (probably crap) films. Bus fares there, money to get in, sweetie money(always bought those plastic bags of a hundred wee plastic soldiers), money for chips after and bus fares home. Kids today have no idea how tough we had it. Did they throw sweets out into the crowd like the Odeon?absolute mayhem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwaysthereinspirit Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Mind the police used to have epic Rovers? Morris Minor for me. You could hear their wee lawnmower engines coming a mile away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Levoy and chainy in the playground Stuffing your face with the sugar lumps in cafes The Water Margin on bbc2 at 9.00pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwaysthereinspirit Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Any youngsters looking in will be confused as feck by this one. The Rag & Bone Man. Great thread already. Balloon and maybe a plastic whistle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talk-o-the-North Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Friday night during the summer when the yellow solripe van came round. Always got a limeade, a pineappleade and an american cream soda (for ice cream floats). Oh man, the ice cream floats were ace. Had to be american cream soda. Loved the way it foamed up before tucking in. Do folk still ask for a 'Black Man' from the ice cream van!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John mcCartney Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 onion johnny`s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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